A new computational tool empowers decision-makers to target interventions.

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.

Fortifying foods with new polymer particles containing vitamin A could promote better vision and health for millions of people.

Health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected for dialing down, new study finds.

“Distance Unknown,” an exhibition by MIT’s Civic Data Design Lab, documents the often challenging journeys migrants undertake to gain economic opportunity and food security.

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

Evaluation Incubators to provide technical assistance, training, funding to help partners design randomized evaluations of housing stability strategies and state and local programs.

First results underscore the urgent need for a better understanding of how to address inequities in birth outcomes.

New J-PAL North America publication helps policymakers understand summer programs’ wide-ranging benefits, in such areas as criminal justice involvement, education, and development.