J-PAL’s custom courses build skills to help organizations use and produce rigorous evidence in their specific areas of interest. Courses can be designed for a variety of partners, including governments, NGOs, foundations, and multilateral organizations, to meet their learning goals. J-PAL can offer custom courses in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, or Indonesian. Read more about how our custom courses helped strengthen evaluation partnerships in Egypt and Indonesia.
“Joining this incubator enabled my ideas to take root and flourish, nurtured by the collective brilliance of curious minds. It allowed me to connect the dots between research and implementation, and was useful to deepen my understanding of research concepts.”
Bora Arcan, Turkey Country Director, Building Markets
Three- to five-day versions of J-PAL’s Evaluating Social Programs and Measurement and Survey Design courses tailored to a particular context or sector provide participants with the tools to rigorously assess program impact and collect accurate, meaningful data.
Examples of past courses:
Training on Randomized Impact Evaluations for Humanitarian Professionals
Training Gender Practitioners in South Asia in Strategies to Measure Gender Outcomes
Typically delivered as a two- to three-day workshop, Evidence to Policy courses focus on how to find, interpret, and apply scientific evidence to inform decision-making.
Examples of past courses:
Supporting the use of rigorous evidence in German development cooperation
Impact evaluations, evidence use, and women’s agency [in Spanish]
J-PAL’s advanced courses for researchers and professionals familiar with econometrics offer in-depth guidance for designing randomized evaluations, with practical insights on data collection and analysis.
Examples of past courses:
J-PAL Africa Conducting Experimental Research Course
Advanced Impact Evaluation Course
J-PAL’s evaluation incubators combine training with resources and technical support from J-PAL staff and affiliated researchers to guide participants in designing an evaluation of their own program.
Examples of past incubators:
Humanitarian Action and Displacement Response Research Incubator
“The [2-day workshop] training proved to be highly beneficial for the Ministry staff as it provided them with a comprehensive understanding of how randomized evaluations can effectively evaluate national programs. ”
Mohsen Nagy, National Program Manager of Early Childhood Development, Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity (MOSS)
To learn more about custom course options, please reach out to our Global team or the J-PAL office in your region.
| Office | Contact |
| J-PAL Africa | Clare Hofmeyr |
| J-PAL Europe | Ilf Bencheikh |
| J-PAL Global | Sarah Gault |
| J-PAL LAC | Shantal Aragón |
| J-PAL MENA | Tarek Abdelraouf |
| J-PAL North America | Bridget Mercier |
| J-PAL South Asia | Megha Pradhan |
| J-PAL Southeast Asia | Farah Amalia |
