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Coronavirus: Rich countries must fund 'Marshall Plan' for world's poorest countries, says Nobel-winning economist

J-PAL co-founder Esther Duflo on the recent episode of Econ Films' CoronaNomics: "we have the ability as a global community to avoid turning it into this catastrophe"

May 2020 Newsletter

Rema Hanna and Benjamin A. Olken write about expanding social protection amid the COVID-19 crisis.

Nobel Prize winner Esther Duflo probes effectiveness of virus warnings

Speaking to Econ Films' CoronaNomics program, J-PAL co-founder Esther Duflo called for a new Marshall plan to aid the southern hemisphere's economic recovery from the pandemic

Prejudices about online courses, but healthy to lose some of those: Abhijit Banerjee

With COVID-19 forcing educational institutions around the world to move to online classes, the Nobel laureate speaks to The Indian Express about why this shift is a “forced experience but a good one”.

Coronavirus is a crisis for the developing world, but here's why it needn't be a catastrophe

J-PAL Directors, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, discuss how a radical new form of universal basic income could revitalize damaged economies in the wake of COVID-19

Three from MIT elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2020

J-PAL Director Abhijit Banerjee among those elected by peers for outstanding contributions to research.

A healthy understanding

J-PAL affiliate Amy Finkelstein has changed what we know about Medicaid, Medicare, the economics of health care—and, increasingly, medical care itself.

April 2020 North America Newsletter

In J-PAL North America's April newsletter, we highlight research results synthesized by our affiliated researchers to guide evidence-informed responses to COVID-19.