Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)

Esther Duflo selected as a 2013 Dan David Prize laureateHonored for research to alleviate poverty through disease prevention

Scaling Development Ventures conference goes digital in face of stormSpeakers and attendees from around world convene online to share lessons learned on the path to 'scaling-up' products and services for global social impact.

Duflo, Lander, Lewin to lead spring-semester MITx coursesEdX takes stock of last semester’s MITx courses; data will be used to improve education online and in the classroom.

The high value of waterStudy: People willing to pay more for running water report much higher levels of happiness when they have it.

President Obama announces intent to appoint Esther Duflo to Global Development CouncilMIT development economist nominated for presidential policy council.

MIT’s place in the worldInaugural symposium addresses the Institute’s global engagement.

Leading by exampleStudy: The presence of female politicians boosts aspirations, educational achievement of young women.

Duflo wins APPAM’s Kershaw Award for public policy analysis

Life on a dollar a dayIn Poor Economics, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo open a window into the lives of the world’s poorest people, and suggest new remedies to combat poverty.

Tech support?Contrasting views on display as MIT researchers debate how technology can curb global poverty.

Said and DoneHumanities, arts, and social sciences digest for September 2010

Deworming the worldHow MIT Sloan School of Management Professor Kristin Forbes is helping to improve school participation in developing countries for just pennies per child

Esther Duflo wins Clark medalMIT’s influential poverty researcher heralded as best economist under age 40.

Democracy put to the testMIT field experiment asks: What happens when people gain the ability to govern themselves?

Data points of lightMIT’s undergraduates fight poverty one statistic at a time, thanks to coordination between the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab.

Lab-grade economicsCan economists conduct studies with solid scientific foundations? Professor Joshua Angrist explains how to carry out 'natural experiments' with numbers.