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Young girls in elementary school, Harar, Ethiopia, Africa

Advancing the Agenda in Girls' Education Research

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Girls’ education remains a global priority for donors and governments. Many researchers suggest that the research community should coalesce around a set of coherent research priorities to help close gender gaps in education. This article outlines some crucial next steps to advance the research...
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Laura Costica, J-PAL '14, on applying impact evaluations in humanitarian settings

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The Alumni Spotlight series highlights J-PAL alumni who are making an impact across industries and around the world. Formerly a research manager at J-PAL Africa, Laura Costica ‘14 now manages monitoring, learning, and evaluation at the IKEA Foundation. She describes her journey from J-PAL to the...
Mass Covid-19 vaccination center in Indonesia

Strengthening Covid-19 immunization demand: Lessons from existing evidence

J-PAL's Health sector co-chairs and staff discuss lessons from evidence for strengthening Covid-19 immunization demand.
J-PAL affiliate Marc Gurgand speaks at a lectern and looks at a row of panelists.

J-PAL Europe launches IDEE to advance evidence generation and use in the French education system

This blog discusses the conference hosted by J-PAL Europe and IDEE in November 2022, which aimed to bring together stakeholders—primarily policymakers, practitioners, and researchers—and increase understanding about how impact evaluations can be used in education settings.
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Agricultural productivity and labor: Evidence and open questions for researchers

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This blog offers insights and proposes questions on how farmers in Kenya can best utilize household and hired labor, in addition to agricultural technologies.
Africa African Scholar Spotlight with Japheth Awiti Osotsi Stanley (left) & Carlos Guzman (right)

African Scholar Spotlight: Dr. Japheth Awiti Osotsi Stanley

In this post, Carlos Guzman, finance and operations manager at J-PAL Global, spoke with Dr. Japheth Awiti Osotsi Stanley, a lecturer in the School of Economics at the University of Nairobi. Japheth’s primary research interests relate to human capital, labor markets, health, and poverty alleviation.
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Expandiendo las alianzas con gobiernos en Brasil y México para la formulación de políticas públicas informadas por evidencia

En esta publicación de blog, el personal de J-PAL destaca algunos ejemplos de alianzas con gobiernos y anuncia un proceso de selección para nuevas colaboraciones con gobiernos en Brasil y México
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Long-run outcomes: Measuring program effectiveness over time

This blog covers lessons learned from the results of long-run studies thus far, advice for designing studies to measure long-run impacts, and opportunities for researchers to utilize new data sources and technology to build-in long-run tracking and follow-up.