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Recent launches across courses, premium content, and platform features

Printable Course Notes for every flagship
Buy the complete notes for any of the 17 flagship courses as one print-ready PDF you own — every module’s core ideas, diagrams, worked examples and key readings, laid out to annotate and study offline. ₹350 each; the courses stay free online.
July 2026
Delivered by UPI within 24 hours. Find them on the Products page or the “Course Notes” button on any course.
Browse Course Notes →
Four new 101 courses
Free, self-paced interactive decks: GenAI for Practitioners, Data Protection & the DPDP Act, Safeguarding & PSEA, and Disability Inclusion — the timely essentials for development practitioners in 2026. The foundational library grows to 51 courses.
July 2026
Each is a native-HTML slide deck with light/dark theme and keyboard navigation — free forever, no login.
Open the 101 Series →
Verifiable Open Badges
Finish a course or a track and earn a W3C Open Badges 3.0 credential you can verify and share on LinkedIn — 9 course badges and 5 track credentials, auto-issued on completion.
New
Each badge carries its own evidence and criteria, so anyone can check it independently — no central registry needed. Find yours on your Account page.
See your badges →
Team pathways in the Organization Dashboard
Build custom learning pathways for your team — combining courses, labs, templates, games and case challenges — or start from a pre-built path for MEL Officers, Programme Managers, Field Staff or Governance teams, with facilitator guides and rubrics.
New
Includes cohort management and assessment rubrics. Built for organisations and teams.
Open the Organization Dashboard →
“Assess Yourself” on every flagship
All 16 flagship courses now end with a six-question auto-graded self-check — 90 questions in total, each grounded in that course’s own material, with instant feedback and a short explanation.
July 2026
Pick an answer, check it, and see why it’s right or wrong — no sign-in, nothing stored. Look for “Assess Yourself” in the course sidebar.
Try one →
Build Circles & the AI for M&E Assessed Track
Two new programmes: four-week AI build cohorts where demoing wins your ₹1,000 deposit back, and a self-paced assessed track (₹2,499) with a verifiable credential.
July 2026
Build Circles: no lectures, a real problem, weekly rhythm, Demo Day. Certificate Track: guided flagship path + game + practice pack + the AI Agents for Evaluators module, capstone-assessed.
Explore Build Circles →
12 new Labs + R & Python live-code course
The lab collection jumped from 15 to 28 — survey design, systems thinking, budget & fiscal analysis, DPI, conflict-sensitive programming and more — plus a 7-module course that runs real R and Python in your browser, no install.
July 2026
The R & Python course uses WebR + Pyodide so every example is executable in the page. All labs free, browser-based, dark/light theme.
Browse the Labs →
Counterfactual: The Evaluation Game
Game #18: eight impact claims from Indian programmes, each hiding a classic causal-inference trap — regression to the mean, self-selection, survivorship, spillovers. Pick the design that finds what would have happened anyway.
July 2026
Ten minutes, no statistics background needed — plain-language feedback explains every design, and a trap recap shows what you dodged.
Play Counterfactual →
Live Case Challenges — now 15
Six new realistic case packets mean every flagship course now has a matching challenge: stress-test an impact claim, spec a Power BI dashboard, design a graduation pathway, diagnose a failing procurement system, manage a donor exit, draft a policy memo.
July 2026
Each challenge ships authentic case documents and a marking rubric — portfolio-grade work products, not quizzes.
Browse the Challenges →
Timeline #6: Gender & Work in India
Eighteen landmark moments, 1931–today — from the Karachi Resolution through SEWA, Vishaka, MGNREGA and the POSH Act to the falling-FLFPR puzzle, platform work, and the care-economy turn.
July 2026
Every node carries the original argument, why it mattered, and the critique that followed — with links deeper into ImpactMojo. The timelines library now spans 6 histories, 113 nodes, 44 eras.
Open the timeline →
Advisory Board Pro
