In November 2017, Abhijit Banerjee (MIT; Director, J-PAL) delivered a public lecture at the American University in Cairo as part of J-PAL’s broader efforts to engage policymakers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In his lecture, entitled “Reducing Poverty and Promoting Social Development: How Evidence Can Inform Better Policy in MENA,” Abhijit highlighted a new study by J-PAL affiliated professor Adam Osman (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) examining the impact of offering small-scale rug manufacturers in Egypt the opportunity to export to high-income countries.
