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Punjab to launch ‘evidence-based’ anti-drug school curriculum in govt schools on August 1

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government is set to roll out an anti-drug school curriculum, developed by Nobel Laureate Prof Abhijit Banerjee-led organisation J-PAL South Asia, for Classes IX to XII in government schools to empower around eight lakh students with prevention-focused skills to...

Boletín J-PAL LAC Julio 2025

J-PAL América Latina y el Caribe (LAC) promueve su campaña "El Efecto de la Evidencia", celebra a un nuevo Codirector Científico, lanza un podcast sobre educación y establece una alianza con UNICEF. Encuentre las últimas novedades sobre investigaciones, iniciativas, cursos, eventos, recursos y más...

Opinion | Shaping India’s multidimensional fight against poverty

In a new op-ed for The Hindu, Parikrama Chowdhry, Lead – Policy (Scale-ups) at J-PAL South Asia, highlights why India’s fight against poverty must go beyond income—and how integrated models like the Graduation Approach can help states tackle the interconnected realities of deprivation.

July 2025 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's July newsletter features a new manual for replicating and adapting summer youth employment programming and shares new research results on cash transfers.

Ganitha-Ganaka programme extended to all government schools across the State

With an aim to increase interest in learning mathematics among children, the State government of Karnataka has decided to to extend the Ganitha-Ganaka programme, in which teachers explain basic mathematic concepts to school children through Remote Tutoring (phone calls) after school hours, to all...

3 Questions: Applying lessons in data, economics, and policy design to the real world

Gevorg Minasyan MAP ’23 draws on experiences in MIT’s Data, Economics, and Design of Policy MicroMasters and master’s programs to shape policymaking at the Central Bank of Armenia.

July 2025 Global Monthly Newsletter

In the July edition of our newsletter, we celebrate five years of J-PAL Middle East and North Africa and their work to embed rigorous evaluation and learning in policy systems across the region, highlight how the private sector and funders can catalyze change, and share takeaways from an event...

J-PAL MENA At AUC Celebrates Five Years Of Evidence-Policymaking In The Middle East And North Africa

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Middle East and North Africa (J-PAL MENA) at The American University in Cairo (AUC) marked its fifth anniversary this week, celebrating five years of harnessing the power of evidence to design cost-effective and large-scale policies that address poverty and...