Earlier this month, J-PAL’s Natalie Valent spoke at the @unecosoc Youth Forum on a panel discussing SDG17, youth & the #FutureOfWork , and J-PAL’s partnership w/ the International Labour Organization & @decentjobsyouth.
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It’s not too late to register for our #DEDP MicroMasters webinar to learn more about the upcoming spring term! Join us tomorrow to hear about program updates, including the new Public Policy Track and scholarship opportunities: bit.ly/3JHT0nP #EconTwitter

🆕 Nurturing childhood curiosity to enhance learning 🇹🇷

Today on VoxDev, Sule Alan (@EUI_EU Bilkent Economics J-PAL CEPR) & Ipek Mumcu (@UofEBusiness) explore the effects of a pedagogical programme in Türkiye that nurtured natural curiosity: voxdev.org/topic/educatio…

An alum of J-PAL Africa, Grant Bridgman sought to address inequalities in access to information. Read about his path from being an RA in Sierra Leone to founding his translation start-up, Uliza, in our latest Alumni Spotlight. bit.ly/49ORFWQ

Congratulations to all of the authors! We're honored to have Johannes Haushofer, Edward Miguel, and Paul Niehaus as part of our affiliated researcher network. Read J-PAL's summary of their winning paper: bit.ly/3WlaXQv

Interested in development economics, food security, & policy? Apply to our #UJALA_research Senior Research Associate position at UM6P - Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in #Morocco ! We are looking for candidates skilled in evidence synthesis & communication. j-p.al/kb8

Governments worldwide are exploring ways to use #AI . Iqbal Dhaliwal recently joined J-PAL South Asia and the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology to discuss how AI might enhance public service delivery and the need for rigorous evaluations of AI applications for social good.

Migration, trade, & climate change are just a few of the topics covered by #AbhijitBanerjee & #EstherDuflo in Good Economics for Hard Times, a #DEDP course inspired by their book of the same name. Don’t miss out and enroll today: bit.ly/3Utkzaw #EconTwitter

🚨The deadline for the MENA Scholars Fellowship application has been extended until May 15th!
🔗Join us on May 1st for the J-PAL MENA Scholars Fellowship online information session. (1/2)

Learn about our Learning for All Initiative’s RFP for African Scholars—education researchers with a quantitative PhD based at a university in sub-Saharan Africa. The RFP covers FLN, holistic skills, girls’ ed, climate & education, & long-term follow-ups. bit.ly/3QhCdLT

'To transform lives in the Global South, focus on transforming the digital infrastructure.' Thank you Amitabh Kant for visiting J-PAL Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and sharing invaluable experiences from leading NITI Aayog, Make in India, your journey in Kerala, & as G20 Sherpa. You are an inspiration!

The #DEDP MicroMasters program now offers courses through the International Development Track and the Public Policy Track.

📅 Attend our webinar on April 30 to learn more about the program’s two tracks: j-p.al/kd7 #EconTwitter

To further strengthen equity & diversity in our research network, we are once again accepting self-nominations for invited researchers. The application process is currently open and will close on August 1st. Learn more about the self-nomination process: j-p.al/invited-resear…

Today is #EarthDay 🌎 and we're recognizing researchers who are committed to building the evidence base on combating #climatechange , like Christopher Knittel. Learn more about his research to inform policies on greenhouse gas emissions reduction: j-p.al/e8e15