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David Autor
David Autor is Ford Professor of Economics at MIT and Director of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)'s Disability Research Center.
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May 2017 Newsletter
Read a new policy bulletin summarizing results from seventeen evaluations of charter schools, learn how evidence helped scale unconditional cash transfers to reach over 60,000 households in east Africa, and more.
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WFP And J-PAL Partner To Promote Child Growth And Immunization In Moyamba District
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and J-PAL Africa are partnering on a program to promote children’s health in Moyamba district, one of the districts in Sierra Leone most affected by chronic malnutrition.
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June 2017 Newsletter
Is a policy shown to be successful in one place likely to succeed in another? How can cognitive behavioral therapy help solve crime and violence? Learn answers to these and other questions in our June newsletter.
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July 2017 Newsletter
Hear from some of the 7,000 MicroMasters students on their experience with the program, learn about upcoming research in crime and violence prevention, and more in our July newsletter.
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August 2017 Newsletter
Dive into J-PAL affiliates' research in education in this issue of the newsletter. Learn how J-PAL Africa is helping scale up an education program in Zambia, read up on the research on school enrollment and attendance, and more.
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September 2017 Newsletter
Catch up on evidence from the J-PAL network with a new literature review on education technology and a new policy publication on biometric smartcards.
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J-PAL Executive Director Rachel Glennerster Appointed Chief Economist at UK Department for International Development
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) announced today that Rachel Glennerster, Executive Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), has been appointed Chief Economist of DFID.
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New affiliated professors join J-PAL
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October 2017 Newsletter
J-PAL welcomes five new affiliates, Executive Director Rachel Glennerster announces her appointment as Chief Economist at DFID, and more in the latest newsletter.
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November 2017 Newsletter
This month's newsletter announces the blended master's degree combining online learning with a semester at MIT, shares a blog series on increasing girls' school participation, and more.
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Jens Ludwig
Jens Ludwig is the Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor in the School of Social Service Administration, director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, and co-director of the University of Chicago Urban Education Lab.
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USAID Announces $18.4 Million in Support of Cutting Edge Innovations
USAID's Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) program announced funding for J-PAL Africa, Pratham, and UNICEF/Zambia to work with the Zambian Ministry of General Education in a nationwide rollout of the Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) Program.
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Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT teams up with Egyptian organizations for Cairo event
Release: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT teams up with Egyptian organizations for Cairo event