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Gender Norms and Women's Work
To add to ongoing discourse on gender norms and women’s work, this policy event brings together different stakeholders working to shift gender norms and attitudes on women’s work. These include policymakers, universities, think tanks, implementing organizations, and development agencies, among...
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Randomised Evaluations of Humanitarian and Protection Programming: What Can We Learn and How?
In this webinar, J-PAL's Humanitarian Initiative co-chairs and staff will be joined by donors and humanitarian practitioners to discuss the role of research in the humanitarian field, where research is needed, and what we can hope to learn from randomised evaluations in this space.
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Youth economic inclusion: Improving Job Search and Hiring with Limited Information
As part of the Morocco Employment Lab’s research seminar series, this webinar will present evidence on how information frictions affect both firms and jobseekers’ behavior and discuss how this could inform the design of better mechanisms to improve information on jobseekers’ skills in the labor...
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Does EdTech Substitute for Traditional Learning? The Impact of Computer-Assisted Learning in Russia
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to evaluate the impact of computer-assisted learning (CAL) on student test scores. The CAL program improved students’ math and language test scores, but increasing the time students spent on CAL did not lead to additional gains.
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When Evidence Meets Policy: Helping India’s State Governments Respond to Public Health Challenges
Nutrition and air pollution are two major public health challenges in India which require timely generation of evidence on how to shift behaviors and decision-making of key players. How can rigorous evidence help address these contemporary challenges? This webinar will draw on two large-scale...
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Manish Kumar Pandey
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Evidence-informed strategies to support female microentrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean
One in three female workers in Latin America and the Caribbean are self-employed, but female microentrepreneurs encounter numerous unique barriers to running successful businesses that can vary across countries. A growing body of literature suggests that alternative training programs may be more...
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Gendered Impacts of Covid-19: How Can Evaluations Inform Recovery and Resilience?
This webinar will feature evidence of the Gendered Impacts of Covid-19 in countries across South Asia and will explore how these learnings can inform crisis recovery and enhance the socio-economic security of vulnerable women.
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Evidence for Social Protection Policy: Introducing the Social Protection Initiative
In this webinar, speakers will discuss the value of rigorous research on innovations in social protection, highlight areas for future research, and present the opportunities and constraints faced by policymakers implementing social protection programs on the ground.
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Bhawna Arora
Bhawna Arora is Senior Administrative Associate to the ED, where she is responsible for providing the Executive Director's office, administrative, meetings, and data management support.
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J-PAL Africa Intern Spotlight: Chuka Ezeoguine’s journey pivoting to development economics from engineering
Chuka Ezeoguine is a 2021 J-PAL Africa intern who majored in engineering for his undergraduate degree, but had a keen interest in policy and pursued this passion. In this post, he talks about the steps he took to pivot to the field of development economics and his strides within our organization as...
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Countering Discrimination: Combating Innate and Societal Biases
In this webinar, panelists will discuss the need for more evidence around effective programs to combat discriminatory practices (e.g. racism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia etc.), showcasing an example of interdisciplinary, policy-relevant research focused on prejudice reduction.
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Affiliate Spotlight: Tavneet Suri on the importance of locally-grounded research
A weak internet connection did not stop J-PAL Africa Scientific Director Tavneet Suri from getting her point across in our interview: Good research is done with an ear to the ground and a connection to the community. Calling in from her home country of Kenya, Tavneet emphasized how important it is...