Public launch of interactive poverty maps
GOL has publicly released extremely high-resolution poverty maps, available for free at https://www.povertymaps.net/
Lab’s research featured in Nature
Research by GOL was featured in the Nature article, “Can AI help beat poverty? Researchers test ways to aid the poorest people.” The article describes the lab’s work with the Government of Togo, and provides some perspective the role of... Read More →
Paper published in Review of Economic Studies
Blumenstock’s work with lab alum Guanghua Chi, and Xu Tan, was published in the Review of Economic Studies. Migration and the Value of Social Networks How do social networks influence the decision to migrate? Prior work suggests two distinct mechanisms... Read More →