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2019 Nobel Prize Recipient, Abhijit Banerjee, Reflects On Leadership In The Social Sector

In an interview with Forbes, Abhijit Banerjee, discusses how the three Nobel laureates have effectively encouraged the entire social sector to “grab their goggles”.

How Poverty Ends: The Many Paths to Progress—and Why They May Not Continue

J-PAL co-founders and Nobel laureates, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, discuss how the best way to transform millions of lives is not to try in vain to boost growth, but to focus squarely on the well-being of the poor.

Researchers Find A Remarkable Ripple Effect When You Give Cash To Poor Families

J-PAL affiliate, Edward Miguel, discusses recent findings from an evaluation of unconditional cash transfers in Kenya

December 2019 Newsletter

J-PAL's December 2019 newsletter celebrates Nobel laureates, J-PAL co-founders Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, and longtime J-PAL affiliate Michael Kremer, welcomes twelve new affiliate professors, and discusses European Social Inclusion Initiative's first round of grant funding.

When a Disappointment Helped Lead to a Nobel Prize

J-PAL affiliate, Seema Jayachandran, discusses how Nobel laureates, Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer, have learned from pioneering field experiments that sometimes did not work as expected.

A charity dropped a massive stimulus package on rural Kenya—and transformed the economy

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Vox Dev discusses results from J-PAL affiliate Edward Miguel and his co-authors on the evaluation of GiveDirectly's unconditional cash transfer program.

Odisha Govt Asks Employees to Take Online Courses on Better Governance

Odisha government asks employees to enroll in policy-oriented online courses offered by J-PAL and other institutions.

New research partnership evaluates innovation in family engagement

J-PAL North America is partnering with TalkingPoints multilingual family engagement platform assess the intervention's impact on student achievement.