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The Universal Basic Income experiment in Kenya

What if the cure for people not having money was just giving them money, no strings attached? The argument for this idea is people know their own situation best. They can decide if they need a cow or training or a school. They just need some money.

Nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo turn findings into fun – play, exhibition

Research on gender was made into a play, and the perils of poor air quality were expressed through mundane objects.

OES and J-PAL start to create an impact with the PROSA project

Universidad del Valle de Guatemala highlights the introductory training course on the use and application of evidence taught by J-PAL LAC in Guatemala in December 2023. The course was part of PROSA disseminating activities. PROSA is the first program launched by the alliance between J-PAL and UVG...

A new class graduated from the Diploma in Impact Evaluation of Public Policies and Social Programs 2023

The Instituto de Economía UC highlights the graduation ceremony of the seventh cohort of the Diploma in Impact Evaluation of Public Programs and Policies that we organized together. Forty-one students from ten Latin American countries and one European country are now part of a vibrant network of...

The promises of elusive maharanis, and no-strings-attached money

Over-promising and under-delivering is of course one of the occupational hazards of my world, where the latest innovations in development thinking are subjected to the occasionally brutal test of evidence. The latest on the docket is Universal Basic Income (UBI).

How workforce training is helping Indonesia modernise its economy

Indonesia can realise its goal of becoming a high-income developed country by 2045, thanks to favourable demographics.

Ahmedabad becomes second city in country to implement emissions trading scheme

The Gujarat government on Tuesday announced that Ahmedabad has become the second city in the country to implement an emission trading scheme (ETS) for particulate pollution that will help in regulating industrial emissions and reduce the state’s pollution levels.

Giving the poor a wodge of cash is better than dripping it out

Since 2018 the American charity GiveDirectly has been sending the equivalent of $22.50 a month to thousands of villagers in western Kenya.