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October 2023 J-PAL LAC Quarterly Newsletter
The third issue of J-PAL LAC's quarterly newsletter highlights the CLEAR center for Latin America and the Caribbean, to be established at the Catholic University of Chile. Within UC, J-PAL LAC, together with the UC Public Policy Center and Mide UC, will support CLEAR-LAC to ensure its success...
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Exploring the benefits of rigorous evidence with the team behind the evaluation of RIP Medical Debt
Allison Sesso (Executive Director of RIP Medical Debt) and Wes Yin (UCLA) discuss the ongoing randomized evaluation of RIP Medical Debt’s model for buying and relieving medical debt.
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Evidence for Social Policy in Europe
How can we design more effective social programmes across Europe? J-PAL affiliated researchers focus on the contribution made by randomised evaluations to the development of high-quality evidence for informing social policy.
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Incentivized community grants for aid effectiveness
A performance-incentivized community grant program shown to accelerate improvements in health reached about 4.9 million people from 2010 to 2018 and generated important lessons for future programs to reduce childhood stunting in Indonesia.
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Digital IDs and e-payments in Africa: Consolidating what we (don’t) know (yet)
Digital identification (ID) can improve targeting and reduce leakages of government programs, while also enabling citizens to participate in the digital economy. However, digital ID systems can also lead to exclusion of vulnerable groups. The implementation of digital ID systems may be particularly...
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Applying evidence to help students catch up
School closures due to Covid-19 have thrown education in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) into crisis. How can we begin to address a disruption of this magnitude? To start, we can turn to the ample body of education evidence to guide us. Read to learn how evidence can guide education recovery...
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Investing in girls' education? Top 3 lessons from the evidence
How can governments, donors and implementing partners decide on where to invest to improve girls’ enrollment? Global evidence on effective interventions can be a great place to start. J-PAL Africa highlight three key lessons everyone should keep in mind on keeping girls in school.
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Reflecting back and looking forward: A decade of generating evidence with J-PAL North America
Lawrence Katz, former co-scientific director of J-PAL North America, reflects on nearly ten years advising the regional office and provides key insights for the future of evidence-based policymaking in the region.
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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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November 2020 Newsletter
In the November 2020 Newsletter, J-PAL's directors shared their vision on leveraging economics and partnerships for greater public and social good.
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Innovative Health Care Delivery to Reduce Poverty Conference
At this two-day conference in Cambridge, health care experts and practitioners explored opportunities for research, innovation, and evidence-informed policymaking to address a range of national health care challenges.
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DigiFI blog series: Deepening our understanding of the digital ID and payment research agenda
Governments across sub-Saharan Africa have been investing in new ways of digitizing financial services and identification systems to improve service delivery and governance and reduce leakages in public programs. Yet, we have limited rigorous evidence on the impacts of these reforms. To fill this...
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September 2020 Newsletter
J-PAL's September 2020 newsletter celebrates the graduates of the Data, Economics, and Development Policy master’s program, welcomes new affiliates, and looks at how evidences can inform responses to the COVID-19 crisis.