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J-PAL affiliate Mushfiq Mobarak delivers a lecture about innovations to address seasonal poverty and resultant internal migration at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) in Dhaka.

J-PAL affiliate Marcella Aslan discusses findings from her research about systemic racism in healthcare, including her 2019 study which found that Black men were more likely to select preventive services after meeting with a racially concordant doctor, her receipt of the MacArthur genius grant, and...

Abhijit Banerjee, J-PAL affiliate and co-founder, discusses food security and welfare in India, writing, having a seat at the table, and collaborating with governments by sharing skills and expertise.

In new research, J-PAL affiliate Joshua Blumenstock and his collaborators find that g overnments and humanitarian groups can use machine learning algorithms and mobile phone data to get aid to those who need it most during a humanitarian crisis.

J-PAL South Asia collaborated with IIT Madras and Tamil Nadu's state government to develop a data policy that delineates guidelines for researchers, policy consultants, private companies, and the public, clarifying the state’s stance on data.

Esther Duflo, J-PAL affiliate and co-founder, discusses the challenges and opportunities involved in post-pandemic policymaking.