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Some of the challenges faced by job seekers include geographic and financial constraints, lack of information about the job market, difficulties in communicating their skills, and behavioral biases. Given this context, what policies can help them find quality jobs?

J-PAL Africa has officially launched the Jobs and Entrepreneurship in Africa (JEA) Portfolio, which aims to identify high impact and cost-effective strategies to promote growth for small and medium enterprises as a route to job creation.

J-PAL Europe interviewed six researchers from the most recent summer school. This blog post shares how they became interested in impact evaluations and what they learned from their training week.

Through the India Climate and Health Data Capacity Accelerator (IDCA), J-PAL South Asia, in collaboration with Data.org, is working to build a cohort of professionals equipped to ride the wave of data utilization by giving them the tools to identify patterns, spot emerging trends, and make evidence...

J-PAL South Asia has been working with the Government of Tamil Nadu, India for many years to inform policy decisions with rigorous research. One of our longest-standing research projects involves a multi-year survey of elderly people residing in the state to better understand their needs and how the...

The impacts of climate change are expected to intensify over the next thirty years and will disproportionately affect those experiencing poverty, exacerbate inequalities, trap disadvantaged groups in a cycle of poverty and vulnerability, and threaten to reverse years of progress. Global events, such...

Learn more about J-PAL's humanitarian trainings and incubators and hear directly from Norwegian Church Aid about their experience.

In this Evidence Champion series, J-PAL North America is recognizing individuals in our network who have made extraordinary contributions to the field of evidence-based policymaking. This year's researcher recipient is Alicia Sasser Modestino, Executive Director of the Community to Community Impact...