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The Dhaka Tribune summarizes a recent study by J-PAL affiliate Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, who found that supplying masks at low prices in Bangladesh could increase compliance with public health guidelines.

From May 10-11, J-PAL Europe staff met with representatives of the Center for Economic Research and Reforms under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, to discuss potential collaborations on evidence-based antipoverty research.

J-PAL affiliate Stefan Dercon's new book, Gambling on Development: Why Some Countries Win and Others Lose, discusses some of the factors that influence countries' economic growth. His book is reviewed in African Business.

The government of Gujarat, India, signed an agreement on May 23 with J-PAL and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago Trust in India (EPIC India) to set up India’s first carbon trading market. J-PAL affiliate Michael Greenstone discusses the agreement with the Hindustan Times.

Egypt Today discusses a webinar co-hosted by UNICEF and J-PAL Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to promote evidence on early childhood development. J-PAL Affiliate and Health Sector Co-Chair Karen Macours, as well as J-PAL MENA Executive Director Alison Fahey, presented at the event.

A study co-authored by J-PAL South Asia staff is the latest in a string of evidence suggesting that a "big push" of cash and asset support, including the Graduation Approach originally developed by BRAC, can help low-income women break poverty traps. This evidence helped encourage the Indian state...