Meet 8 MIT women faculty who teach MITx courses and lead cutting-edge research

MIT News

Can deep learning transform heart failure prevention?

MIT News

New Alliance for Data, Evaluation and Policy Training will advance data-driven decision-making in public policy

The Nobel Foundation

Family matters: Meet the families with Nobel Prizes

The International Monetary Fund

Vocational skills training has multiple benefits

N/A

Especially for the worst off: Talking to Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo

Financial Times

Can international aid survive in a crumbling world order?

Financial Times

Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo: Foreign aid can be effective without the US

Okaz

Riyadh Humanitarian Forum: Sustainable and effective solutions to support vulnerable groups

The Saudi Press Agency

Scientific session entitled: ‘The role of evidence in documenting the impact of humanitarian action’ at the fourth Riyadh International Humanitarian Forum

The Brighter Side

Groundbreaking MIT study challenges common assumptions about sleep

Le Monde

Esther Duflo : « J’ai découvert que les économistes avaient un pouvoir dangereux »

Hindustan Times

AI can help fight tax fraud, but is not a silver bullet

Ragon Institute

Leveraging artificial intelligence for vaccine development: A Ragon-MIT advancement in T cell epitope prediction

The Times of India

How research on people's networks in villages won Stanford prof Indy Prize

The Economist

'The Traitors', a reality TV show, offers a useful economics lesson

MIT News

MIT researchers introduce Boltz-1, a fully open-source model for predicting biomolecular structures

American Association for Cancer Research

Experts forecast cancer research and treatment advances in 2025

MIT News

AI in health should be regulated, but don’t forget about the algorithms, researchers say

Financial Times

Economist Abhijit Banerjee: ‘Good storytellers are very powerful’

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AI for social good

Outlook Business

Changemakers 2024: Pratham CEO Rukmini Banerji is a force for change

International Rescue Committee

USAID launches new collaboration with leading evidence organisations to improve agency cost-effectiveness

Les Echos

Esther Duflo: "I could never have won the Nobel Prize except at MIT"

Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

Nobel laureate discusses ways to alleviate global poverty

Business Standard

Before announcing a big programme, the government should test it

The Irish Times

Rise of metascience: Turning science on itself

European Training Foundation

Dr Reham Rizk: Speaking truth to power to tackle poverty

The Hindu

Slew of MoUs announced at AI Summit

The New Yorker

How machines learned to discover drugs

La Repubblica

L’economista i investigadora Mónica Martínez Bravo, nova consellera de Drets Socials

MIT News

Groundbreaking poverty alleviation project expands with new Arnold Ventures, J-PAL North America collaboration

MIT News

AI model identifies certain breast tumour stages likely to progress to invasive cancer

Vox

The best plan to help refugees might also be the simplest

Ministerio de Inclusión, Seguridad Social y Migraciones

La ministra Saiz y el Nobel de Economía, Abhijit Banerjee, presentan los resultados del Laboratorio de Políticas de Inclusión

Route Fifty

The time is now: Harnessing rigorous evaluation in a post-ARPA America

MIT News

MIT-Takeda Program wraps up with 16 publications, a patent, and nearly two dozen projects completed

The New York Times

Say hello to your addiction risk score — courtesy of the tech industry

Spectrum

Better cardiovascular care through AI

MIT News

How a quantum scientist, a nurse, and an economist are joining the fight against global poverty

Vox

What if cancelling people’s medical debt doesn’t help them?

World Economic Forum

From paralympian to water security specialist: Meet the 2024 class of Young Global Leaders

MIT News

Q&A: Claire Walsh on how J-PAL’s King Climate Action Initiative tackles the twin climate and poverty crises

La Moncloa

La Comisión Europea respalda el Laboratorio de Políticas de Inclusión de España y se abre a estudiar vías de financiación para su continuidad

MarocHebdo

Pour un meilleur avenir de l’agriculture marocaine et africaine

Le Monde

Esther Duflo: 'We must compensate the world's poorest citizens and help them adapt to climate change'

The Washington Post

A revolution in helping Africa's poor: Cash with no strings attached

The Times of India

Sharbat times: Beyond just surviving ever hotter summers

Kazinform International News Agency

Nobel Laureate from MIT discusses poverty reduction strategies

Hindustan Times

Vet varsity conducts programme to enhance digital literacy

Opportunity Tracker

With a stipend of USD 15,000: Apply for the 2024 J-PAL’s MENA Scholars Fellowship

Oya Opportunities

J-PAL's MENA Scholars Fellowship 2024

Al-Fanar Media

J-PAL MENA Scholars Fellowship at the American University in Cairo

The Michigan Daily

Ross hosts Amy Finkelstein for talk on the American health care system

J-PAL

Lesson #2 | What not-to-do: Wisdom from years of trials (and errors)

Devex

Opinion: What it takes - and what's next - to build data for social impact

The Times of India

Cake love in the land of gulub jamun

Aol.

New report reveals the surprising benefit to economic recessions: They help you live longer

La Gaceta

Las potencias y una enorme “deuda moral” climática

Revista Forum

Nobel-winning economist estimates the world's moral debt to poor countries is worth 20 billion dollars

Al-Masry Al-Youm

The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development integrates the Egypt Impact Lab into the organisational structure of the National Authority for Governance

Financial Times

Esther Duflo: Rich world owes $500bn in ‘moral debt’ to poor countries

Tax Policy Center

Proposed: A global minimum tax on billionaires to mitigate the human costs of climate change

Climate Change News

Global billionaires tax to fight climate change, hunger rises up political agenda

Bloomberg

Nobel economist tells G-20 to slap climate tax on billionaires

Europa Press

The European Commission supports the Inclusion Policy Laboratory and looks for new ways to finance it

MIT News

When an antibiotic fails: MIT scientists are using AI to target “sleeper” bacteria

University of Cape Town News

UCT hosts Nobel laureate for lecture on universal basic income in the developing world

El País

Abhijit Banerjee, Nobel Prize in economics: ‘There are important things that cannot be solved just with a money transfer ’

