Events

We host events around the world and online to share results and policy lessons from randomized evaluations, build new partnerships between researchers and practitioners, and train organizations on how to design and conduct randomized evaluations.

Upcoming Events

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J-PAL Africa Evaluating Social Programs Course

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Cape Town, South Africa
The J-PAL Africa Evaluating Social Programs Course will provide a thorough understanding of randomized evaluations and pragmatic step-by-step training for conducting one’s own evaluation.

Past Events

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IPA/J-PAL Africa Executive Education Course, 2017

Nairobi, Kenya
This five-day program on evaluating social programs will provide a thorough understanding of randomized evaluations and pragmatic step-by-step training for conducting one’s own evaluation.The course is designed for managers and researchers from NGOs, governments, international development...
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J-PAL/ CLEAR South Asia Executive Education 2017

New Delhi, India
Apply by May 12 for J-PAL/ CLEAR South Asia's five-day course on impact evaluation. The course provides pragmatic step-by-step guidance on conducting one’s own evaluation and covers topics including M&E theory and practices, evaluation design and sampling techniques.
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J-PAL Global Executive Education 2017

Cambridge, MA
J-PAL Global and J-PAL North America are coming up with their Annual Executive Education Course taking place at MIT Cambridge. This five-day course provides participants a thorough understanding of randomized evaluations and a pragmatic step-by-step guidance on conducting one’s own evaluation
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IPA J-PAL Measuring Women’s Empowerment Researcher Gathering

Cambridge, Massachussetts
This one-day gathering brought together a small group of researchers and donors to discuss several current debates and challenges in measuring women’s empowerment and to generate a practical set of recommendations on how researchers, practitioners, and donors can improve the ways we measure...
Dissemination

The China Shock: Economic and Political Consequences of China’s Rise for the United States

MIT's campus in Cambridge, MA and webcast
China’s rise as an economic power has significantly shifted the patterns of world trade and challenged existing empirical research about how labor markets react to trade shocks. Join us today at 4pm Eastern to learn about the impacts of Chinese growth on US consumers, labor markets, and inequality.
Workshop or Training

Measurement and Survey Design Course 2017

New Delhi, India
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Dissemination

Demonetizing India: what, why, and where now

MIT Building 4, Room 237 and webcast
Join J-PAL director Abhijit Banerjee (MIT) today at 4pm EDT for a live stream discussion of the economics and politics behind India's recent demonetization, partly based on recent field research. The Government of India's decision to no longer accept 500 and 1,000 rupee notes as legal tender is one...