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Ready to learn: Generating and using evidence to reduce gender-based violence in Peru

To address the issue of gender-based violence, Peru’s Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations (MIMP), J-PAL’s Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) office, and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) Peru are partnering to develop a cycle of learning and institutionalization of evidence-informed...

Court Mediation Program Being Scaled Up to Improve Access to Justice in Mexico

The Mexico City Labor Court is collaborating with J-PAL affiliated professors, through support from J-PAL’s Government Partnership Initiative (GPI), to scale up results from an evaluation of a court mediation program designed to improve citizens’ access to justice.

Hotspotting and police engagement to reduce crime and police violence in Latin America

How can we make cities safer? Unlike institutional systems like education or healthcare, which regularly collect data on activities and outcomes, crime can be more difficult to track or measure due to its concealed nature. Moreover, while crime is rampant in some countries, little is known about how...