Radio France

Réduire leur consommation d'eau, le défi des habitants du Cap pour éviter la catastrophe en 2018

Orissa Diary

Ministry of Rural Development signs MoU with J-PAL South Asia for technical assistance in inclusive development implementation under DAY NRLM

The New York Times

How one tech skeptic decided AI might benefit the middle class

The New York Times

Paying off people’s medical debt has little impact on their lives, study finds

The Times of India

Lucknow lessons, and the maze of public relief

Hindustan Times

For its women, India must embrace science in policing

MIT News

A new computational technique could make it easier to engineer useful proteins

The Week

How AI is changing drug development

Upworthy Science

How to measure your stress, with Dr. Rosalind Picard

Financial Times

The surprising public health benefit of unemployment

Eric and Wendy Schmidt Centre

Data science challenge reveals new research directions for cancer immunotherapy

The Foreign Service Journal

Framing the immigration issue

Kompas

Pembiayaan fiskal, dari mana uangnya?

Boston Magazine

Jameel Clinic AI faculty lead Regina Barzilay named one of 10 very important people behind Boston’s AI revolution

J-PAL

J-PAL Africa, the City of Cape Town and Community Jameel launch new Water, Air and Energy Lab

Cape Town Today

Igniting a beacon of innovation: The launch of the WAE Lab in Cape Town

Independent Online

Excitement as Water, Air and Energy Lab launched in City

MIT News

Five MIT faculty members take on Cancer Grand Challenges

The Times of India

Education department set to enlist phone tutoring from Nobel laureates' NGO

Europa Press

Las jornadas 'Laboratorio Social' analizan el establecimiento de itinerarios de integración social desde la innovación

Disca Media

Elma Saiz defiende que la inversión social en la UE debe reforzar la inclusión laboral de las personas con discapacidad

La Revista de la Seguridad Social

Elma Saiz: “Es un día histórico porque se reconoce en Europa que la inversión social impacta en la productividad y el crecimiento económico de la UE”

The Tribune India

PAU student gets J-PAL research fellowship

J-PAL

What not-to-do: Wisdom from years of trials (and errors)

MIT News

Deciphering the cellular mechanisms behind ALS

Forbes

What’s wrong with the U.S. welfare state?

The New York Times

Why cash is better than expanded health insurance for the poor

The Salt Lake Tribune

Universal health coverage in Utah? One economist makes an argument for it

MIT News

Stratospheric safety standards: How aviation could steer regulation of AI in health

Forbes

Health insurance without health care

PR News Wire

Free training programmes for San Bernardino County caregivers address need for specialised skills on Alzheimer's care and climate-related emergency preparedness

Abidjan.net

Côte d’Ivoire /Evaluation des politiques publiques: Nialé Kaba lance la formation d’une quarantaine de fonctionnaires du pays

Agence Ivoirienne de Presse

Côte d’Ivoire-AIP/ 33 fonctionnaires bénéficient d’une formation en évaluation de politiques publiques

MIT News

Reflecting on COP28 — and humanity’s progress toward meeting global climate goals

The Conversation

Real-world experiments in messaging show that getting low-income people the help they need is more effective when stigma is reduced

Review Uzbekistan

Международные эксперты обсудили прогресс Узбекистана в борьбе с бедностью

J-PAL

Evaluating effectiveness and equity in climate mitigation and transportation policy: A webinar recap

MIT News

Reflecting on COP28 — and humanity’s progress toward meeting global climate goals

GBH News

'NOVA: AI revolution' dives into the past, present, and future of one of the most consequential technological advancements of our time

MIT News

Illustrating India’s complex environmental crises

India.com

Karnataka budget 2024: From Marusinchana scheme to JEE/NEET training programme; Here’s what education sector gets

The Wire

Solutions for Bengaluru traffic, bill for gig workers and more in Karnataka's budget

Eedina

ಈ ದಿನ ಸಂಪಾದಕೀಯ | ಬಜೆಟ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ಭರ್ಜರಿ ಕೊಡುಗೆ; ಅನುಷ್ಠಾನಕ್ಕೂ ಇರಲಿ ಆದ್ಯತೆ

India Today

Karnataka budget: Rs 850 crores allocated for school infrastructure, details here

The Hindu

Karnataka budget: ‘Navu Manujaru’ to inculcate social harmony among students

Outlook India

Improving school infrastructure, programmes to improve learning outcomes announced In Karnataka budget

Les Echos

Esther Duflo, dans les pas de Daniel Cohen

UZ Daily

International experts discussed Uzbekistan’s progress in the fight against poverty

Forbes

Budgeting for enterprise AI initiatives

Medriva

The new frontiers of AI: Funding challenges and potential solutions

Innovations for Poverty Action

New humanitarian protection initiative will help reduce harm to people affected by conflict

The Times of India

Odisha government partners with J-PAL for evidence-based approach to policy formulation

The Times of India

J-PAL to power AP poverty alleviation progress

The Pioneer

Jharkhand Governor felicitates 625 women graduating out of extreme poverty

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The generalisability puzzle

Health Leaders

'Junk insurance' Part 2: Coverage and its discontents

Nature

Building a two-way street between cell biology and machine learning

el Periódico de España

Un laboratorio de evaluación de políticas para personas en exclusión y más cobertura del IMV: así son las prioridades de Inclusión

Ministerio de Inclusión, Seguridad Social y Migraciones

Elma Saiz talks to Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee about the use of scientific evidence to improve social policies

J-PAL

Humanitarian protection initiative

Infobae

Elma Saiz anuncia que crearán un laboratorio de evaluación de políticas dirigidas a acompañar a personas en exclusión

UOL

Brazilian study: Lower concentration of power in local elites boosts development

La Tercera

Columna de María Paz Arzola: No repetir los errores de la reforma educacional

Cryptopolitan

Herausforderungen in einer arbeitslosen KI-Gesellschaft, untersucht von MIT economist

EBRD Green Cities

6th of October becomes first city in Egypt to complete green city action plan

Livedoor

中国のグリーン低炭素モデル転換プランに世界が注目、「重要な役割果たしていく」と専門家

Libération

Les héritages de l’économiste Daniel Cohen, des «pavés contre les idées reçues»

La Tribune

L’hommage d’Esther Duflo à Daniel Cohen

The Times of India

One Chineej, many Chinas

BBC

Esther Duflo: 'Nobel Prize will be a megaphone'

Outlook India

Esther Duflo underscores social security for elderly

Nikkei Asia

AI 'work-free society' may not be happier, says Banerjee of MIT

Liberale

Shifra e ditës: 10 ekonomistët me më tepër ndikim, të cilët ndryshuan historinë e botës

MIT News

What to do about AI in health?

