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Video | Dean Karlan on AI tools that actually do something

At the recent India AI Impact Summit, global development experts and researchers — including J-PAL’s Dean Karlan — called for a pivot from AI "hype" to a science-based, "verifiable" approach to technology in the sector.

AI tools that actually do something — beyond the hype and 'sales pitch'

At the India AI Impact Summit, Dean Karlan, former USAID chief economist and J-PAL affiliate, in conversation with Devex urged donors to fund evaluations over flashy AI pilots to prove which tools are worth scaling.

New Boost to J-PAL Enhances Education and AI Work to Reach 100 Million People in Five Years

The Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL), co-founded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Community Jameel in 2017 to spark a global renaissance in education, has spun out of MIT’s Open Learning department to join MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), a global research...

February 2026 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's February newsletter features a new affiliate spotlight on Jacob Wallace and new research results in influenza vaccination take up. We also highlight an upcoming Climate Action webinar and recently published Climate Action Evidence Review.

Special edition: The global south demands a voice on AI at India summit

“If we don’t measure those [impacts], we don’t know which technology is positive, which is neutral, and which is negative,” said Iqbal Dhaliwal, global executive director of The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. With governments increasingly facing fiscal...

Inclusive Livelihood Programme to be expanded to seven more mandals soon, focus on PVTGs

The Telangana government has decided to expand the Inclusive Livelihood Programme (TGILP) to seven more mandals, with a focus on Scheduled Castes, tribal communities and Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs). An impact evaluation through a randomised control trial is being undertaken by...

AI: A Catalyst for Economic Growth or Widening Divides?

The recent session titled “AI and the New Frontier for Economic Progress: Linking Innovation to Inclusive Growth” at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 gathered esteemed economists, development practitioners, and global policy thinkers to explore a pivotal question for the next decade: will artificial...

India’s AI summit draws global leaders, big pledges and some chaos

The five-day event mixed long lines and viral mishaps with a serious pitch: The future of AI shouldn’t be written only in Washington and Beijing.