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How a basic income experiment helped these Kenyans weather the Covid-19 crisis

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People getting a UBI were less likely to go hungry as Kenya shut down.

DigiFI Africa: A pillar of the G7 Partnership for Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion in Africa

J-PAL Digital Identification and Finance Initiative in Africa (DigiFI Africa) is honored to be one of the pillars of the G7 Partnership for Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion in Africa. Through DigiFI, J-PAL Africa will support gender-specific research to ensure digital innovations promote the...

J-PAL North America launches research initiative to focus on Covid-19 recovery

The Covid-19 Recovery and Resilience Initiative aims to catalyze evidence-based policy solutions to the challenges posed by the pandemic.

Diverse international cohort first to earn MIT master's degrees in data, economics, and development policy

Twenty-two students from 14 countries take an evidence-based approach to affecting global change.

September 2020 Newsletter

J-PAL's September 2020 newsletter celebrates the graduates of the Data, Economics, and Development Policy master’s program, welcomes new affiliates, and looks at how evidences can inform responses to the COVID-19 crisis.

How tutoring programs can combat the “Covid-19 slide”

Summarizing results from 96 randomized evaluations, new J-PAL North America publication highlights the sizable impact tutoring programs can have on student learning.

The crisis of mistrust and COVID-19: Race and re-imagining tracing and vaccination

COVID-19 has had a disproportionate effect on African Americans and it's time to re-imagine tracing and vaccination in order to control the virus.

N.Y.C. Cut 40,000 Youth Jobs When They Were Needed Most

An evaluation of New York City's Summer Youth Employment Program by J-PAL affiliate Judd Kessler found that participation decreases the probability of incarceration and mortality in addition to causing average earnings and the probability of employment to increase in the year of program...