Depok

Optimalkan potensi masyarakat: Bansos berbasis sertifikasi untuk keunggulan di pasar kerja

Paris School of Economics

Esther Duflo, new president of the Paris School of Economics

Libération

La Prix Nobel Esther Duflo prend la tête de l’Ecole d’économie de Paris

Outlook India

From gender inclusivity to climate change: Art exhibition explores ways to popularise policy discourse

MIT Sloan

MIT experts recommend policies for safe, effective use of AI

Antara

Kontribusi Nyata Programme Prakerja Menuju Indonesia 2045

The Print

Nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo turn findings into fun – play, exhibition

MIT News

School of engineering fourth quarter 2024 awards

J-PAL

Celebrating a decade of the AEA RCT registry

The New York Times

AI should be a tool, not a curse, for the future of work

Health Affairs

Embracing failure in health care delivery and learning from null results

Instituto de Economía

Graduación diplomado en evaluación de impacto de programas y políticas públicas 2023

BBC

Scientists discover powerful antibiotic using AI

CIO Influence

MIT group’s latest white papers release focuses on governance of AI

MIT News

Using AI, MIT researchers identify a new class of antibiotic candidates

India Express

Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo interview: ‘India’s policy frame is not focused on inequality’

J-PAL

J-PAL North America joins the Learning Engineering Virtual Institute to improve math outcomes for middle school students

L'Obs

Tribune | Les groupes de niveau au collège : choc ou précipitation ?

Digital Journal

How official health insurance numbers understate consumer risks

Challenges

Qui est Esther Duflo, la nouvelle présidente de Paris School of Economics ?

Le Monde

Esther Duflo, Prix Nobel 2019, va diriger l’Ecole d’économie de Paris

Euronews

Scientists discover the first new antibiotics in over 60 years using AI

The Times of India

Cooking for comfort in a crisis time

The Times of India

Memories of ma, and the sweet melange of ghonto

Yahoo

Experts discover troubling reason oral health may worsen in the coming decades: ‘Real-world problems do not have clear-cut labels’

Centre for Net Zero

Centre for Net Zero launches trial with eminent global research centre, J-PAL

World Finance

Is economics broken?

World Economic Forum

Seven experts attending Davos share what’s on the horizon for 2024

J-PAL

J-PAL announces new, multi-year training partnership in Côte d’Ivoire to increase use of rigorous evidence in national policies and programmes

Financial Times

Cash grants catch on in international development world

The Times of India

The promises of elusive maharanis, and no-strings-attached money

The Indian Express

Nobel Laureate: Not teaching, pouring into kids

The Indian Express

Nina Singh takes charge as CISF’s first woman chief

The Hindu

Trailblazing academician cop, Nina Singh, becomes first woman CISF DG

Hankyoreh

Interview | Korea should prioritise raising quality of life over indiscriminate growth, argue economists

The Indian Express

Decode politics: First floated in 2019, Congress brings back NYAY — what is it?

Forbes

U.S. healthcare system leaves far too many people underinsured

BNN Breaking

Two decades of J-PAL: Revolutionising development economics through evidence-based solutions

J-PAL

Affiliate spotlight: Gustavo J. Bobonis on advancing evidence generation and use in Puerto Rico

Hindustan Times

‘If we want to remove extreme poverty... we must match it with financing’

Mint

Pushing evidence-based policymaking for the poor

MIT News

Does “food as medicine” make a big dent in diabetes?

Arab News

MIT Jameel Clinic conference urges use of AI in healthcare

Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Breast Cancer Research Foundation: Regina Barzilay

MIT News

2023-24 Takeda fellows: Advancing research at the intersection of AI and health

Zawya

عيادة جميل في معهد ماساتشوستس للتكنولوجيا ومستشفى الملك فيصل التخصصي ومركز الأبحاث يطلقان أداة مبتكرة للكشف المبكر عن سرطان الثدي عبر الذكاء الاصطناعي في السعودية

Al Riyadh

عيادة جميل في MIT تنظم أول مؤتمر يبحث دور الذكاء الاصطناعي في الرعاية الصحية في المملكة

MBC

صباح الخير يا عرب | مؤتمر دور #الذكاء_الاصطناعي في الرعاية الصحية للمرة الأولى في المملكة

Needham Local

"Rebooting American healthcare" with Amy Finkelstein

Zawya

MIT Jameel Clinic hosts first conference in the Kingdom to drive the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare

Spectrum

J-PAL: 20 Years of Acting on Poverty

Zawya

Egypt: CBE, Planning Ministry collaborate on financial inclusion for ‘Decent Life’ initiative

Vox

The first results from the world’s biggest basic income experiment

The San Diego Union Tribune

County teams up with MIT to evaluate rent subsidy pilot program for seniors

Yahoo

Cyclerion strengthens board of directors with experienced company builder and cutting-edge innovator

MIT News

What does the future hold for generative AI?

The Economist

Giving the poor a wodge of cash is better than dripping it out

Business Insider

How universal basic income would work best — and it might not be monthly cash payments, a Nobel prize winner's new research suggests

MIT News

Automated system teaches users when to collaborate with an AI assistant

The Washington Post

Opinion | Here's a realistic path to protecting the Amazon rainforest

Devex

Opinion: Ending extreme poverty is within reach. We can’t give up.

