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Ntombi Mbasa
Ntombi was previous the Operations and Grants Coordinator at REEP. Prior to working at REEP, she worked as an Administrative Associate at J-PAL Africa and at EcoPlanet Bamboo SA (Pty) Ltd as an Administrator and Quality Manager.
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Improving diversity, equity, and inclusion at J-PAL
Improving the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) of our research network, staff, and leadership has been a key priority for J-PAL for many years. During the past year we have had many more conversations at all levels about what we may be doing well, where we are failing, and what more we need to...
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Summer School: “Innovations for Development”
Organized on Zoom, the summer school will present innovative approaches for development through plenary sessions conducted by renowned academic researchers, and will improve the capacity of participants in the design, implementation and use of impact evaluations of social programs.
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May 2021 Newsletter
Read about what J-PAL is doing to improve diversity and equity in our workplace and in the field of economics, how J-PAL alumni are working in governments to promote evidence-informed policymaking, ways to address poverty alleviation relating to climate change, and more in the May 2021 Newsletter.
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A passion that became a career: J-PAL's Diana Warira receives 2021 Africa Evidence Leadership Award
J-PAL policy manager Diana Warira Njeri is the 2021 winner of the Africa Evidence Leadership Award (AELA) offered by the Africa Evidence Network (AEN). AEN caught up with Diana about receiving the award and asked her some questions about what the Africa Evidence Leadership Award means for her work.
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Evidence from the AEA RCT Registry on new research during Covid-19
A host of new studies sprung up in response to the changing realities of field work and research priorities during the Covid-19 pandemic. In order to identify trends in the research pipeline, we examined public data from the AEA RCT Registry and the Harvard Dataverse.
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Reforming Indonesia’s largest food assistance program: From Rastra to BPNT
J-PAL Southeast Asia hosted a webinar to disseminate the preliminary findings from a study on the long-awaited transition from Beras Sejahtera or Rastra (previously known as Raskin), Indonesia’s largest food assistance program which covered 15.5 million beneficiaries, to non-cash food assistance or...
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Data collection, new RCTs, and policy guidance to inform pandemic response and recovery
The past year has been filled with tragedy and sacrifice—but, critically, also innovation, as researchers and policymakers addressed new challenges with creative solutions. Existing and newly generated evidence has informed many policies over the past year, providing a roadmap for incorporating...
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Building State Capacity for Tax Collection: Emerging Evidence and Implications for Practice
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 involve...
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Register for the Building State Capacity for Tax Collection: Emerging Evidence and Implications for Practice Webinar
Register for the Building State Capacity for Tax Collection: Emerging Evidence and Implications for Practice Webinar.
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Emerging Challenges for the Post-Covid Era: Addressing Opportunity, Inequality, and Growth
The economic damage of Covid-19 represents the largest economic shock the world has experienced in decades. In Indonesia, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused significant economic disruption, with adverse impact on jobs and livelihoods, especially among the most vulnerable segments of society. This...
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Register for the Emerging challenges for the post-Covid era: Addressing opportunity, inequality, and growth webinar
Register for the Emerging challenges for the post-Covid era: Addressing opportunity, inequality, and growth webinar.
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Breaking the glass ceiling in economics and policy, one conversation at a time
Read our interview with Prerna Kundu and Prashansa Srivastava, Co-Founders of Women in Economics and Policy, and Research Associates at J-PAL South Asia.
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Register for the Addressing Education Challenges during Covid-19 webinar
Register for the Covid Dialogues: Addressing Education Challenges during Covid-19 webinar on June 8, 2021.
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Using Phone Surveys to Improve Public Service Delivery and Guide Crisis Response
In low- and middle-income countries, regular program monitoring for improving public service delivery and the beneficiary experience is often constrained by slow, indirect processes such as periodic government surveys as well as unrepresentative, sporadic data from government dashboards and...