Study of rigorous trial shows mixed results, suggests need to keep examining how nutrition can combat a pervasive disease.

MIT researchers who share their data recognized at second annual awards celebration.

Organizations will support government agencies in using evidence to advance economic mobility and racial equity in the wake of Covid-19.

Labs in Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia will be led by J-PAL with support from Community Jameel.

An experiment in Egypt suggests ways to spread information for women facing domestic violence.

One of MIT’s five Climate Grand Challenges flagship projects, the Jameel Observatory-CREWSnet project will pilot in Bangladesh and Sudan to help communities adapt to the impacts of climate change.

The research center will support two nonprofits and four government agencies in designing randomized evaluations on housing stability, procedural justice, transportation, income assistance, and more.

Replacing rice-bag delivery with digital card vouchers helps recipients get their intended supplies, researchers report.

J-PAL North America and the University of Chicago’s Behavioral Insights and Parenting Lab will evaluate two approaches to text-based parental engagement programs that motivate two distinct kinds of learning interactions.

In collaboration with Community Jameel and Co-Impact, rigorous research will inform social policies and programs.