Capital

University of Edinburgh renews partnership with International Livestock Research Institute

Yahoo

Global leaders unite at the UAE Pavilion at COP28 to discuss powerful partnerships for sustainable food systems

The New York Times

What am I thankful for this year? Amazing scientific discoveries.

Morocco World News

J-PAL, UM6P partner to launch agriculture lab in Morocco

MIT News

Rewarding excellence in open data

L'express

Comment savoir à qui donner ? Nos conseils pour être généreux et efficace, par Franck Ramus

MIT News

Meet the 2023 tenured professors in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

BBC

Madhur Jaffrey: The woman who gave the world Indian food

Spectrum

Marzyeh Ghassemi finds the right guiding star

The Guardian

AI is coming for our jobs! Could universal basic income be the solution?

Zawya

Jameel Clinic at MIT and KFSH&RC launch pioneering AI early breast cancer detection tool in Saudi Arabia

La Vie Eco

Écoles pionnières : Les enseignants ont démontré l’efficacité des nouvelles méthodes pédagogiques

Foresight Institute

Foresight Institute announces 2023 Feynman Prize winners, honouring groundbreaking achievements in nanotechnology

UBS

Abhijit V. Banerjee: Can microfinance solve poverty?

University of Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science and Society

Computational precision health programme welcomes new faculty, invites PhD applicants aiming to transform health care

Outlook India

Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee reveals his 'ultimate challenge'

The Times

Are the rich getting richer?

The Hindu

Women can make the world better

The Indian Express

Gold, school stipends: Cong refines its welfarism pitch from Nyay to now

Medium

GIST scientists advance voice pathology detection via adversarial continual learning

Foreign Affairs

We’ve got you covered: Rebooting American healthcare

Foreign Affairs

The real Washington consensus

Trade Arabia

J-PAL launches new agriculture lab in Morocco

Neurology Today

AI detects or predicts Parkinson's and potential disease-modifying drugs

India Development Review

What it takes to replicate a gender equality programme

Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health

AI’s balance of power

J-PAL

J-PAL and UM6P launch new agriculture research lab in Africa

MIT News

Twelve with MIT ties elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2023

The Washington Post

Looking for hope on the climate? Here’s where to start.

Medical Xpress

AI's balance of power: AI needs people as much as it needs data

Deseret News

The future is here

Zawya

Community Jameel Saudi concludes 7th edition of StartSmart competition

MIT News

J-PAL North America and Results for America announce 18 collaborations with state and local governments

The Times of India

Wet dhotis, satin shirts and pujor bhog

ABC News

Healthcare providers say artificial intelligence could transform medicine

Forbes

What can ubiquitous radio waves do for healthcare?

Zawya

New regional climate lab launched at Partnership development for climate adaptation in Arab States conference

Tech Daily News

AI ‘can’t fly solo,’ needs humanising context for use in healthcare, data expert emphasises

South China Morning Post

Hong Kong Jockey Club’s philanthropy forum brings together global thought leaders to discuss solutions for fairer societies

Zawya

مؤتمر «تنمية الشراكة من أجل التكيف مع المناخ في الدول العربية» يشهد إطلاق مختبر مناخي إقليمي جديد لتعزيز الوصول إلى هواء نقي ومياه نظيفة

Nature

How to fight antibiotic resistance

J-PAL

J-PAL South Asia and Community Jameel reaffirm their commitment to increase clean air and water access with the launch of SARWA

Le Temps

Esther Duflo: «La philanthropie ne doit pas se substituer aux gouvernements locaux»

Watani

وزيرة التخطيط تفتح مؤتمر“ الشراكة من أجل التكيّف مع تغيّر المناخ في الدول العربية”

Ahram Online

Egypt launches Climate Labs with J-PAL MENA

MIT Jameel Clinic

The pulse of ethical machine learning in health with Marzyeh Ghassemi

MENAFN

J-PAL MENA at AUC to co-host a regional conference on climate adaptation in Arab States

MIT News

MIT scholars awarded seed grants to probe the social implications of generative AI

Yicai Global

World laureates forum to convene in Shanghai this november

Hindustan Times

Replug: Women’s reservation bill will bridge gender gap in decision-making

IT World Canada

NVIDIA uses AI to solve climate change and protein folding

The Times of India

Small bites and bit bets: The challenge of philanthropy

Express Healthcare Management

Artificial intelligence in healthcare: Transforming diagnoses and treatments

J-PAL

Reflecting on a decade of impactful research at J-PAL North America

Center for Effective Global Action, University of California Berkeley

Scaling up the impact of rainwater harvesting techniques on small-scale farming in Niger

The Economist

How scientists are using artificial intelligence

MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Katabi earns SIGCOMM Lifetime Achievement Award

Chicago Booth

Employer-sponsored healthcare aggravates US inequality

MIT News

How an archeological approach can help leverage biased data in AI to improve medicine

The Hindu

Nobel laureate Michael Kremer praises education reforms in Andhra Pradesh

India Today

How Gujarat plans to make air polluters pay

MIT News

A. Michael West: Advancing human-robot interactions in health care

India Education Diary

Bringing together researchers and policymakers: New clean air and water labs for climate solutions

Kake

Opinion: Here are the jobs AI will impact most

MIT Technology Review

You need to talk to your kid about AI. Here are 6 things you should say

Scientific American

Algorithms are making important decisions. What could possibly go wrong?

Buffalo News

Children hit hardest by the pandemic are now the big kids at school. Many still need reading help

Medical Xpress

New machine learning techniques boost predictions for virtual drug screening with less data

Challenges

Vers un come-back de la prix Nobel d'économie Esther Duflo en France?

