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Naa Adjorkor Adjei Adjei
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Nikhil Kanakamedala
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Affiliate spotlight: An interview with Amy Finkelstein on how randomized evaluations provide key insights for her new book on health insurance reform
Amy Finkelstein, co-scientific director of J-PAL North America, co-authored the book We’ve Got You Covered with Liran Einav, which examines the health care system in the United States and proposes how it should be redesigned. In this post, J-PAL staff sat down with Amy to discuss how randomized...
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J-PAL at 20: Supporting the use of rigorous evidence in German development cooperation
How can we support our policy partners to institutionalise the use of rigorous evidence? This blog post, the second in a series exploring J-PAL's research and policy activities across Europe, looks at our partnership with German development cooperation actors to facilitate the use of evidence in...
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IPA J-PAL Measuring Women’s Empowerment Researcher Gathering
This one-day gathering brought together a small group of researchers and donors to discuss several current debates and challenges in measuring women’s empowerment and to generate a practical set of recommendations on how researchers, practitioners, and donors can improve the ways we measure...
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July 2021 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's July Newsletter features a new article & blog post from US Health Care Delivery co-chairs on the benefits of randomized evaluations; new research results finding that physicians are effective messengers of Covid-19 information; and an op-ed from J-PAL affiliate Alicia Sasser...
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The third cohort of DEDP master’s students live and learn fully in person at MIT
This year, 31 students from twenty countries make up the third cohort of the Data, Economics, and Development Policy master’s program. Learn more about students’ life on campus, classes, and favorite moments so far in this post.
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J-PAL updates
August 2021 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's August newsletter features our new qualitative blog series "Strengthening randomized evaluations with qualitative research;" new results from a randomized evaluation of a nationwide Facebook messaging campaign featuring physician-recorded video messages; and a blog post sharing...
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Grant Bridgman, J-PAL '14, on breaking down language barriers in Africa and Asia
The Alumni Spotlight series highlights J-PAL alumni who are making an impact across industries and around the world. Formerly a research analyst at J-PAL Africa, Grant Bridgman '14 now leads Uliza, a translation start-up that aims to improve access to information across hundreds of languages. He...
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Mitigating global learning losses: lessons from the pandemic
Researchers and policymakers in education are still only beginning to measure the significant learning and socio-emotional skill losses that occurred during the global outbreak of the coronavirus. This post outlines some ideas from recent and established rigorous research for governments and schools...
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Karthik Muralidharan
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20 for 20: Empowering change in Ghana as an African researcher
As J-PAL celebrates its 20th anniversary, Edward Asiedu shares his experiences as part of the J-PAL network and sheds light on the impactful work he has accomplished in Ghana. In this blog post, he will take you through the journey that led him to this field and share the perspective of an African...
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Neha Sharma, J-PAL ‘12, on evaluating the impact of climate investments
The Alumni Spotlight series highlights J-PAL alumni who are making an impact across industries and around the world. Formerly a policy and training associate at J-PAL South Asia, Neha Sharma ‘12 now leads the Evaluation and Learning Unit at the Climate Investment Funds, hosted by the World Bank. She...