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February 2020 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's February newsletter highlights J-PAL's Evaluating Social Programs course, recaps the Work of the Future Initiative's convening, and summarizes new evidence on the limits of outreach to increase take-up of the earned income tax credit.
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March 2020 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's March newsletter provides a COVID-19 update.
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April 2020 North America Newsletter
In J-PAL North America's April newsletter, we highlight research results synthesized by our affiliated researchers to guide evidence-informed responses to COVID-19.
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May 2020 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's May newsletter highlights Amy Finkelstein's new NEJM Perspective piece on improving health care delivery through randomized evaluations, J-PAL North America's new COVID-19 Evidence Portal, and the Evaluating Social Programs online webinar series.
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June 2020 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's June newsletter highlights a New York Times op-ed by affiliated researchers Sara Heller and Judd Kessler on the importance of restoring summer jobs in New York, COVID-19 guidelines for education funders, and evidence-based strategies to support small businesses.
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July 2020 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's July newsletter highlights a new policy insight on increasing community college graduation rates with comprehensive support programs, the launch of the Economics Transformation Project, and a new research resource on collecting electronic signatures.
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August 2020 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's August newsletter highlights a new blog post on how research can help combat the COVID-19 education crisis, our education technology evidence review, and an interview with affiliated researcher Sarah Cohodes.
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Partnership Schools for Liberia (PSL)
Researchers worked with Innovations for Poverty Action, the Liberian Ministry of Education, and the group of eight private operators to conduct a randomized evaluation to assess the effects of outsourcing management of public schools after one and three years.
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December 2020 Newsletter
The December 2020 Newsletter highlights a new J-PAL Africa blog series that explores key policy and research questions on different digital identification and payments systems.
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Strengthening social assistance and health response to COVID-19 in India
The COVID-19 pandemic has expanded the proportion of the population in low- and middle-income countries that require social assistance from governments to deal with economic and health vulnerabilities. Can social assistance schemes be better designed so that they reach those who need support the...
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Learning from Home During the Pandemic: The Experiences of Parents and Teachers
As a response to the outbreak of COVID-19, Jakarta’s provincial government stopped all in-person classroom learning in schools. The quick transition from normal schooling to learning from home raises questions about the readiness of teachers, parents, and students in carrying out the teaching and...
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Promoting upward mobility in partnership with state and local governments: A blueprint for future evaluations
This blog post is the final piece in a series on how state and local governments in the United States can promote upward mobility in their communities. It is part of J-PAL North America’s work to develop a learning agenda that summarizes the core research priorities from state and local governments...
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Fernando Irarrázaval
Fernando Irarrázaval joined J-PAL in May 2013 and holds a professional degree in Industrial Engineering and Information Technologies. Fernando, as a Policy Manager, is working on sharing lessons from J-PAL evaluations with policymakers, preparing policy material to support J-PAL’s outreach efforts...
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Laura Poswell
Laura Poswell is the Executive Director for J-PAL Africa at SALDRU at the University of Cape Town. Her role involves working with governments and NGOs in Africa to decipher policy lessons about what works and collaborating with researchers and policymakers to conduct randomized evaluations that...