Center for Effective Global Action, University of California Berkeley

New open data platform to advance robust and comprehensive research in the agricultural sector

Stanford Walter H Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Centre

The market for healthcare in low-income countries

India Express

After Surat, emission trading scheme starts in Ahmedabad

Axios

Sizing up AI's promise and limitations in cancer detection

Hindustan Times

Ahmedabad becomes second city in country to implement emissions trading scheme

STAT

‘It’s going to set the bar pretty high’: A path forward for trusted AI in breast cancer risk prediction

Le Monde

Esther Duflo : « La lutte contre le réchauffement climatique est en retard de vingt ans par rapport à celle contre la pauvreté »

Libération

Esther Duflo : « Sur le fait d’aider les pauvres, nous sommes revenus à notre méfiance fondamentale »

Le Point

Esther Duflo: « la lutte contre la pauvreté a toujours été avec moi »

CNN

AI's impact on different jobs across the labor market

Télérama

L’économiste Esther Duflo : « Il existe déjà énormément de marges d’action pour lutter contre la pauvreté »

L'Humanité

Esther Duflo, prix Nobel d’économie : « Le sentiment qu’un pauvre l’est par sa faute est profondément ancré »

MIT News

Using social media to raise awareness of women's resources

The New York Times

The cookstove conundrum

The Economist

How cynical leaders are whipping up nationalism to win and abuse power

Bridge Detroit

Michigan school tutoring funds not likely until spring state officials say

The New Yorker

The poverty lab

The Asian Age

Who will be awarded the next Nobel Prize in Economics?

MIT News

New clean air and water labs to bring together researchers, policymakers to find climate solutions

Vox

AI-discovered drugs will be for sale sooner than you think

Financial Times

Superbugs: Why it's so hard to stop the 'silent pandemic'

J-PAL

A decade of empowering change: Celebrating 10 years of improving lives through evidence in Southeast Asia

Business Wire

Verge Genomics to incorporate Emerald digital health technology into its ALS phase 1b proof-of-concept clinical trial

Medical Xpress

How machine learning models can amplify inequities in medical diagnosis and treatment

Scientific American

AI could quickly screen thousands of antibiotics to tackle superbugs

The Times of India

Cultural capital, kabuli chana and college admissions

MIT News

How to help high schoolers prepare for the rise of artificial intelligence

The Hill

Can the global air pollution crisis lead to effective climate action?

MIT News

MIT researchers combine deep learning and physics to fix motion-corrupted MRI scans

Zawya

KFSH&RC and MIT Jameel Clinic collaborate to advance applied AI in healthcare

Aol.

US health care has been in crisis since Nixon–but J-PAL economist Amy Finkelstein may have found a way to radically disrupt it

EdTech Magazine

Innovation happens when universities partner with K-12 on IT-enabled solutions

J-PAL

Connecting Egyptian women to gender-based violence resources via social media during COVID-19

Undark

Opinion: AI alone won’t solve the problem of antibiotic resistance

Boston Globe

Boston nonprofit develops app to bring literacy education to children in Central America

ABC News

How artificial intelligence is being used to detect and treat cancer, but what are the potential risks for patients?

Diagnostic Imaging

Mammography-based deep learning model may help detect precancerous changes in high-risk women

Al Dostor

'Al-Tadamun' implements advanced training courses to build the capacity of service providers in Beni Suef nurseries

Akhbar Al-Yom

Intensive training courses held in Beni Suef for developing children's public services

The New York Times

We’re already paying for universal health care. Why don’t we have it?

J-PAL

DEDP alumni spotlight: Pursuing research around the world while staying connected to the J-PAL community

The Washington Post

How to revitalise summers for teens and young adults

World Bank

Six questions with Tavneet Suri

Brookings Institute

Using information and communication technology to improve mental health in Africa

Radio France

Esther Duflo : "On assiste depuis 2019 à une globalisation des problèmes auxquels font face les plus pauvres"

Le Monde

Esther Duflo : « Plus on aide les gens, plus ils sont aptes à sortir de la trappe à pauvreté »

Le Devoir

Les «plombiers» de la science au secours du climat

The Times of India

Plov: A pulao goes to Samarkand

Le Temps

Esther Duflo, Prix Nobel d’économie: « Il n’existe pas de formule pour rendre un pays prospère »

Le Matin Maroc

L'UM6P lance l'école d'été dédiée aux méthodologies du développement

MIT News

Jameel Clinic research develops 'FrameDiff', a computational tool that uses generative AI to craft new protein structures

J-PAL

Empowering change-makers: The DEDP MicroMasters programme expands to include a new Public Policy Track and course

Center for Global Development

Will raising test scores in developing countries produce more health, wealth and happiness later in life?

Wyss Institute

With BioAutoMATED, now every biologist can use machine learning

Al-Jazirah

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) hosts a symposium in Paris to 20 years of fighting poverty

Monitor

Teaching at the right level to improve literacy and numeracy

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT Jameel Clinic scientists build a system that can generate AI models for biology research

Ekathimerini

Robot doctors and oenologists

Khaleej Times

Throwing good money after good

The Washington Post

Opinion | Cash transfers help more than the individual

Vital City

A time for work

The Print

Government has been counting India’s poor all wrong—it is ad hoc, arbitrary

Hindustan Times

Book Box | The secret lives of banks

Arab News

New J-PAL fellowship helps researchers fight poverty in MENA

The Chandler Foundation

J-PAL South Asia: Evidence-informed policy

La Tribune

Pacte financier mondial : « la leçon » du prix Nobel Esther Duflo aux pays riches

Project Syndicate

Throwing good money after good

Al-Jazirah

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) hosts a symposium in Paris to celebrate its 20th anniversary

J-PAL

Young researchers pursue Nobel Prize-winning approach to alleviating poverty in Middle East and North Africa with support from new fellowship

Zawya

Nobel-winning economist calls for climate tax as carbon costs lives

Al Riyadh

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab hosts a seminar in Paris

Zawya

J-PAL hosts colloquium in Paris in celebration of 20 years of fighting against poverty

The Hindu

Male-centric medicine is affecting women’s health

Manila Bulletin

Repurpose technology for public good, not just private profit

Al-Jazirah

J-PAL MENA at AUC launches a fellowship programme for young researchers in the development field

Alyaum

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab fellowship programme for young researchers in the field of development

Al Riyadh

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab launches a fellowship programme for emerging researchers in the field of development

Careers 360

Three universities picked to train 1 million Indian students in climate, health data work

Zawya

Young researchers pursue Nobel Prize-winning approach to alleviating poverty in Middle East and North Africa

Watani

Selection of the first J-PAL MENA Scholars at the American University in Cairo

Triangle Business Journal

Healthy approach to AI

The Hindu

India Data Capacity Accelerator launched to train 1 million Indians in climate and health data work

The Hindu Business Line

How the graduation approach is helping women out of ultra-poverty

The Times of India

Khichdi to Egyptian koshari, and the magic of food beyond borders

Al Sharq Al Awsat

Artificial intelligence: Who wins?

