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How AI helped deliver cash aid to many of the poorest people in Togo

Fast Company
In new research, J-PAL affiliate Joshua Blumenstock and his collaborators find that governments 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.

TN sets up permission matrix in data policy as national rulebook gets drafted

Economic Times
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.

The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development and J-PAL MENA at AUC launch the Egypt Impact Lab to strengthen evidence-informed policy and improve development outcomes in Egypt

J-PAL MENA at AUC, represented by Dr. Ahmed S. Dallal, and the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, represented by H.E. Hala El Said, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Thursday March 17, 2022 to launch the Egypt Impact Lab to strengthen evidence-informed policy and improve...

Dialogue with Prof. Esther Duflo: Good Economics for Post Pandemic Era

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

March 2022 Newsletter

In the March 2022 newsletter, we highlight evidence-informed ideas to improve gender equity in Latin America and the Caribbean, a new policy insight from J-PAL's Gender sector that identifies gender-specific barriers to learning, and a new evidence review from J-PAL North America which finds that...

What Melinda French Gates and Esther Duflo Think Women Need Right Now

Foreign Policy
Esther Duflo, J-PAL affiliate and co-founder, engages in a conversation about the best ways to empower women economically in the post-pandemic era.

Govt. study calls for an incentive programme for walking

The Hindu
A study by J-PAL affiliates Shilpa Aggarwal and Rebecca Dizon-Ross found that an incentive program to increase walking among diabetics and pre-diabetics had positive effects.

Putting Our Assumptions to the Test

Hidden Brain
Abhijit Banerjee, J-PAL affiliate and co-founder, shares his path to — and motivations for — thinking like a scientist and relying on experimental evidence.