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June 2025 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's June newsletter features reflections on our work in Puerto Rico, new research results on the impact of tutor-student gender match, and a recent symposium that the Health Care Delivery Initiative participated in.

June 2025 Global Monthly Newsletter

In the June edition of the newsletter, we spotlight the launch of The Evidence Effect, a new campaign showcasing how research drives impact across sectors. This edition also celebrates five years of J-PAL MENA, highlights new evidence from Uganda on how fostering curiosity and discovery in...

May 2025 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's May newsletter features an opinion piece on the value of sectoral employment programs, a new research project evaluating the Getting Going on Savings Initiative, and a new job board for public interest jobs.

May 2025 LAC Quarterly Newsletter

J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is working to support the use of evidence during the journey to COP30 in the Amazon, participates in the launch of a new global alliance for higher education, and promotes communities of practice for exchanges among public policy professionals on what...

May 2025 Global Monthly Newsletter

In the May edition of the newsletter, we spotlight the launch of we spotlight the launch of The Evidence Effect, a new campaign showcasing how research drives impact across sectors. This edition also features ongoing work to improve worker well-being on the job and expand access to safe, dignified...

BRAC International partners with J-PAL South Asia to build evidence and support the roll-out of Inclusive Livelihoods programs in India

BRAC International and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia at IFMR have entered into a partnership to enhance the research, monitoring and evaluation components of the Samaveshi Aajeevika Yojana (SAY) and Satat Jeevikoparjan Yojana (SJY) - Urban programs.

April 2025 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's April newsletter features recent work along J-PAL North America’s research lifecycle including newly funded projects and the launch of Economics Pathways, a pipeline program to empower the next generation of economists researching critical policy questions through training...

April 2025 MENA Bi-Annual Newsletter

Catch up on four months of updates from J-PAL MENA in the first quarter of 2025 — from launching HAPIE and building evidence ecosystems to marking five years of impact in the region.