Islamic Development Bank

President Al Jasser addresses ISDB-Community Jameel side event on harvesting data

Yale News

At Yale, scholars and policymakers unite to improve state Medicaid program

Science Daily

Using AI, scientists find a drug that could combat drug-resistant infections

Review Uzbekistan

Глобальная борьба с бедностью: опыт Узбекистана обсужден на международном Форуме в Ташкенте

BBC

New superbug-killing antibiotic discovered using AI

New Age

BRAC partnering with Jameel Observatory-CREWSnet project

Le Monde

Julia Cagé et Vincent Pons, Prix du meilleur jeune économiste 2023

Zawya

How the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab has impacted 600 million lives in 20 years

Philanthropy News Digest

Wellcome awards USD 2.3 million for data skills education in India

Arab News

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab helps 600m defeat poverty in 20 years

UZ Daily

Abhijit Banerjee: Uzbekistan shows other countries how to deal with poverty by example

Le Monde

Face à la crise climatique, la science économique sommée de se réinventer

NPR

What if AI could rebuild the middle class?

MIT News

Five MIT faculty elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2023

The Times of India

CM Mamata Banerjee proposes 'diploma doctors' for primary health centres

UZ Daily

Second international forum on combating poverty to be held in Tashkent

Review Uzbekistan

2nd international forum on poverty reduction to be held in Tashkent

Seva Mandir

Seva Mandir - Abhijit Banerjee: ‘Beyond Poverty Action'

UZ Daily

J-PAL Europe names Uzbekistan country of the month

VoxDev

How childcare empowers women

Mittal South Asia Institute

Abhijit Banerjee talks to Madhur Jaffrey about the subtleties of South Asian cooking

Candid

IKEA Foundation commits USD 10 million to IPA and J-PAL to study refugee work programmes

CEO Magazine

Why AI is set to become an important healthcare tool, not a threat

National Academy of Sciences

National Academy of Sciences elects Jameel Clinic PI Dina Katabi

J-PAL

New Displaced Livelihoods Initiative will help advance sustainable livelihoods for displaced and host communities

Le Figaro

Charles Jaigu: « Le rattrapage des pays pauvres à l’arrêt »

The Hindu

Tamil Nadu government did not consult economic advisory council before it amended Factories Act: Jean Drèze

MIT Technology Review

Going digital makes aid programmes more effective

PBS

How an AI scientist turned her breast cancer diagnosis into a tool to save lives

Scripps News

Could AI be the key to detecting lung cancer years in advance?

La Tribune

Esther Duflo: « Je ne vois rien de rationnel dans ce projet de réforme des retraites »

Capital

L’économiste Esther Duflo dézingue la réforme des retraites

MIT News

MIT PhD students honoured for their work to solve critical issues in water and food

Down to Earth

AI for drug development: How trustworthy is the tech?

La Patilla

Inteligencia artificial promete detectar el cáncer de pulmón antes que las tomografías, según expertos

Nouvelles du monde

Transformer l’économie des soins en modifiant les pratiques de travail de soins non rémunérés pour favoriser l’autonomisation des femmes

NBC News

AI could revolutionise cancer detection, according to MIT, Mass General research

Global Issues

India's Bihar leads efforts to strengthen global poverty alleviation through South-South knowledge exchange

Business Standard

Shobhaa De's book oscillates between the sombre and serious and is delightful in its description of everything Bengali

NPR

Doctors are drowning in paperwork. Some companies claim AI can help

Le Monde

Luc Behaghel, économiste : « L’immigration bénéficie au pays d’accueil »

The Week India

Shobhaa De on the economist who cooks and dances

The Economic Times

When the world revolves around cooking & eating: The foods that nourish and nurture Nobel laureates

Mid-day

Shobhaa De on why she chose to discuss food, not scandals, in her new memoir 'Insatiable'

FE News

Tutoring works on paper, how about in practice?​

J-PAL

J-PAL North America and Results for America launch support for state and local leaders to evaluate programs using federal recovery dollars

J-PAL

BAE Incubator partner series, part five: Seeking systems-level change to address housing instability

J-PAL

J-PAL at 20: Promoting more inclusive education in Italy

Business Wire

Allurion announces appointment of MIT Distinguished Professor for AI and Health Regina Barzilay to scientific advisory board

City AM

From international trade to interest rates, macroeconomics is in yet another tail spin

Dhaka Courier

What the world bank can do about climate change

Eureka Alert

DART VADAR harnesses the force of enzymes for better RNA drugs

New Atlas

DART VADAR alters the deal for precision RNA-based therapies

The Print

33% of India’s youth aren’t in employment, education, or training. Most of them are women

MIT News

Speeding up drug discovery with diffusion generative models

Scientific American

AI chatbots can diagnose medical conditions at home. How good are they?

