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Since 2018 the American charity GiveDirectly has been sending the equivalent of $22.50 a month to thousands of villagers in western Kenya.

Two decades ago, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo embarked on a mission to revolutionize development economics. Their brainchild, The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), is now an international powerhouse of research and policy influence.

Study of rigorous trial shows mixed results, suggests need to keep examining how nutrition can combat a pervasive disease.

Children who play chess might be better versed to take risks than their peers, as well as aiding their arithmetic and rational thinking.

Lessons from an evidence-based approach to scaling a gender equality programme across Indian states.

Organizations will support government agencies in using evidence to advance economic mobility and racial equity in the wake of Covid-19.

In order to further advance collaboration in livestock systems research, the University of Edinburgh and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), a CGIAR centre, have renewed their Memorandum of Understanding, further strengthening their decades-long partnership.

Personalized interventions like dedicated completion coaches are the best way to encourage long-run behavioral changes many noncompleters need to finish their degree, said University of Toronto economist Philip Oreopoulos.