Technical Assistance to Implement a Policy Design and Optimization Lab at the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment

Despite its policy and political relevance, the Brazilian Ministry of Environment (MMA) lacks tools to fine-tune and improve its programs. This project will provide MMA with technical support to implement a Policy Design and Optimization Lab (PDOL) and build capacity to generate and use evidence in policymaking. We will train MMA teams to run PDOL as an incubator of randomized evaluations to continuously generate and feed learning into policy design. MMA and J-PAL will implement the project with support of Climate Policy Initiative Brazil (CPI), a non-profit with strong collaboration with MMA and key J-PAL partner in Brazil. PDOL will be strategic to demonstrate how MMA can generate and use rigorous evidence to address pressing environmental challenges.