Pose a development-sector dilemma and a panel of AI advisors — a development economist, a field practitioner, a behavioural scientist, and a critic — debate it from every angle before the moderator synthesises.
New
A Professional-tier tool. Each seat is voiced by a distinct model, so the advisors sound genuinely different. Add your own discussion points to steer the debate and export the full transcript — or read a free worked-example preview.
Open Advisory Board Pro →
One Game Library (135 games)
The 18 simulations and 117 puzzles are now one filterable library at /game-library — simulations, crosswords, quizzes, word searches and more.
New
Old /puzzle-library links 301-redirect. Filter by type or track; progress saved on your device.
Open the Game Library →
Deep Dives library — now 21
Ten new curated, fully web-cited reading lists: cash transfers, India's female labour-force puzzle, the politics of targeting, the RCT debate, climate adaptation finance, measuring empowerment, informality, the learning crisis, health systems & UHC, and decolonising development knowledge.
New
Each is an annotated syllabus with real, verified sources and links into related courses and labs.
Browse Deep Dives →
“Impact Bold” visual refresh
A bolder, more consistent look across 32 pages on a shared design system, plus a fully redesigned Premium page.
Improved
Consistent heroes, cards, and dark-mode treatment site-wide.
See Premium →
Evidence-backed blog
~22 methods and evidence posts upgraded with verified inline citations — and we corrected a few popular myths (like the debunked “learning pyramid” retention percentages).
Improved
Every claim now links to an authoritative, checked source.
Read the blog →
Today's Spotlight (daily rotation)
The homepage now features a different course, lab, deep dive, game, or timeline every single day — plus a daily “featured voice” on the Wall of Love.
New
A static site that still feels live: same pick for everyone each day, no backend.
See the homepage →
More data + timelines to 2026
The Dataverse added 14 verified open-data sources (now 296), and all six interactive timelines were extended to the present (COP29's $300bn finance goal, the 2023 Women's Reservation Act, and more).
Improved
Every source and date independently verified.
Open the Dataverse →
16 Flagship Courses Live
Rigorous development education: Gandhi, DevEcon, DataViz, DevAI, MEL, Politics of Aspiration, Media for Development, Constitution & Law, and Social-Emotional Learning.
Expanded
Each flagship includes:
  • 12-13 modules with South Asian case studies
  • Interactive lexicon (55-70 terms per course)
  • NotebookLM AI study companion and downloadable Excel resources
  • Coach callouts from both founders
Browse Flagships →
Politics of Aspiration
New flagship: NREGA, RTI, NFSA, Forest Rights Act, India's rights architecture. 13 modules + 60-term lexicon.
New Course
Covers:
  • India's social legislation and rights architecture
  • MGNREGA implementation, RTI activism, forest rights movements
  • 60-term interactive lexicon and AI study companion
Start Course →
Media for Development
Ethics of representation, participatory media, data journalism, humanitarian communication. 12 modules.
New Course
Highlights:
  • P. Sainath and PARI, Khabar Lahariya, Video Volunteers
  • Data journalism, AI in media, decolonising narratives
  • 65-term lexicon on media ethics and development communication
Start Course →
Constitution & Law
Indian Constitution, fundamental rights, judicial review, and rights-based development frameworks. 13 modules.
New Course
Covers:
  • Constitutional design and the basic structure doctrine
  • Fundamental rights, DPSPs, and their intersection with development
  • Judicial activism, PIL, and environmental jurisprudence
  • Interactive lexicon with 60+ constitutional and legal terms
Start Course →
Social-Emotional Learning
New flagship for development practitioners: burnout prevention, empathy, resilience, and team wellbeing. 13 modules.
New Course
Covers:
  • Burnout prevention and compassion fatigue in development work
  • Emotional regulation, team dynamics, and conflict resolution
  • Self-care frameworks grounded in South Asian contexts
  • Interactive lexicon with 55+ SEL and wellbeing terms
Start Course →
DevData Practice
36 dataset generators producing 840k+ rows of realistic development economics data with practice exercises.
Premium
Datasets include:
