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Pilot program to test free and discounted Metro fare cards for low-income D.C. residents

The Washington Post
A pilot program funded by J-PAL North America's State and Local Innovation Initiative aims to elimate costs of transportation for more than 1,000 low-income residents in Washington D.C.

2019 Nobel Prize Recipient, Abhijit Banerjee, Reflects On Leadership In The Social Sector

Forbes
In an interview with Forbes, Abhijit Banerjee, discusses how the three Nobel laureates have effectively encouraged the entire social sector to “grab their goggles”.

Zipcode Destiny: The Persistent Power of Place and Education

NPR Hidden Brain
NPR's Hidden Brain speak with J-PAL affiliate, Raj Chetty, on economic mobility in the US

Announcing new research partnerships to promote social inclusion for migrants in Europe

J-PAL Europe, together with Community Jameel and Porticus, announce new research partnerships to promote social inclusion for migrants and refugees in Europe

How Poverty Ends: The Many Paths to Progress—and Why They May Not Continue

Foreign Affairs
J-PAL co-founders and Nobel laureates, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, discuss how the best way to transform millions of lives is not to try in vain to boost growth, but to focus squarely on the well-being of the poor.

Researchers Find A Remarkable Ripple Effect When You Give Cash To Poor Families

NPR Goats and Soda
J-PAL affiliate, Edward Miguel, discusses recent findings from an evaluation of unconditional cash transfers in Kenya

December 2019 Newsletter

J-PAL's December 2019 newsletter celebrates Nobel laureates, J-PAL co-founders Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, and longtime J-PAL affiliate Michael Kremer, welcomes twelve new affiliate professors, and discusses European Social Inclusion Initiative's first round of grant funding.

When a Disappointment Helped Lead to a Nobel Prize

The New York Times
J-PAL affiliate, Seema Jayachandran, discusses how Nobel laureates, Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer, have learned from pioneering field experiments that sometimes did not work as expected.