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Increasing Profits through Subsidized Microenterprise Relocation in Uganda
Those self-employed in microenterprises, who often report low profits and own few assets, account for fifty percent of the labor force in low-income countries. Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to test the effect of relieving constraints to microenterprise relocation on business income in Kampala, Uganda.
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Evidências para a ação climática na América Latina e do Caribe
Neste webinar, descubra como o J-PAL está trabalhando nisso por meio da King Climate Action Initiative (K-CAI), que busca informar políticas para combater e se adaptar às mudanças climáticas e à pobreza com evidências robustas. Além disso, conheça evidências promissoras para os países da América...
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Soft skills training can improve employment outcomes and bolster entrepreneurship
How can entrepreneurs gain the skills to run a successful business? An emerging body of rigorous research demonstrates the importance of not only training in hard skills, but also soft skills, like communication and self-awareness.
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Evidencias para la acción climática en América Latina y el Caribe
En este seminario web, descubrirás cómo J-PAL está trabajando en ello a través de King Climate Action Initiative (K-CAI), que busca informar políticas públicas para combatir y adaptarse al cambio climático con evidencia. Además, conocerás evidencia relevante y prometedora para la acción climática en...
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Kamlesh Vishvkarma
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Prisha Thapar
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Teaching resources on randomized evaluations
Since 2005, J-PAL has offered its Evaluating Social Programs course in a number of different locations worldwide. This week-long course provides a thorough understanding of randomized evaluations and pragmatic step-by-step training for conducting one’s own evaluation. In addition to offering the...
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On the ground at COP27: Sharing policy solutions for climate adaptation
Climate change has the potential to undo decades of progress in poverty alleviation and improvements in well-being among the most vulnerable. Recognizing this challenge, J-PAL’s work in the Environment, Energy, and Climate Change sector seeks to measure the real-world impacts of energy and...
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J-PAL updates
December 2022 Newsletter
The December 2022 Newsletter featured a new fellowship for early-career researchers in the Middle East and North Africa, key takeaways from the COP27, and an affiliate spotlight on Robert Darko Osei.
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J-PAL’s Diana Warira gives keynote address at the Africa Evidence Network’s EVIDENCE 2022 Conference
Diana Warira, a policy manager at J-PAL Global, recently presented a keynote address at the Africa Evidence Network’s EVIDENCE 2022 Conference, at a session laying the spotlight on Africa Evidence Leadership Award winners.
Evaluation
The Impact of Emergency Cash Assistance in a Pandemic
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation in Colombia to assess the effects of emergency cash assistance on the well-being of households. Recipients of the UCT experienced improved financial health, food access, and psychological well-being. Colombia’s newly implemented mobile money system allowed for quick fund disbursement, but its effectiveness for vulnerable populations may have been weakened by nascent digital systems.
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Researching racial equity: Evaluating “Ban the Box” policies
In J-PAL North America’s researching racial equity blog series, we discuss how research plays a critical role in identifying structural inequities in systems and policies that disproportionately affect communities of color. In part one of this series, J-PAL staff interview Amanda Agan to discuss her...
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Manisha Walia
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