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Microfinance: salvation or a trap for the world’s poorest?

This global industry has been the first to demonstrate it can successfully boost the fortunes of the underprivileged, but is it actually efficient?

November 2023 Newsletter

J-PAL celebrates it's 20th anniversary and the UM6P-J-PAL Agricultural Lab for Africa is launched in Morocco.

The role of caste in agricultural technology diffusion

Local social structures, such as the jati-caste system in India, can play an important role in the extent of diffusion of new and beneficial agricultural technologies.

Centre for Net Zero launches trial with eminent global centre J-PAL, testing consumer preferences for automated EV charging and grid impacts

Centre for Net Zero is launching a new field trial, EV-Flex, designed to understand consumer price sensitivity to automated EV charging tariffs, and the corresponding benefits to consumers and the grid. The trial is being funded by The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)’s, King Climate...

J-PAL and UM6P launch an agricultural laboratory in Morocco

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Laboratory (J-PAL) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States partners with the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) to launch the UM6P-J- Agricultural Laboratory PAL for Africa (UJALA).

J-PAL And UM6P Join Forces To Launch An Agricultural Laboratory In Morocco

The lab will focus on the design and implementation of impact evaluations, with a particular emphasis on improving the food security of smallholder farmers across the African continent. The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Laboratory (J-PAL) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the...

J-PAL launches new agriculture lab in Morocco

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT has announced that it is partnering with University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P) to form the UM6P-J-PAL Agricultural Lab for Africa.

October 2023 J-PAL LAC Quarterly Newsletter

The third issue of J-PAL LAC's quarterly newsletter highlights the CLEAR center for Latin America and the Caribbean, to be established at the Catholic University of Chile. Within UC, J-PAL LAC, together with the UC Public Policy Center and Mide UC, will support CLEAR-LAC to ensure its success...