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Tripura leads education reform with Saharsh Utsav, pioneering emotional learning

The Tripura government has taken a significant step towards education reform with the inaugural Saharsh Utsav at Rabindra Shatabarshiki Bhawan in Agartala. Inaugurating the event, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha emphasized the importance of emotional intelligence in education. He remarked,...

April 2025 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's April newsletter features recent work along J-PAL North America’s research lifecycle including newly funded projects and the launch of Economics Pathways, a pipeline program to empower the next generation of economists researching critical policy questions through training...

April 2025 MENA Bi-Annual Newsletter

Catch up on four months of updates from J-PAL MENA in the first quarter of 2025 — from launching HAPIE and building evidence ecosystems to marking five years of impact in the region.

World’s first particulate matter trading scheme in Gujarat cut pollution by up to 30%, finds study

The world’s first-ever market for trading in particulate matter emissions—launched in Gujarat’s Surat in 2019 through partnerships with the University of Chicago, Yale University, and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)—has reduced pollution by 20-30% among participating industries...

Podcast | Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo on Poverty, Inequality, and Policy

In this special episode of The India Briefing, Nobel Laureate and development economist Esther Duflo joins hosts Mukulika Banerjee and Pya Tiwari for a wide-ranging conversation on poverty, inequality, and evidence-based policymaking in India.

The economics of climate adaptation: From academic insights to effective policy

Adapting to climate change – finding ways to prevent the harshest effects or deal with crises when they occur – is a first-order issue. But research on the economics of adaptation has offered little guidance for policy. This column reviews the existing literature on adaptation and considers how it...

Why AI Might Not Take All Our Jobs—if We Act Quickly

AI isn’t a thing that is happening to humans but a thing that humans are making. We have a choice about what kind of technology it becomes.

April 2025 Global Monthly Newsletter

In this edition of our newsletter, we spotlight a new global learning alliance to advance data-driven decision-making, share how evidence is informing policy decisions in Egypt, and highlight how cash grants are helping protect the Amazon.