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Gran parte de nuestros esfuerzos, resultados y logros son frecuentemente publicados en variados lugares del mundo en blogs, prensa escrita, podcasts y contenido en línea, entre otros.

Parents know better than standardized tests

J-PAL affiliate Eric Bettinger and his research team found that students who won a lottery for a voucher in Colombia were 17% more likely to complete high school on time than students who lost the lottery.

A scientific approach to evaluating global anti-poverty programs

J-PAL affiliate Dean Karlan is interviewed on PBS NewsHour about rigorously evaluating an anti-poverty intervention in Ethiopia.

The Myth of Welfare Dependency

Recent research by affiliated researcher Rema Hanna suggests that the longer low-income families receive stable and predictable support, the better they and their children do.

August 2019 Newsletter

In our August 2019 newsletter J-PAL Africa launches Digital Identification and Finance Initiative (DigiFI Africa), J-PAL North America launches Evaluation Toolkit, and more.