J-PAL North America's December newsletter celebrates the accomplishments of 2019, reflects on the importance of partnerships in our work, and discusses the impact of Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer's work on policymaking in the United States.

J-PAL North America's January newsletter highlights the randomized evaluation results of the groundbreaking Camden Core Model, the launch of the housing stability evaluation incubator, and our new mobility from poverty learning agenda.

J-PAL North America's February newsletter highlights J-PAL's Evaluating Social Programs course, recaps the Work of the Future Initiative's convening, and summarizes new evidence on the limits of outreach to increase take-up of the earned income tax credit.

J-PAL North America's March newsletter provides a COVID-19 update.

In J-PAL North America's April newsletter, we highlight research results synthesized by our affiliated researchers to guide evidence-informed responses to COVID-19.

J-PAL North America's May newsletter highlights Amy Finkelstein's new NEJM Perspective piece on improving health care delivery through randomized evaluations, J-PAL North America's new COVID-19 Evidence Portal, and the Evaluating Social Programs online webinar series.

Chilean Ministry invites J-PAL to convene Commission on innovative social programs.

New Briefcase: Fingerprinting to Reduce Risky Borrowing

17 Million Children Dewormed in Bihar, India.

New policy briefcase: Exposing corrupt politicians; new paper on J-PAL's cost-effectiveness methods; J-PAL collaborates with South African government on labor market research.

Environmental authorities in Gujarat, India, reform their environmental auditing system based on findings from a large-scale randomized evaluation conducted in partnership with J-PAL affiliates from Harvard, MIT, the University of Chicago, and Yale. The new guidelines require environmental auditors...

Created thanks to a generous grant by Community Jameel, GPI will expand work with the biggest players in social and development policy—governments—to design, evaluate, and scale up programs that aim to reduce poverty. "Many governments are eager to innovate and test new approaches to fighting...

White House supports use of behavioral science insights in policymaking | Researchers discuss field experiments in labor economics and social policies at Paris conference | Featured Professor: Lisa Cameron | J-PAL Africa Executive Education: January 18-22, 2016

A new six-country study shows a comprehensive approach for the ultra-poor, the approximately one billion people who live on less than $1.25 a day, boosted livelihoods, income, and health. Published in Science, the research tested the effectiveness of an approach known as the “Graduation model” in...