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To celebrate fifteen years of J-PAL’s Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) office, we launched a new blog series titled “J-PAL LAC at 15.” In this third installment, we feature the Jobs and Opportunity Initiative Brazil (JOI Brazil), an important step in our commitment to addressing Brazil’s...

As we mark fifteen years of J-PAL’s Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) office, we are recapping key milestones and sharing what we have learned in a new blog series. The series highlights lessons from working with those who make our mission a reality: our donors, implementing partners, J-PAL...

J-PAL LAC se estableció en el Instituto de Economía (IE) de la UC Chile en el año 2009. Desde entonces, la expansión de J-PAL LAC a más países de la región ha sido en gran medida gracias a nuestros donantes.

The need for more financing is one of the biggest barriers to small- and medium-sized enterprises’ growth. Microcredit programs can help entrepreneurs overcome financial constraints, providing access to resources to boost the growth of small businesses and alleviate poverty by increasing income...

The Alumni Spotlight series highlights J-PAL alumni who are making an impact across industries and around the world. Formerly a senior manager at J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Carolina Morais Araujo ‘19 is now Associate Director at Delivery Associates.

Bracell Foundation and J-PAL LAC launched a project, “Strengthening Learning and Development in Brazilian Preschools,” to identify, implement, and evaluate promising programs focused on improving the quality of education in preschools that have the potential to be scaled up.

Generar evidencia para informar políticas públicas que promuevan la equidad de género en Latinoamérica y el Caribe (LAC) es una importante prioridad para J-PAL LAC; las alianzas con gobiernos son fundamentales para lograr este objetivo. Desde 2020, J-PAL LAC colabora con la Secretaría de la Mujer de...

2024 marks the third anniversary of the Jobs and Opportunities Initiative Brazil (JOI Brazil). In this blog, we share what JOI Brazil has accomplished so far—and what we hope to accomplish in the coming years.