Join J-PAL affiliates Teevrat Garg and @anantsudarshan at this VoxDevLit launch to review the economic evidence on air pollution. Register here 👇

📢 Join J-PAL Global as a Senior Training Associate at MIT in Cambridge, MA! 💡 In this role, you will create teaching materials, support training courses, and collaborate with global partners to advance evidence-informed policy. If you are enthusiastic about randomized evaluations, capacity building, and fighting poverty, this is an opportunity for you. 📍 Location: Cambridge, MA 🔗 Learn more and apply: povertyactionlab.org/careers…

Where international finance meets development: The role of currency risk @NicolaLimodio (@Unibocconi), @PorzioTommaso (@Columbia_Biz), @awaambraseck (@HarvardHBS), Emmanuel Yimfor & Anne Kersting (@JPAL) discuss currency volatility in African markets: voxdev.org/topic/finance/whe…

This #WorldEnvironmentDay, discover how supporting people can also protect forests. 🌎 J-PAL research shows that financial incentives for conservation can reduce deforestation and pollution without compromising livelihoods 🎥 povertyactionlab.org/policy-… #WED2026

Congratulations to the DEDP Class of 2025 on graduating from MIT! 🎓 Learn more about the DEDP master’s program at MIT: economics.mit.edu/academic-p…

📢 Join our team! J-PAL Global is recruiting a Senior Training Associate to help policymakers, researchers, and practitioners conduct rigorous impact evaluations. Rigorous evidence changes policy. We need skilled researchers to make it happen. ✨ What you’ll do: - Design impactful teaching materials and training modules - Support global training courses and workshops - Collaborate with partners worldwide 📍 Based at MIT, Cambridge, MA. Apply by June 15: povertyactionlab.org/careers…

Floods are a regular risk for farmers in Bangladesh. 🇧🇩 New evidence from Bangladesh shows that flexible loans helped farmers manage the risk from floods. Read more: povertyactionlab.org/evaluat…

What if students, not teachers, set the rules for classroom behavior? A randomized study across 127 middle schools in Bangladesh finds that it improves classroom climate and academic performance, with gains persisting 1.5 years later. 🔗 nber.org/papers/w35160

This #MenstrualHygieneDay, we recognize how shame and stigma undermine confidence, education, and health for girls. Since 2024, J-PAL Africa has been working with @CARE and Madagascar's Ministry of Education to scale school-based initiatives that address menstrual stigma. Together, we're building safer, more supportive learning environments for girls. Read more: bit.ly/49Xt0lM

AI can help governments and nonprofits identify needs earlier, deliver personalized support, reduce administrative burden, support frontline workers, and use scarce resources more effectively, especially when development needs are large and public budgets are under strain. But AI’s potential does not automatically translate into impact. Whether it improves lives depends on how it is designed, deployed, used, evaluated, and adapted over time. J-PAL’s AI Evidence Playbook helps policymakers, practitioners, and donors ask practical questions before adopting or scaling AI: What problem will it solve? What task will it support? Who needs to use it? What assumptions must hold? How will we know whether it improves outcomes? Read the Playbook here: j-p.al/ai-evidence-playbook @JPAL

🚨🚨#Glocal Evaluation Week 2026 is back! And we are going to be talking about AI and its role in M&E. Date: June 1-5, 2026 Details: lnkd.in/dsenscss We’ve curated 50 M&E events this year across South Asia! Here's @meghapradhan with more #glocal2026 @GEI_GlobalEval

New research: When women hold authority in higher education, gender attitudes shift in unexpected ways. A study from an elite Middle Eastern university reveals the "progress paradox" of gains paired with backlash, with effects that persist for decades. bit.ly/4wzRKuh

🚨 How can we make people safer? New evidence on reducing crime, violence, and conflict is always emerging. The Governance, Crime, and Conflict Initiative (GCCI) has synthesized over 50 new studies and evidence from low- and middle-income countries, in six core areas: policing, justice provision, individual behavior, criminal organizations, peacebuilding, and violence against women. Key updates to the wrap-up include: 👮‍♂️ More discussion on strategies for leveraging limited police resources and improving police-community relations through training, community policing, and more. ⚖️ Strategies for improving criminal justice systems and increasing access to justice. 🧠 A look at behavior change interventions as an effective strategy for preventing and responding to criminal and violent behaviors. 🌦️ More research exploring links between climate shocks and conflict. 🤝 New studies on intergroup contact and dialogue as a tool for reducing prejudice in fragile and conflict-affected contexts; and 🚺 New evidence on a range of strategies for shifting social norms around gender-based violence, from training and dialogue to mass media campaigns. Read our biggest takeaways: bit.ly/4nDvL1i Explore the wrap-up: bit.ly/49absTc

Who should decide who gets rewarded at work? Managers or co-workers? A firm-level randomized evaluation in India finds workplace democracy boosts attendance, but managerial discretion drives productivity. What you reward shapes workplace culture. 🔗 nber.org/papers/w35138

🚨 IN TWO WEEKS 🚨 Join us at our event at the #glocal2026 in which we talk about all things AI and evaluations! 📅 June 4, 2026 🕛 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm IST 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/g5WDMNf5 We have a fantastic lineup of speakers — and you’ll get to engage with them directly

"How much of AI is real and how much is hype?" @iqbaldhali at the India AI Impact Summit, where the focus has shifted from existential risks to what's possible. If deployed correctly, AI has tremendous potential in health, education, agriculture, and climate.

Currency swings shape who can borrow, invest, and grow. New on @vox_dev: how currency risk connects international finance to real development outcomes. 🔗 voxdev.org/topic/finance/whe…