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Brindha Gopalakrishnan

Brindha is a Policy Associate at J-PAL Global where she works on the Agriculture Sector, supporting the Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative (ATAI) and the Digital Agricultural Innovations and Services Initiative (DAISI).
J-PAL affiliated researcher Chris Knittel lecturing.
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November 2020 North America Newsletter

The November issue of J-PAL North America's monthly newsletter highlights J-PAL affiliate Chris Knittel's research on climate change policies, our new podcast on summer jobs programs, and four new partners selected through the Housing Stability Evaluation Incubator.
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December 2020 North America Newsletter

J-PAL North America's December newsletter features research on tutoring as a strategy to combat Covid-19 learning loss, a recent webinar series on the use of administrative data in policy research, and a new learning agenda for state and local policymakers.
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Housing Stability Evaluation Incubator

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IDEA Handbook

A man and women look at their mobile phones outside a shop in Kenya.
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DigiFI blog series: Deepening our understanding of the digital ID and payment research agenda

Governments across sub-Saharan Africa have been investing in new ways of digitizing financial services and identification systems to improve service delivery and governance and reduce leakages in public programs. Yet, we have limited rigorous evidence on the impacts of these reforms. To fill this...
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Jobs and Opportunity Initiative RFP

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Education Research for Covid-19 Response & Recovery Request for Proposals

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The Impact of Candidates’ Political Connections on Voters' Expressed Support in Pakistan

Researchers evaluated the impact of randomly varied information about candidates’ political connections on voter’s beliefs and self-expressed support in the context of a 2015 local election in Sargodha, a district in rural Pakistan. Providing information on candidates’ connectedness increased voter’s expressed support for more well-connected politicians.
Two women making buying and selling produce at a local market during Covid-19
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Covid Dialogues: Labor Markets and Covid-19 Recovery Brown Bag

Over a hundred million people lost employment in 2020 and many more worked reduced hours. The economic repercussions of Covid-19 will likely be felt well into 2030. What policies might speed the path toward recovery? Please join J-PAL's Labor Markets and Firms teams for an informal discussion of...
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Worker Prosperity Innovation Competition

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Alyssa Lawther

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Felipe Arteaga

Felipe Arteaga joined J-PAL LAC as a Research Associate in July 2014. He holds a bachelor's degree in Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Previously, he worked as an intern at J-PAL LAC on a project that seeks to measure the impact of parents' involvement on students'...
Research Staff Training 2019
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Young Leaders Fellowship Program 2022

The Young Leaders Fellowship Program (YLP) serves as a catalyst for training and developing leadership talent in the evidence to policy space. Young professionals with a strong interest in managerial career trajectories will be provided an accelerated pathway to leadership and managerial portfolios...
Four children in sit in the Mindspark lab in India, engaging with a learning program on their computers.
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A well CAL-ibrated approach to addressing learning losses in a post-Covid classroom

When schools in India reopen after the pandemic, the learning gap may further widen for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Research suggests personalizing instruction can be one of the most effective ways of improving learning while making judicious use of existing educational resources.