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Smart Partnerships

Chandler Foundation
J-PAL’s Global Executive Director Iqbal Dhaliwal writes about the advantages of working with government.

November 2020 Newsletter

In the November 2020 Newsletter, J-PAL's directors shared their vision on leveraging economics and partnerships for greater public and social good.

Covid-19 lockdown and migrant workers: Survey of vocational trainees from Bihar and Jharkhand

Ideas For India
The nationwide lockdown in India hit migrant workers particularly hard and once travel restrictions were lifted, 11 million interstate migrants returned home. In this note, Chakravorty et al. present key findings from a phone survey of youth from Bihar and Jharkhand who were previous trainees of...

Podcast series from J-PAL North America shares stories behind the impact of summer jobs in the US

MIT News
Series paints a holistic picture of summer youth employment programs and how research helps strengthen them.

J-PAL Europe announces new project funding, expanded research initiative for tackling challenges of social exclusion of migrants

J-PAL Europe announces new project funding together with BNP Paribas and expanded research initiative for tackling challenges of social exclusion of migrants.

An Interview with Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Professor of Economics – Yale University

Business Recorder
In an interview with the Business Recorder, J-PAL Affiliate Mushfiq Mobarak talks about RCTs he has conducted in Bangladesh and Pakistan as well as the impacts Covid19 is having on poverty alleviation efforts in both countries.

October 2020 North America Newsletter

In J-PAL North America's October 2020 newsletter, we explore the research behind get-out-the-vote tactics with Don Green, share a new Covid-19 response learning agenda, and spotlight Alicia Sasser Modestino's research on combating the opioid crisis.

A Better Education for All During—and After—the COVID-19 Pandemic

Stanford Social Innovation Review
Research from the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and its partners shows how to help children learn amid erratic access to schools during a pandemic, and how those solutions may make progress toward the Sustainable Development Goal of ensuring a quality education for all by 2030.