Evaluations

Policy Publications

Search our database of policy briefcases, bulletins, and evidence reviews. Briefcases summarize the results and policy recommendations from one randomized evaluation, while bulletins synthesize the broader policy lessons emerging from multiple evaluations on the same topic. Evidence reviews summarize an existing academic literature review, like a handbook chapter or white paper, for a policy audience.

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Scaling Every Child Counts: Driving Learning Across India Through Knowledge Network Catalysts

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dezembro 20, 2024
In November 2023, J-PAL South Asia launched its inaugural NGO certification course for the Every Child Counts program to explore new pathways to scale to foster partnerships with civil society organizations and establish champions aligned on the vision of scaling evidence-based curricula for...
Transportation Decarbonization White Paper

Transportation Decarbonization White Paper

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novembro 6, 2024
This paper presents the results of systematic literature review and meta analysis of rigorous empirical evidence on ground transportation decarbonization in North America. The research team conducted an extensive keyword search across 45 journals in the economic, transportation, and environmental...
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HCDI Evidence Wrap-up

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outubro 28, 2024
This publication describes some of the randomized evaluations supported by J-PAL North America’s US Health Care Delivery Initiative (HCDI) to date, as well as evaluations conducted by J-PAL affiliated researchers.
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Evidências sobre políticas de mercado de trabalho e implicações para o Brasil: microcrédito

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setembro 13, 2024
O acesso limitado a financiamento é uma barreira significativa para pequenas e médias empresas, e programas de microcrédito visam ajudar empreendedores ao oferecer financiamento de baixo valor para promover o crescimento. Esta publicação, coautoria da JOI Brasil e do Banco Interamericano de...
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Evidências sobre políticas de mercado de trabalho e implicações para o Brasil: Assistência à busca por emprego

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setembro 5, 2024
Barreiras como dificuldades de comunicação de habilidades, falta de informação e vieses comportamentais podem complicar o processo de busca por emprego. Esta publicação, coautoria da JOI Brasil e do Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento, examina as evidências sobre programas de assistência à busca...
Female students wearing headscarves are seated in an English classroom at Jambiani Secondary School in Jambiani, Zanzibar, Tanzania.

Boosting Adolescent Girls' Agency Through Life Skills Training

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março 12, 2024
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Measurement of Holistic Skills in RCTs: Review and Guidelines

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dezembro 1, 2023
J-PAL recently launched its Learning for All Initiative, which has a core focus on breadth of skills. There is much to learn about whether and how interventions can affect skills that extend beyond literacy and numeracy, including cognitive skills, social skills, emotional skills, creative skills...