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J-PAL affiliate, Adnan Qadir Khan was appointed the new chief economist of the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. Khan takes over for Rachel Glennerster, who is also a J-PAL affiliate.

In an opinion's piece, J-PAL co-founder Abhijit Banerjee writes about the importance of getting in the "feasting mind-set" for the holidays and the history and stigma around food stamps.

As the keynote speaker at the African Development Bank’s 2021 Kofi Annan Eminent Speaker Lecture Series., Esther Duflo, J-PAL co-founder and Nobel Laureate, discussed the urgent need for global cooperation in changing behaviors that contribute to climate change and inequitable vaccine distribution.

Mary Ann Bates, former executive director of J-PAL North America, was appointed as the first director of the California Cradle-to-Career Data System. While at J-PAL, Bates launched and co-chaired the J-PAL State and Local Innovation Initiative, which brings state and local governments and academic...

The article provides an overview of the previous work Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, J-PAL cofounders, and J-PAL affiliate Michael Kremer did that led them to earning the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.

Abhijit Banerjee, J-PAL co-founder, discussed the findings of a paper he co-authored that was recently published in the American Economic Review. Esther Duflo, J-PAL co-founder, and Garima Sharma also contributed to the article, which was based on a randomized evaluation conducted in India to assess...

The findings and implications of J-PAL affiliates Sara Heller and Judd Kessler's randomized evaluation on how letters of recommendation help non-white youth are discussed.