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J-PAL's Project AI Evidence is launching the PAIE Scholars Program, supporting early-career researchers in Asia and Africa to lead rigorous evaluations of AI-enabled interventions for social good.
Completion award: $1,000.
Applications close Oct 16: bit.ly/4xBMrtj
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Can AI chatbots improve outcomes for farmers? 🌱 Our new Evidence to Policy case study in J-PAL’s #EvaluatingSocialPrograms online course walks through a practical framework for evaluating AI tools to reach farmers at scale.
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Most AI-and-work research centers high-income economies. But ~85% of workers are in low- and middle-income countries.
On the sidelines of #UNGA81, J-PAL + @schmidtsciences hosted a fireside chat to ask: what can actually be done, and by whom?
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MicroMasters done. What's next? 🎓 📚Find out how it opens the door to an MIT master's degree. Oct 21, 9am ET: Prof. Sara Ellison, the DEDP team, and an alum break down eligibility, timing, and how to apply strong.
Register free: bit.ly/46GnXo0
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Congratulations to Michael Kremer, longtime J-PAL affiliate and 2019 Nobel co-laureate with J-PAL co-founders Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, on becoming @WorldBankGroup's next Chief Economist!
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Climate change disproportionately affects people living in poverty, and there's a critical lack of evidence on the real-world impacts of climate solutions.
As leaders gather for #ClimateWeekNYC, J-PAL's Environment, Energy, and Climate Change sector is closing that gap.
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🎙️Tune in to the second episode of our ‘3 Things’ collaboration with @IndianExpress , on how Personalised Adaptive Learning (PAL) can help children learn at their own pace.
In this insightful conversation, CSF’s @HarishDoraiswa2 joins @singhab from @JPAL to discuss how #EdTech can enable more personalised and inclusive learning in #classrooms.
🔴Listen to the episode: bit.ly/3ThingsPodcastOnEdTec…
#3Things #EdTech #PAL #PersonalisedLearning #EducationTechnology
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This week in Rabat, we welcomed @UM6P to the ADEPT network alongside Community Jameel and our Co-Founder Esther Duflo. 🎓🌍
UM6P students in the Master’s in Economic Analysis and Public Policy can now take MITx DEDP courses and earn a globally recognized credential alongside their degree.
Learn more: povertyactionlab.org/updates…
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We're hiring! 📣
J-PAL Global is looking for a Communications Associate in Cambridge, MA.
You will help turn findings from randomized evaluations into work that moves policy: blog posts, newsletters, social, our annual report, and thought leadership.
👉 Apply:
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Curious about the DEDP master’s program at @MITEcon? Get your questions answered live. Join Prof. Sara Ellison, the DEDP team, and an alum on Oct 21, 9am ET, for a straight-talk webinar on curriculum, funding, tracks, and what makes an application stand out.
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⏰ Now open! Interested in building your impact evaluation toolkit? Join us in J-PAL’s free, self-paced Evaluating Social Programs online course with @mitopenlearning.
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What happens ten, fifteen, even twenty years after a development program ends?
J-PAL's new Long-Term Impacts Initiative (LTII) is funding research to find out, helping us understand whether anti-poverty programs produce lasting gains in income and livelihoods.
Learn more: bit.ly/46uFWNZ
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📻 Listen to our @ScienceMagazine paper as a podcast. 1st up, the ancient history of psychoactive substances. 2nd, implementation science in global education! A natural pairing...the wonderful diversity of a general science journal
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✨ So proud of this paper, now published in @Nature! We ran ** 5 ** randomized trials providing education in emergencies w/ NGOs & governments at a time of historic need and uncertainty during the pandemic. Evidence really mattered. We reversed "voltage drops" when scaling across contexts; instead effects improved over time, showing a "learning curve"
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The @JPAL_SA and @JPAL team will be at Oxford, 15-17 September, for the @WWHGlobalEd conference! (+ a few side events).
Excited to be part of the conversations on what works in global education.
Around too? Reply or DM us — always up for a coffee ☕
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Context is critical in designing effective policy.
To help advance the research agenda across the continent, our African Scholars Program supports researchers in leading randomized evaluations on today's most pressing development challenges.
🌍 Explore their latest work: bit.ly/3V8PITo
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🎓 Interested in earning a certificate in our #EvaluatingSocialPrograms online course on rigorous impact evaluation? Enroll today for free or upgrade to the certificate track for $99.
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We’re hiring! J-PAL Global is looking for a Communications Associate to join our team in Cambridge, MA.
Help us bridge the gap between rigorous research and real-world policy by turning complex data into compelling stories.
🗓️ Apply by Oct 9
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Many households in Nairobi have access to pay-per-use toilets, but cost remains a barrier to regular use.
Can discounts and marketing help?
@johanncb @judy_chevalier, and Mushfiq investigate in the context of toileting habits: povertyactionlab.org/evaluat…
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The BREAD-IGC virtual PhD course is back, this time on political economy and development, featuring several J-PAL affiliates and Nobel Laureate James Robinson.
The course features 12 weekly lectures, each with a live Q&A, starting today.
📌 Details: bit.ly/4xoLzZe
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