The Hill

How states can promote food security as the public health emergency ends

Hechinger Report

Opinion: New federal funding alone won’t be enough to help students catch up in the classroom post pandemic

MIT Technology Review

AI image generator Midjourney blocks porn by banning words about the human reproductive system

Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University announces 2023 honorary degree recipients

Free Press Journal

Bhopal: ‘Urja desk’ allows women to freely share issues with police

World Economic Forum

Six things you need to know about AI this month

MIT News

Fadel Abid: Sensing with purpose

Business World

Power of thinking ‘small’: How small changes drive the big picture

Global Issues

BRAC International signs MoU with Rwanda to empower people in extreme poverty

Financial Times

Why insurance markets are a game of cat and mouse

STAT

J-PAL co-scientific director Amy Finkelstein recognised in 2023 STATUS List as a leader in life sciences

The Daily Beast

This AI bot detects Parkinson’s by listening to you breathe

Al Moasher Al Ektesady

Egyptian Food Bank: Addressing the causes and repercussions of women's food insecurity

The Hindu

Easy money does not create a lazy poor: Abhijit Banerjee

New Straits Times

Research needs to produce beneficial impact to the society and nation

The Guardian

The big idea: Should governments run more experiments?

MIT News

MIT-Takeda Programme heads into fourth year with crop of 10 new projects

MIT News

How debit cards helped Indonesia’s poor get more food

India Today

The poor are not zombies, they have aspirations: Economist Abhijit Banerjee

Communications of the ACM

Neural networks for drug discovery and design

The East African

Simple AI read that covers complex issues of our time

MIT News

MIT community members elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2023

CBS Boston

Artificial intelligence is being studied to improve cancer care

Very Well Health

ChatGPT is great at taking medical exams. But can it replace doctors?

MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Barzilay elected to National Academy of Engineering

Al Arabiya

Turkey, Egypt’s presidents among leaders to address UAE’s World Government Summit

The Conversation

The fight against antibiotic resistance is growing more urgent, but artificial intelligence can help

J-PAL

Using evidence to inform decision-making: a recap from the global evidence for Egypt conference

Elaph

Fighting poverty with development policies informed by science, the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab has helped more than half a billion people by 2022

J-PAL

The next generation of rigorous education research: J-PAL launches the Learning for All Initiative

Daily Tribune

Education's changing face

Zawya

Sybil: An artificial intelligence tool that can predict risk of lung cancer

J-PAL

J-PAL at 20: Reflecting on two decades of promoting evidence for impact in Europe

El Akhbar Gate

Egypt's Ministry of Planning receives Omani delegation to review joint cooperation and work of Egypt's Impact Lab

L'opinion

Esther Duflo éparpille la rénovation thermique façon puzzle

Le Soir

Les racines élémentaires d’Esther Duflo: «Je ne vois pas d’alternative à essayer d’avancer»

MIT News

“Every time I meet with her, I feel like I have wings"

Forbes

'Data for Social Transformation' association launched by 21 Japanese leaders, will the social security problem be solved?

The Washington Post

This software tries to spot lung cancer years earlier. Can it?

The Hill

New governors can create vital policies by following the evidence

MIT News

Matthew Notowidigdo appointed co-scientific director of J-PAL North America

Passionate in Marketing

JICA commits to be a strong standing partner for India in its plans to strengthen the education system on International Education Day

STAT

As more never-smokers develop lung cancer, researchers test an AI model to predict patient risk

Tech Economy

How financial innovation is moving the global money movement in Ghana

The Conversation

How to help UK households manage rising energy bills - and decarbonise at the same time

MIT News

MIT researchers develop an AI model that can detect future lung cancer risk

Herald Goa

It is time for a Goan military hero and a Nobel Laureate to speak

Forbes

MIT & Mass General Hospital have developed an AI system that can detect lung cancer

Medtech Dive

AI predicts lung cancer risk six years into the future using single CT scan: study

Gomhuria Online

Ministry of Planning and Economic Development reviews the Egyptian experience in rural development

ErekAlert

Artificial intelligence tool developed to predict risk of lung cancer

World Economic Forum

Innovative approaches to policy making can speed climate progress. Lessons from Egypt.

MIT News

2022-23 Takeda Fellows: Leveraging AI to positively impact human health

The Times of India

No ifs and butts: New Year’s resolutions are hard to keep

Stockholm School of Economics

Nobel Laureates in economic sciences speakers at the Misum Forum

Hindustan Times

Family support, a critical pillar for women workers

Hindustan Times

Is efficiency the key for a sustainable energy policy in India?

The Times of India

Gujarat Pollution Control Board to start emission trading in Ahmedabad

The Hindu

Most cheques are for less than ₹20,000: survey

Your Story Gulf Edition

Jameel Clinic and UAE Artificial Intelligence Office hosts conference on AI and healthcare

Zawya

Dubai hosts a regional convening on Artificial Intelligence and healthcare in partnership with UAE Artificial Intelligence Office

Global News Wire

BIC completes its ESG Impact Share Buyback programme and cancels shares

Alarabiya English

MIT Jameel Clinic hosts meet on AI and healthcare, to roll out clinical tools

Citizen Matters

Surat showcases world’s first successful emission trading system

MIT News

Large language models help decipher clinical notes

The New York Times

Balancing hope and despair in turbulent times

Healthcare Radius

Jameel Clinic AI Hospital Network launched

MIT News

Subtle biases in AI can influence emergency decisions

USAID

Administrator Power's remarks at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Centre for Global Development co-hosted evidence forum: U.S. Policy impact in foreign aid and beyond

Libération

Quelle culture pour quel futur: Interview Transition écologique : «On attend des enfants qu’ils nous sauvent du marasme»

The Week India

Punjab Chief Secy reviews projects for institutionalisation of data and evidence-based approach to policies

Akhbar Al-Yom

Ministry of Planning and Economic Development reviews the work of the Egypt Impact Lab

Al Bayan

Mariam Almheiri: The repercussions of climate change directly affect the general health of people and the environment

Udaipur Times

Action beyond poverty: a discussion with Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee and Seva Mandir

Ahram Online

On-the-ground research must guide climate adaptation investments

Hindustan Times

No evidence that reservation leads to incompetence: Abhijit Banerjee

CNBC

In Conversation With Economist Abhijit Banerjee On The Fall Of Rupee, Recession & More | Digital

The Indian Express

Need smaller units of governance for democracy to work: Abhijit Banerjee

The Times of India

Aim for the amazing to bring in change, says Nobel Laureate

Telegraph India

Provide extra edge for India to become nation all aspires it to be, says Abhijit Banerjee at IIT-Delhi

Le Monde

« Quand un homme a faim, mieux vaut peut-être lui donner du poisson que de lui apprendre à pêcher »

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh government partners with Jameel Poverty Action Lab for evidence-based policymaking, effective welfare schemes

The Times of India

AP government signs MoU with J-PAL South Asia to design strategy for welfare scheme

The Washington Post

Rishi Sunak shows the growing influence of Indian talent in the West

Vox

Development programs don’t always work. Rachel Glennerster figures out how and why.