  • LSMS-style household surveys (75k rows), multi-arm RCTs (25k), DHS-style health (35k)
  • Education, agriculture, gender, climate, WASH, humanitarian response, IRT psychometrics
  • Practice exercises organized by difficulty
  • NEW: Visualization Cookbook with 14 chart types and production-ready Python code
Open DevData Practice →
DevEconomics Toolkit
11 interactive Shiny apps: RCT power, DiD, RDD, synthetic control, Gini/MPI, CBA, LogFrame, WDI dashboard.
Premium
Tools include:
  • Impact evaluation: RCT power calculator, DiD simulator, RDD explorer, synthetic control
  • Poverty and inequality: Gini/Lorenz curves, MPI explorer, poverty line analysis
  • Program design: ToC visualizer, cost-benefit analysis, LogFrame builder, WDI dashboard
Open Toolkit →
Premium Content
Field toolkits, AI-powered tools, DevData Practice datasets, DevEconomics Toolkit, and advanced practitioner materials.
Updated
Premium includes:
  • Field Notes from a Development Economist (Practitioner tier)
  • Qualitative Research Lab and Statistical Code Converter Pro (Professional)
  • VaniScribe AI Transcription for 10+ South Asian languages (Professional)
  • DevData Practice: 36 dataset generators with 840k+ rows (Professional)
  • DevEconomics Toolkit: 11 interactive Shiny apps (Professional)
Explore Premium →
Dev Case Studies Library
200 cited case studies from 117 countries covering financial inclusion, health, education, governance, and more.
Free
Library features:
  • 200 evidence-based case studies with full citations
  • Searchable by country, region, and topic
  • Covers 10 development themes across 7 global regions
Browse Case Studies →
Development Discourses
500+ curated open-access papers, books, and grey literature on development and public policy.
New
What's inside:
  • 500+ research papers, books, and grey literature
  • Filter by topic, type, author, or keyword
  • Open-access priority: read, cite, and share freely
Explore DevDiscourses →
ImpactLex Dictionary
Searchable glossary of 500+ development sector terms, acronyms, and formulas.
App
ImpactLex includes:
  • 490+ terms with clear definitions and case studies
  • Economics and MEAL formulas and frameworks
  • Term-of-the-Day feature
  • Now hosted on ImpactMojo at /impactlex/
Open ImpactLex →
Platform Tools
Personal notes, learning streak, bookmarks, compare tool, analytics, and smart reading lists.
All Live
Built-in tools:
  • Personal Notes: Create, search, and export study notes
  • Learning Streak: Track daily visits, earn milestone badges
  • Compare Tool, Smart Bookmarks, Learning Analytics
  • Smart Reading Lists: Curated from UNDP, World Bank, J-PAL
WhatsApp PLC
Professional Learning Community for development practitioners across South Asia.
Join
Community features:
  • Peer learning with practitioners, researchers, and changemakers
  • Resource sharing and curated discussion threads
  • South Asia focus with cross-sector perspectives
Request to Join the PLC →
Coming Soon

Roadmap

Features and tools we're building to push development education forward

Already shipped? Those now live in What's New above. Below is what we're building next.

Vernacular Courses PLANNED

Full flagship courses in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, and Marathi — not just interface translation, but native, citizen-facing course content for frontline and community educators.

AI Study Companion PLANNED

Ask-anything Q&A inside every course, grounded in that course's own deck and readings — so answers cite the material, not the open web. Builds on our existing AI study notebooks.

Offline Course Packs PLANNED

Download a whole flagship course to your phone and study it offline — for field staff and low-connectivity settings. Extends the site's existing offline (PWA) foundation.

Facilitated Cohorts EXPLORING

Time-boxed, mentor-led runs of a flagship course with a peer group and shared deadlines — a facilitated layer on top of the self-paced courses, growing out of Build Circles.

MEL Data Sandbox EXPLORING

In-browser R and Python notebooks with sample survey datasets, so you can practise the analysis a course teaches — cleaning, indicators, regression — without installing anything.

Grant & Proposal Lab EXPLORING

An interactive theory-of-change and logframe builder that turns your programme logic into a funder-ready proposal draft, with indicator suggestions drawn from our repositories.