Event | Launching the Water, Air, and Energy Lab in Cape Town 

On 14 March 2024, the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) Africa, the City of Cape Town, and Community Jameel launched the Water, Air, and Energy (WAE) Lab at an event bringing together City of Cape Town policymakers and researchers from across the world. The event featured remarks from Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, Nobel Prize laureates and J-PAL Co-Founders and Co-Directors Esther Duflo (MIT) and Abhijit Banerjee (MIT), and WAE Lab Scientific Advisor Kelsey Jack (University of California, Santa Barbara), among other distinguished speakers. Part of J-PAL and Community Jameel’s worldwide Air and Water Labs, the lab will foster collaboration between researchers and local policymakers to conduct randomized evaluations and inform the scaling of evidence-based programs and policies.
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