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After a summer of climate-related disasters, the latest report from the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change is a dire warning for the world. The planet faces a “rapidly narrowing window” to avert catastrophic levels of warming.

Four extraordinary projects involving Oxford academics, which bring research impact to real-world issues, have today been shortlisted for a prestigious 'Celebrating Impact Prize' by the government's Economic and Social Research Council.

J-PAL North America and Results for America have announced 18 new partnerships with state and local governments across the country through their Leveraging Evidence and Evaluation for Equitable Recovery (LEVER) programming, which launched in April of this year.

Low-income residents often face a Catch-22 when looking to move up in their careers. They can either earn more money or lose their state-provided benefits — like SNAP, housing vouchers, or subsidized childcare. This is known as a “benefits cliff” and is experienced by Americans who live below 200%...

A functioning economy provides people with access to credit, insurance, and, among other things, investment opportunities. But what happens in poor communities where they are landless and have no wealth? Eliana La Ferrara says the social structure within those communities offers the collateral they...

Martin Abel is a behavioral economist who researches discrimination in labor markets. In a study based on a hiring experiment he conducted with another economist, Rulof Burger, they found that participants systematically discriminated against job candidates with names they associated with Black...

Community Jameel, an independent, global organisation advancing science and learning, and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Middle East and North Africa (J-PAL MENA) at the American University in Cairo, have announced plans to launch a new J-PAL air and water lab.