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Northwestern University economist and J-PAL affiliate Dean Karlan highlighted that the Graduation approach delivered results even in one of the world's most challenging environments, Somalia noting that the results fall in the upper end of the spectrum for what the program typically delivers, and...

J-PAL's co-founder Abhijit Banerjee says teaching children, not curriculum, is key to faster global education progress, at the Yashraj Bharati Samman, 2026.

Typically, a society’s population remains stable if women have about 2.1 children each. By that metric, the word has a big problem. In developed countries the total fertility rate is well below that figure. So what are the economic consequences of that shortfall? Soumaya Keynes speaks to Melissa...

J-PAL affiliate Monica Lambon-Quayefio, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Ghana, said unlocking the potential of TVET required a deliberate, well-resourced, and inclusive ecosystem to prepare the youth for the modern economy during the webinar on the theme "Youth...

In this episode of VoxDevTalks, Craig McIntosh discusses a recent J-PAL policy insight that takes stock of the evidence from randomised controlled trials on credit, subsidies, and cash transfers for smallholder farmers, arriving at conclusions that challenge some of agriculture's most persistent...