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Bridge International Academies highlights the importance of educating girls this World Population Day

Bridge International Academies is drawing attention to the urgency of educating African girls this World Population Day (11th July) - the first time Sub-Saharan Africa will have the largest population of children on the planet.

Opinion: How to revitalize summers for teens and young adults

Now, many local governments, bolstered by funding from the American Rescue Plan, are making new investments in summer jobs programs. If those resources are spent effectively, cities and counties could revitalize summers to provide young people — particularly from low-income and marginalized...

J-PAL North America June 2023 Newsletter

J-PAL North America's June newsletter features our Health Care Evaluation Toolkit; a new Tutoring Evaluation Accelerator; and researcher-practitioner partnerships to evaluate summer youth employment programs.

Jal Jeevan Mission gives term health and socio-economic outcomes

World Health Organization (WHO) in a recent study indicated huge health and socio-economic gains of Jal Jeevan Mission. The study estimates that ensuring safely managed drinking water for all households in the country could avert nearly 400,000 deaths caused by diarrheal diseases and prevent...

Universidad del Valle de Guatemala and J-PAL LAC partner to promote evidence-based decision-making in Guatemala

Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG) and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab announced their partnership to promote the use and generation of evidence for the design of public policies and social programs in Guatemala.

Nobel-winning economist call for climate tax as carbon costs lives

Nobel prize-winning economist Esther Duflo has warned that the mortality rate in poor countries could skyrocket as a result of climate change driven by rich nations. Duflo is calling for the introduction of a global tax.

Throwing Good Money After Good

The United States and France have established public funds that invest in innovations addressing the needs of poor people. These social innovation funds, characterized by an open, tiered, and evidence-based approach, have already benefited more than 100 million people and could be a powerful tool in...

VVOB unpacks new teaching model after successful three-year pilot

VOB, in collaboration with its partners, organized the “Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) in Uganda: From Pilot to Scale” event last week to celebrate the achievements of the program in Uganda thus far.