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Covering Null Results: How to Turn “Nothing” into News

A new article in The Open Notebook offers guidance for science journalists on how to cover null results—studies that find no significant effect—and why these findings are essential to the scientific process. The piece explores how to identify null results (which are often unpublished), how to...

September 2025 MENA Bi-Annual Newsletter

In this edition of our newsletter, catch up on J-PAL MENA’s highlights from May through September, including recent events, policy dialogues, trainings, new publications, and more.

Opinion | Ideas for smarter growth: India’s bet for an inclusive future

In a new op-ed for The Hindu, Saptarishi Dutta, Sharanya Chandran, and Vijayalakshmi Iyer of J-PAL South Asia argue that India’s path to becoming a high-income country must be rooted in evidence. They spotlight how scaling tested innovations like Teaching at the Right Level and the Graduation...

Climate Action Learning Lab helps state and local leaders identify and implement effective climate mitigation strategies

J-PAL North America’s inaugural Climate Action Learning Lab provided six U.S. cities and states with customized training and resources to leverage data and evaluation to advance climate solutions that work.

Opinion | A Guaranteed Income Won’t Stop People From Wanting to Work

Economists worry that a ‘universal basic income’ would make recipients lazier. Data from programs around the world suggests the opposite is true.

September 2025 Global Monthly Newsletter

In the September edition of our newsletter, we highlight new evidence on crime and safety in the United States, examine India’s use of emissions trading to reduce industrial pollution, and explore barriers that continue to limit women’s participation in Egypt’s workforce.

Août 2025 Newsletter des secteurs Genre et Education de J-PAL Afrique

This edition (in French) spotlights exchanges between government partners in Ghana and South Africa focused on establishing evidence labs, shares findings from new research on vocational education and shifting gender norms in Nigeria, and explores key takeaways from global evidence on sharing key...

J-PAL North America launches Initiative for Effective US Crime Policy

Crime and public safety are among the most pressing concerns across communities in the United States. To help meet these dual challenges, J-PAL North America — a regional office of MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) — with generous grant support from Arnold Ventures, launched the...