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Adapting to learning needs in the wake of COVID-19 using data and evidence

Brookings
Over the past several months, the government of Côte d’Ivoire has been working hard to provide access to quality learning opportunities during COVID-19 and explore innovative ways to close learning gaps. The Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) approach offers a promising possibility.

MCA-Morocco Launches Project to Evaluate National Employment Policy

MCA
The initiative, dubbed “Lab Emploi,” aims to build national capacities for the assessment, development, and implementation of employment and labor market policies, based on reliable scientific evidence and data.

Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee’s J-PAL proposes pilot project on universal basic income in Odisha districts

Hindustan Times
Under the pilot project, J-PAL has proposed UBI for poor people in around 400 gram panchayats in these districts by ensuring functional bank accounts of each of the adults and crediting Rs 100 to their accounts every month for 2 years with a budget of Rs 300 crore.

A new study finds that giving kids deworming treatment still benefits them 20 years later

Vox
Research by J-PAL affiliates Edward Miguel and Michael Kremer shows that kids who were treated for intestinal worms in 1999 earn far more now than kids who weren’t.

Treating children for worms yields long-term health, economic gains, study says

The Harvard Gazette
J-PAL affiliates Michael Kremer and Edward Miguel discuss their research showing that children who received a few extra years of de-worming treatment achieved long-term health and economic benefits.

Subsidies, weather, and financial education promote agricultural insurance adoption

Phys
J-PAL affiliate Jing Cai discusses her study about the impact of subsidies and financial education on agricultural insurance adoption.

Investing in evaluation capacity development in India: Why it matters now more than ever

IEG Blog
J-PAL South Asia's Aparna Krishnan and Shagun Sabarwal discuss the use of data and leveraging partnerships to invest in evaluation capacity development.

J-PAL and King Philanthropies launch the King Climate Action Initiative to design, test, and scale solutions at the nexus of climate change and poverty

Cambridge, MA—A $25 million gift will underpin a new initiative to combat both climate change and poverty through scalable, evidence-based policy solutions, the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT and King Philanthropies announced today. The new King Climate Action Initiative (K-CAI...