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June 2018 Newsletter
J-PAL's new publication reviews evidence on reducing adolescent pregnancy, a MicroMasters student shares his experience, and more in this month's newsletter.
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Building evidence, advancing policy, and impacting lives at the state and local level
In February 2019, J-PAL North America hosted Building Evidence, Advancing Policy, Impacting Lives, - the third annual convening of J-PAL’s State and Local Innovation Initiative - to bring government leaders together on MIT’s campus. Together with academic researchers, funders, and research...
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Request for Proposals: Homelessness
Evidence to Policy Case Study
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Information and mediation to improve labor courts
The Government of Mexico used insights from a randomized evaluation to inform a national labor law.
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Announcing J-PAL’s new Innovations in Data and Experiments for Action (IDEA) Initiative
Around the world, vast amounts of data are now being digitally collected or stored, which creates tremendous opportunities to transform lives through better social policies. Using these data sets in creative and innovative ways to evaluate programs and therefore improve outcomes is a vital step...
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Charting the Next Decade of Evidence Generation in State and Local Government: A Virtual Webinar Series
J-PAL North America’s State and Local Innovation Initiative virtual webinar series “Charting the Next Decade of Evidence Generation in State and Local Government” will explore pressing policy and research priorities facing state and local governments. Speakers in the series will discuss how state...
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Indonesians are turning to digital financial services during the COVID-19 pandemic
Social distancing guidelines in Indonesia and around the world have profoundly impacted many aspects of people’s lives, from the way we communicate to the ways we work, shop, and transact. These shifts have brought the potential of digital financial services as a means of easing some of the economic...
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Researching racial equity: Integrating inclusive and asset-based communication throughout the research cycle
In part five of J-PAL North America’s researching racial equity blog series, we recapitulate our workshop on inclusive and asset-based communication in research, recently delivered at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management’s (APPAM) 2023 annual conference.
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Tutoring Evaluation Accelerator: Building partnerships to accelerate learning
J-PAL North America announces a new partnership with Accelerate to launch the Tutoring Evaluation Accelerator, which aims to support ten tutoring providers from Accelerate’s Call to Effective Action to implement data-driven programs and generate critical evidence on tutoring.
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Research Management Support (RMS)
J-PAL North America provides strategic and customized Research Management Support (RMS) to researchers in the J-PAL network to navigate early-stage complexities in the design and implementation of randomized evaluations.
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Reflecting on a decade of impactful research at J-PAL North America: Forming strong researcher-practitioner partnerships
In part three of J-PAL North America’s ten-year anniversary blog series, we distill key lessons on the effective collaboration between researchers and practitioners needed to build an evidence base on poverty reduction strategies.
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Rigorous evaluations for humanitarian interventions: In conversation with the World Food Programme
J-PAL Europe recently organised a virtual training on randomised evaluations for nearly 50 representatives of humanitarian organisations with the support of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. The programme featured a presentation from Kristen McCollum, an impact evaluation analyst...
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BAE Incubator partner series, part one: Evaluating the impact of cash transfers on housing stability
Cash transfers are an increasingly popular form of support, but there is a need for further evaluation in the context of homelessness reduction and prevention in the United States. J-PAL is committed to expanding this research base through our ongoing partnerships.
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CLEAR/J-PAL South Asia’s Executive Education: Evaluating Social Programs 2024
Evaluating Social Programs (ESP) 2024 is a three-day in-person course that explores the use of monitoring and evaluation to drive sustainable social impact at scale.