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Leonardo Bursztyn
Leonardo Bursztyn is a Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on understanding how individuals make schooling, political, and financial decisions, and, in particular, how these decisions are shaped by individuals' social environment.
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African scholars: Refine your randomized evaluation skills through the DigiFI Webinar Series
Local researchers often have a uniquely deep understanding of the context in which they work, which is key to developing well-grounded evaluations. The J-PAL Africa team, including DigiFI Africa led by Tavneet Suri, are committed to providing a mechanism for local African scholars to drive the...
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King Climate Action Initiative’s first round of projects: Testing and scaling climate solutions
J-PAL's King Climate Action Initiative announced the results of its first competition aimed at identifying innovative solutions at the intersection of poverty and climate change, serving as a critical first step in building a longer playbook of evidence-based and cost-effective climate change...
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Elisabeth Sadoulet
Elisabeth Sadoulet is a Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Berkeley. Her research interests span agricultural technologies, microcredit, conservation, conditional cash transfers, and property rights. Sadoulet has conducted field research in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America...
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Rigorous testing of social policies in Europe: What are we learning?
Researchers in the J-PAL network have conducted over 80 ongoing or completed randomized evaluations of social programs and policies across 20 European countries, with a particular focus on education and labor markets. J-PAL Europe has launched a summary of insights generated from this research.
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Amanda Girard
Amanda Girard is a Senior Designer at J-PAL Global, where she leads organization-wide design efforts, brand management, and photography curation, and supports on web design and video production. Amanda holds a BFA in Graphic Design and Photography from the State University of New York at New Paltz.
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Carmen Maura Taveras
Carmen Maura Taveras is a Research Manager at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), where she works on a project to assess the impact of information campaigns on the returns to education in the Dominican Republic. Prior to joining J-PAL, in 2013 she worked as a consultant at Fundación...
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State and local policy responses to COVID-19: Lessons from evidence
J-PAL North America has curated a set of randomized evaluations that tested specific policy options related to the social safety net, health, and education. Our goal is to provide actionable evidence to inform state and local leaders’ policy responses to challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Jhony Bien-Aime
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Kathryn McDermott
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Covid-19-induced crises of hunger and poverty require bold, effective international response
The Biden Administration has affirmed its commitment to work with other countries and multilateral institutions to combat Covid-19 to advance global health security. We commend this spirit of partnership and we urge similar bold, evidence-informed global action to tackle the accompanying crises of...
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Global Evidence for Egypt Spotlight Seminar: Social Norms and Gender
Please join us for the upcoming Global Evidence for Egypt spotlight webinar on social norms and gender, which will focus on what global evidence tells us about shifting social and gender norms for improved development outcomes in favor of girls and women, consider if norms can shift, and discuss...
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Vivian Bronsoler
Vivian Bronsoler is a Senior Manager for Mexico and Central America and joined J-PAL LAC in 2014. Based in Mexico, she works on the promotion of scientific evidence to inform policy in Mexico and Central America by building partnerships with policymakers, providing technical assistance, and...
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Ariella Park
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Amanda Costa De La Paz
Amanda Costa is a Research Associate at J-PAL where she works in the coordination and supervision of the field research of the Papás al Día project. Prior to joining J-PAL, she worked as a coordinator and evaluator of educational projects at University of Chile, Pontifical Catholic University of...