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Banerjee and Duflo’s journey with Pratham

This year’s economics Nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo have worked closely with education NGO Pratham in India for more than 20 years. Pratham’s CEO Rukmini Banerji provides a professional and personal glimpse into this unique partnership of research and practice that has led to the...

Letting the World Know 'What Works'

Arjun Agarwal, of long-time J-PAL partner, Pratham, discusses how Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo have become supporters, advisers, and friends of the organization.

UCT's Role in Nobel Win

Professors Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, co-founders of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), the international counterpart to J-PAL Africa at the University of Cape Town (UCT), were recently named as two of the three recipients of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.

November 2019 North America Newsletter

In J-PAL North America's November newsletter, we celebrate J-PAL founders winning the Nobel Prize, introduce nine new partners, and recap Research Staff Training.

November 2019 Newsletter - Nobel Edition

On October 14, J-PAL co-founders and Directors Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, jointly with longtime J-PAL affiliated professor Michael Kremer, were awarded the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.” This special edition of our...

Government of Odisha partners with J-PAL South Asia to maximize the impact of anti-poverty programs

The Government of Odisha signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia to engage in a strategic evidence-based approach to policymaking.