Selected cities and counties will receive funding and technical support from J-PAL to test innovative strategies in the fight against poverty.

PhD student Aicha Ben Dhia studies France’s labor market from the perspective of local job-seekers.

Can an antipoverty program work in different settings? A new report presents a user’s guide to a tough issue.

MIT researchers refine yardstick for measuring schools and teachers.

Award-winning paper by Arun Singh shows how one of the world’s fastest-growing economies can expand its energy consumption while limiting emissions.

Author of “Blue Skies over Beijing” links Chinese air quality and urban development.

Combining climate policy and vehicle emissions standards could pack a one-two punch.

Professor David Mindell, who researches the interaction between automation and human behavior, discusses the interdependence of people, robots, and infrastructure.

J-PAL North America tests innovative strategies to reduce recidivism and help inmates transition back to society.

Bell, Bhatia, Cummins, Duflo, Jensen, and Mavalvala honored for research achievements.