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Opinion | The retreat from aid is a costly mistake

It has been easy to dismiss efforts to raise the prospects of the world’s poorest as an abject failure. The United Nations reported 712 million people living in extreme poverty in 2022, 23 million more than in 2019. However, Foreign aid was helping the world’s poorest escape misery.

UNICEF and Universidad Católica de Chile forge strategic partnership to strengthen evidence generation​ and use​ for child well-being

UNICEF and the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC Chile) have signed a regional Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen research,​ training​​, evaluation, ​knowledge exchange, ​and​ evidence use for​ policy impact for child welfare across Latin America and the Caribbean.

Can Tradable Pollution Permits Work in Developing Countries?

A market for tradable pollution permits in India increased compliance with emissions restrictions, reduced particulate matter emissions, and made pollution abatement more affordable.

As global aid recedes, the need for proven solutions grows

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) recently published a brief that identifies six development programs that save lives, reduce disease, and help the poorest people in the world transition out of extreme poverty.

Podcast | Seeing the Invisible: Responses to Indoor Air Pollution, with Robert D. Metcalfe

In this podcast, Robert D. Metcalfe shares key findings on trends in indoor air quality, how people change their behavior when made aware of pollution levels in their homes, and the potential benefits and trade-offs of government subsidies for technologies that monitor indoor air quality. Metcalfe...

Study in India shows several tactics together boost vaccination against deadly diseases

Around the world, low immunizations rates for children are a persistent problem. Now, an experiment conducted in India shows that an inexpensive combination of methods, including text reminders and small financial incentives, has a major impact on immunization.

Reducing emissions and air pollution from informal brick kilns: Evidence from Bangladesh

In many low- and middle-income countries, it is commonly believed that weak state and regulatory capacities limit the ability to reduce pollution and mitigate climate impact. Researchers developed a low-cost intervention to improve the energy efficiency of zigzag kilns and conducted a randomized...

Tripura leads education reform with Saharsh Utsav, pioneering emotional learning

The Tripura government has taken a significant step towards education reform with the inaugural Saharsh Utsav at Rabindra Shatabarshiki Bhawan in Agartala. Inaugurating the event, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha emphasized the importance of emotional intelligence in education. He remarked,...