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Young Researchers Pursue Nobel Prize-Winning Approach to Alleviating Poverty in Middle East and North Africa With Support From New Fellowship

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Middle East and North Africa at the American University in Cairo announced the first cohort of the MENA Scholars Fellowship following a highly competitive application process after the fellowship’s launch in November 2022. The MENA Scholars Fellowship will...
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Universidad del Valle de Guatemala and J-PAL LAC Partner to Promote Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Guatemala

Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG) and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab announced their partnership to promote the use and generation of evidence for the design of public policies and social programs in Guatemala.
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New J-PAL Initiative To Apply the Scientific Method To Improve Science Funding and Policy

Cambridge, MA—The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT today announced the new Science for Progress Initiative (SfPI), designed to catalyze scientific research on the scientific process. Its purpose is to produce rigorous, quantitative evidence from randomized evaluations on the most...
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Pathways to Preschool

J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Fundação Bracell and Itaú Social are joining forces to address some of these challenges in Bahia, Mato Grosso do Sul, and São Paulo through the project Pathways to Preschool. The project seeks to identify promising preschool programs, evaluate their...
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J-PAL North America and Results for America Launch Support for State and Local Leaders to Evaluate Programs Using Federal Recovery Dollars

As state and local leaders leverage federal relief funding to invest in their communities, a new program will support these governments in using data, evaluation, and evidence to advance effective and equitable government programming for generations to come.
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J-PAL Expands Evidence-to-Policy Government Partnerships to Fight Poverty Worldwide in Collaboration with Community Jameel, Co-Impact

In August, we announced a significant expansion of our efforts to forge evidence-to-policy partnerships with innovative-minded governments seeking to use rigorous research to inform their social policies and programs.
Shobhini Mukerji, Sohini Bhattacharya, and Anupam Saha at the MoU signing for the launch of a gender equity curriculum across public schools in Odisha
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Government of Odisha Partners with Breakthrough and J-PAL South Asia to Introduce Gender Equity Program in 23,000 Government Schools

The Government of Odisha’s Department of School and Mass Education today announced its partnership with Breakthrough and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia to integrate a gender equity curriculum into the syllabus for students across government schools in the state.
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Government of Andhra Pradesh Partners with J-PAL South Asia to Enhance Evidence-Based Policymaking in the State

The Government of Andhra Pradesh today announced its partnership with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia to maximise the impact of its anti-poverty programs through the use of a strategic, evidence-based approach to policymaking.
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WFP and MIT's Poverty Action Lab Join Forces to Develop Innovative Solutions to Food Security, Nutrition, and Resilience Challenges

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop innovative solutions that help build a more resilient and food secure future for...
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The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development and J-PAL MENA at AUC Launch the Egypt Impact Lab to Strengthen Evidence-Informed Policy and Improve Development Outcomes in Egypt

J-PAL MENA at AUC, represented by Dr. Ahmed S. Dallal, and the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, represented by H.E. Hala El Said, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Thursday March 17, 2022 to launch the Egypt Impact Lab to strengthen evidence-informed policy and improve...
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Andreas Stegmann

Andreas Stegmann is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Münster. His research interests include political economy and development economics. Andreas is also affiliated with the Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
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Islamic Development Bank, Community Jameel, and Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Ready to Join Forces on Embedding Evidence-Based Policy Labs with Governments

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), Community Jameel and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) announced that they are ready to join forces on a comprehensive cooperation programme with the aim of embedding evidence-based policy labs within governments.
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RCT Finds Women’s Help Desks in Local Police Stations in India Increased Registration of Cases of Gender-Based Violence; Scale-Up in Progress

A randomized control trial by J-PAL affiliate Sandip Sukhtankar and co-authors Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner and Akshay Mangla found that police help desks that were staffed by women registered more domestic incidence reports than those without. The findings are significant given the high rates of gender...
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Veddis Foundation and J-PAL South Asia Set Up ASPIRE to Accelerate Evidence-Based Policymaking

New Delhi, India: The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia and Veddis Foundation announced the launch of the Alliance for Scaling Policy Impact through Research and Evidence (ASPIRE) today. ASPIRE aims to spur the adoption of anti-poverty policies rooted in scientific evidence...
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The Impact of Poverty Reduction Among New Mothers on Child Brain Development in the United States

Researchers evaluated the impact of poverty reduction via an unconditional cash transfer to mothers on child neurodevelopment. Children in families that received a $333 monthly transfer displayed different brain activity patterns than children whose mothers received only $20 a month.