MIT News reports on J-PAL’s launch of the Alliance for Data, Evaluation and Policy Training (ADEPT), with Community Jameel, on 25 March 2025 in São Paulo, Brazil.
A network of universities, governments and other members, ADEPT will cultivate the next generation of evidence-informed policy professionals through online and in-person courses, academic programmes on policy evaluation and access to the MITx MicroMasters programme in Data, Economics and Design of Policy.
Esther Duflo (J-PAL) explains: “Our aim is to create a vision-driven network of institutions around the world able to equip far more people in far more places with the skills and ambition for evidence-informed policymaking.”