2021

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The 2020-21 edition of Improving Lives Through Evidence is published.

The Jobs and Opportunity Initiative is launched in Brazil (JOI Brazil) to evaluate innovative strategies that address the country’s most pressing employment challenges. 

J-PAL South Asia launches the Indian Scholars Program to strengthen ties with India-based researchers. 

The second cohort of thirteen Master's in Data, Economics, and Development Policy (subsequently renamed Data, Economics, and Design of Policy) students arrive safely at MIT.

The Digital Agricultural Innovations and Services Initiative, a partnership between J-PAL and CEGA, is launched to support innovative, policy-relevant research on the availability, quality, and reach of bundled digital agricultural solutions and services for small-scale agricultural producers. 

J-PAL continues to respond to Covid-19.

J-PAL's research network grows to include 261 affiliated professors and 274 invited researchers.