Notre mission consiste à lutter contre la pauvreté en veillant à ce que les politiques sociales s'appuient sur des preuves scientifiques.

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AI for social good: An evidence-informed agenda

In addition to questions about AI’s big-picture impacts, pressing questions remain about the effects specific use cases will have on outcomes in the real world. History gives us reason to be careful. Over the past two decades, new technologies launched with great promise often fell short when...

Bangladeshi traditional kiln workers stack bricks and converse with other workers in the background. In the foreground, other workers transport brick loads with bicycles.
Evidence to Policy

Training brick manufacturers to reduce emissions in Bangladesh

Pollution from coal-fired brick manufacturing is a major source of emissions in Bangladesh. Researchers joined forces with public health experts and engineers in Bangladesh to develop simple trainings for brick kiln owners and workers in cleaner brick manufacturing practices. A large-scale...

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New Initiative to Help Governments in the Global South Reduce Pollution and Foster Economic Growth

The Emissions Market Accelerator provides a custom-built solution to make emissions markets work anywhere, for any pollutant, by supporting governments from design to full operation.

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Building girls’ agency at scale: Lessons from life skills programs in Africa

Last year, J-PAL published a policy brief and implementation guide synthesizing evidence from sixteen randomized evaluations of life skills programs for adolescent girls. The findings show that such approaches can be particularly effective in boosting self-efficacy (confidence in achieving certain...