CNBC

The organization using A.I. to mitigate the impact of future pandemics

The National

Syrian scientist develops AI system to detect Parkinson's early from breathing patterns

Egypt Today

More efforts required from private sector to enhance climate action: Mahmoud Mohieldin

Le Figaro

Esther Duflo: «La pauvreté n’est pas liée à une culture particulière»

Egypt Independent

Up to 5 million Egyptian families now benefit from ‘Takaful and Karama’ pensions

Ahram Online

Scientific solutions crucial to effectively finance combating climate change

Nature

Assessing social aid: the scale-up process needs evidence, too

Youm Al-Sabaa

A scientific symposium on climate change at the American University in Cairo in cooperation with UNICEF

Idea for India

The future of old times

Egyptian State Information Service

Planning Minister: Egypt to spend 2 trillion egyptian pounds on social protection programs in eight years

Watani

Egypt's Minister of Planning participates in the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York

MIT News

In-home wireless device tracks disease progression in Parkinson’s patients

Quartz

We already know what would solve most global development challenges

Hindustan Times

Nobel Prize 2019 winner Abhijit Banerjee - Five things to know

Le Soir

Esther Duflo: «Taxer les surprofits, pratiquer la sobriété: on peut déjà commencer par ça»

Hindustan Times

To stop stubble burning, a monetary incentive is key

8 World

Are the poor less rational than the rich when it comes to spending money?

MIT News

The economics of missed opportunities

The Hindu

The future of old times in India

National Institutes of Health

Using AI to find new antibiotics still a work in progress

The Wire

India must improve its standard of care to achieve universal healthcare

Asia & The Pacific Policy Society

Flexibility for women in Indonesia’s labour market

La Croix

Esther Duflo explain poverty to children

Traveller

What the world can learn from the Indian kitchen

Arabian Business

A Saudi researcher: Big challenges remain for Saudi women in science

Observer Research Foundation

Confronting air pollution by setting up carbon markets

Yale Economic Growth Center

Yale researchers collaborate with policymakers to reduce India’s industrial air pollution

The Times of India

World’s first emission trading scheme yields positive results

Channel Asia News

In conversation 2022/2023 - S1E7: Esther Duflo, Nobel Prize Economics

Libération

A series of children's books discussing poverty

Big Think

AI model can detect Parkinson’s from breathing patterns

J-PAL

Government of Odisha partners with Breakthrough and J-PAL South Asia to introduce gender equity program in 23,000 government schools in the state

Radio France

Esther Duflo, economist: "The war in Ukraine, the Covid crisis, add to fundamental crises"

The Washington Post

A new algorithm could spot Parkinson’s early. Will it help?

Ouest France

Encounter: Esther Duflo explain child poverty

Scroll.in

How the rural employment guarantee scheme is a double-edged sword for women

East Asia Forum

Craving India’s food security success

The New York Times

To ease the climate crisis, first figure out what works

Technology Review UAE

Artificial intelligence detects symptoms of Parkinson's disease

Mint

Charcha 2022: Philanthropy can accelerate evidence-informed policymaking

The Times of India

Learning from the Dravidian model for inclusive growth

Zawya

Breakthrough in detecting Parkinson’s using AI and breathing patterns

The Hindu

Redefining direct benefit transfers

The Print

Why don’t Indian fruit sellers make it big despite good profits? Imperfect competition, says study

Alarabiya English

Breakthrough in detecting Parkinson’s using AI and breathing pattern by Jameel Clinic

Okaz

A unique scientific device can detect symptoms of Parkinson's based on your breathing

Arab News

MIT Jameel Clinic makes breakthrough in Parkinson’s

Al-Jazirah

Jameel Clinic provides a scientific breakthrough in early detection of Parkinson's disease symptoms

Boston Globe

MIT device senses breathing patterns to spot Parkinson’s disease

MIT Technology Review

Sounding the alarm, bolstering defenses

Fierce Biotech

MIT researchers track Parkinson's patients using radar as they sleep

Health IT Analytics

Artificial Intelligence Model Detects Parkinson’s From Breathing Patterns

Metro

Scientists invent device that can detect Parkinson’s disease when you’re asleep

The Economic Times

Now AI can detect Parkinson's disease while you are sleeping

The Hindu

Why women are the game-changers in local governments

STAT

In early research, an AI model detects signs of Parkinson’s using breathing patterns

MIT News

Artificial intelligence model can detect Parkinson’s from breathing patterns

Scientific Computing World

Unlocking new treatments with AI

MIT News

Fighting poverty with direct cash payments

Philanthropy News Digest

MIT receives $6 million to expand evidence-to-policy partnerships

India Education Diary

Massachusetts Institute Of Technology: J-PAL expands evidence-to-policy government partnerships to fight poverty worldwide

The Indian Express

Odisha to introduce gender equity curriculum in government schools

MIT News

J-PAL expands evidence-to-policy government partnerships to fight poverty worldwide

Springer Link

Deploying a robotic positive psychology coach to improve college students’ psychological well-being

Health IT Analytics

How limitations in AI, wearables impact depression research

Ed Post

Researcher says: “Please, please, please–invest in tutoring.” Here’s how to do it right

India Education Diary

Veddis Foundation and J-Pal through ASPIRE host national leaders to boost governance and state capacity in India at the Nudge Forum’s ‘Charcha 2022’