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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.
Global Evidence for Egypt Conference attendees listening to speaker

Using evidence to inform decision-making: a recap from the Global Evidence for Egypt conference

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A recap of the January 15, 2023 Global Evidence for Egypt conference co-hosted by J-PAL MENA at AUC and UNICEF Egypt that sought to identify opportunities for evidence to inform poverty reduction efforts in Egypt.
Women having a union meeting

Desarrollando capacidades para la generación y uso de evidencia en la promoción de la agencia de las mujeres en Centroamérica

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Las organizaciones en América Central reconocen cada vez más la importancia de mejorar la agencia de las mujeres mediante la implementación de programas e iniciativas para apoyar este objetivo. Como parte de los esfuerzos de J-PAL de América Latina y el Caribe (LAC) para fortalecer capacidades y...
Two envelopes; one with the Minnesota Management and Budget Logo and text "400 Centennial Office Building 658 Cedar Street Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155." The other with the Minnesota Board of Pharmacy Logo and text "Prescription Monit 2828 University Av Minneapolis, MN 5 http://pmp.pharm Supporting Patien. Dr. Prescriber PMP Letter 111 Main St Anvtown. MN 55555"

Building research partnerships to address the opioid crisis in Minnesota, part two

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Mireille Jacobson (University of Southern California), Weston Merrick (Minnesota Management and Budget or MMB), and Adam Sacarny (Columbia University) sit down with J-PAL staff to discuss the results of their randomized evaluation assessing how various letters affected physicians’ use of Minnesota’s...