Partnership to institutionalize evidence in education policies in Burkina Faso | New lecture series to showcase groundbreaking research and practice | US health care leaders invited to compete for funding and technical expertise to study innovative programs | J-PAL LAC celebrates new partnership...

From India to Zambia: A learning journey | Building policymaker capacity to use evidence: A long-term partnership | Driving policy-relevant research: J-PAL South Asia's partnership with the Government of Tamil Nadu | Featured Affiliate: Matthew Notowidigdo

Innovate, test, scale: Lab to improve education policy in Peru | Peace, recovery, and reconciliation: Randomized evaluations in post-conflict environments | Identifying the poor through self-targeting | J-PAL welcomes new affiliated professors

Selected state and local governments will receive support from J-PAL North America at MIT to create and use evidence to improve the effectiveness of their social programs.

J-PAL North America awards funding to five state and local governments, the Indian state of Jharkhand scales up two rigorously evaluated programs, and Oriana Bandiera reflects on doing field work in crocodile infested waters.

Read about research to make cities safer, a livelihoods program being scaled to over half a million people, private access to contraception, and more.

Four organizations will partner with J-PAL North America to evaluate substance abuse treatment, care integration, social-service delivery, and patient-engagement programs.

Read about new open online courses, winners of the US Health Care Delivery Initiative competition, an upcoming lecture on education in India, and more.

Read about our new online health research course, improving access to justice in Mexico, an upcoming lecture on political campaigns, and more.

J-PAL welcomes seven new affiliated professors, including Eliana La Ferrara and Vincent Pons, who have done research on voter participation, media, and other topics in Europe and abroad. Read more about their research.