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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Webinar

Webinar series: Preparing for graduate study abroad for African students

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Virtual
J-PAL Africa holds a webinar series each year for African students who would like to pursue graduate study in Economics, Public Policy, or related fields in North America or Europe. The webinars are spread throughout the year and aim to provide comprehensive information to African students on what...
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Workshop or Training

Humanitarian Action and Displacement Response Research Incubator in Manila, Philippines

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Manila, Philippines
Applications are now open for a four-day randomized evaluation design workshop as part of the Displaced Livelihoods Initiative (DLI) and the Humanitarian Protection Initiative (HPI) to develop projects in the Sub-Saharan Africa organised by J-PAL and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA).
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Building Evidence Ecosystems in Employment, Education, and Training: Learning Event

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A peer-to-peer learning event (co-hosted by EIL and ETF) that combines high-level policy dialogue with practical technical training to build sustainable evidence ecosystems in education and employment.
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Webinar

DEDP Webinar: Pursue a Credential in the MITx MicroMasters® Program

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Live via Zoom
Join the course team for a live webinar to explore the Data, Economics, and Design of Policy MicroMasters program, gain insights into the upcoming term, and have your questions answered in real time.
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Roundtable

Policy Roundtable: Harnessing Rigorous Research to Shape Climate Policy

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Bonn, Germany
The IZA Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) are pleased to invite you to a policy roundtable on “Harnessing Rigorous Research to Shape Climate Policy and Inform the Public Debate” , taking place on the evening of Wednesday, 14 May 2025 , in Bonn...
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Conference

Initiative for Effective US Crime Policy Launch Convening

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MIT
This June, we are hosting a convening for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to celebrate the launch of J-PAL North America’s new Initiative for Effective US Crime Policy (IECP).
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Summer School 2025: Development Methodologies

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Dakar, Senegal
As part of the "Development Methodologies" Chair held by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, a summer school for African researchers, project leaders and other partners will be organised from July 7 to 11, 2025 in Dakar, on the campus of the African Center for Higher Studies in Management (CESAG).
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Course

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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Webinar

Building State Capacity for Tax Collection: Emerging Evidence and Implications for Practice

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Live via Zoom
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, tax revenues are equivalent to just 7.5% of GDP , standing in stark contrast to higher-income countries in which tax revenues generate billions of dollars for essential government services. These challenges of domestic resource mobilization are complex and...
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Presentation

Experimentation and Evaluation Put Forward as Key to Morocco's Development

On May 25, 2021, the chairman of Morocco’s Special Commission for the Development Model presented the report on the New Development Model to His Majesty King Mohammed VI. The mandate of the Commission was to analyze the Kingdom's current development path and to outline a new development model...
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Webinar

Who Delivers Justice? Evidence for Strengthening Dispute Resolution Systems

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Live via Zoom
How can states strengthen formal systems of justice provision and build citizen trust in the state? And how can informal dispute resolution systems complement or undermine these efforts? The third webinar in the Governance, Crime, and Conflict Initiative’s (GCCI) series will discuss randomized...
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Conference

HCDI at 8: Building on Eight Years of Randomized Evaluations to Improve Health Care Delivery

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Virtual via Zoom
Since 2013, the US Health Care Delivery Initiative has supported randomized evaluations of strategies that aim to make health care delivery in the United States more efficient, effective, and equitable. Over the last eight years, HCDI has collaborated with academics from various disciplines, health...
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Webinar

Mobile Money: Impacts, Challenges and Open Questions

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Live via Zoom | 4:00-5:30pm EAT
With the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, J-PAL Africa is hosting a practitioner-focused webinar, to highlight the evidence on the impacts of mobile money and digital financial services on poverty, open policy research questions, and challenges that practitioners face in sub-Saharan...
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Workshop or Training

Foundations of Randomized Evaluations: For the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency

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New Cairo, Egypt
In partnership with Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (MSMEDA), J-PAL Middle East and North Africa (MENA), based at the American University in Cairo, is pleased to offer a training on randomized evaluations and how they are designed in real-world settings for MSMEDA project...
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Webinar

Covid Dialogues: Cash Grants to Support Female Entrepreneurs

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Live via Zoom
Women-led small businesses and informal workers were particularly vulnerable to shocks from the Covid-19 pandemic, and many did not have access to government relief programs. One solution may be unconditional cash transfers to help vulnerable communities withstand shocks and improve economic...
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Combating Violence Against Women through State Institutions: Emerging Evidence and Implications for Practice

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Live via Zoom | 7:00-8:15pm IST
With the rate of domestic violence increasing in light of Covid-19, what is the role of state institutions, including the police, in preventing and responding to violence against women? The second webinar in the Governance, Crime, and Conflict Initiative’s (GCCI) series will discuss randomized...