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County teams up with MIT to evaluate rent subsidy pilot program for seniors

Program aims to prevent low-income older adults from becoming homeless.

Heidi Williams is steering the science of innovation toward progress

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Future Perfect 50: The economist aims to kickstart the slumping rate of progress by reforming the science of science.

Paul Niehaus is changing how we think about fighting global poverty

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Future Perfect 50: After founding GiveDirectly, Niehaus is pushing the frontiers of social science research.

November 2023 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's November newsletter features J-PAL's inclusive language and asset-based framing guidelines; rigorous research on cash transfers, and our upcoming webinar on evaluating effectiveness and equity in climate mitigation programs.

Microfinance: salvation or a trap for the world’s poorest?

This global industry has been the first to demonstrate it can successfully boost the fortunes of the underprivileged, but is it actually efficient?

November 2023 Newsletter

J-PAL celebrates it's 20th anniversary and the UM6P-J-PAL Agricultural Lab for Africa is launched in Morocco.

The role of caste in agricultural technology diffusion

Local social structures, such as the jati-caste system in India, can play an important role in the extent of diffusion of new and beneficial agricultural technologies.

Centre for Net Zero launches trial with eminent global centre J-PAL, testing consumer preferences for automated EV charging and grid impacts

Centre for Net Zero is launching a new field trial, EV-Flex, designed to understand consumer price sensitivity to automated EV charging tariffs, and the corresponding benefits to consumers and the grid. The trial is being funded by The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)’s, King Climate...