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Browse news articles about J-PAL and our affiliated professors, and read our press releases and monthly global and research newsletters. For media inquiries, please email us.

May 2019 Newsletter

In our May 2019 newsletter, J-PAL launches the IDEA initiative, the Environment & Energy team discusses possible climate policies, and more.

Applying lessons from war-torn Africa to Chicago

J-PAL affiliate Chris Blattman is rigorously evaluating a program in Chicago aimed at reducing violent crime through an intervention that combines job training with months of intense efforts to teach habits of restraint.