New J-PAL research and policy initiative to test and scale AI innovations to fight poverty

March 19, 2026 | Benjamin Daniel

In this week’s newsletter, learn about a J-PAL project investigating how to scale AI-enabled poverty fighting initiatives, discover how MIT his helping high schoolers learn calculus, meet the 2026 Faculty Press Award winner, and more.

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