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eNews - October 2015
New initiative offers US policymakers funding and technical expertise to solve key social problems | J-PAL hosts two training courses in the Middle East | Shawn Cole receives Aspen Faculty Pioneer Award
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Government of Andhra Pradesh to scale up ‘Teaching at the Right Level’ with Pratham and J-PAL South Asia at IFMR
The evidence-based program aims to improve basic reading and numeracy skills in primary schools by re-organizing children according to ability instead of age or grade, and providing focused, tailored instruction.It will be introduced in over 1,600 government schools in the district of Anantapur...
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eNews - December 2015
A website and logo for the New Year | Government of Andhra Pradesh to scale up 'Teaching at the Right Level' with Pratham and J-PAL South Asia at IFMR | Responding to Risk: HIV Prevention and Male Circumcision | North America wrap-up of evidence: from crime to voting | Featured Affiliate: Amy...
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February 2016 Newsletter
J-PAL's free online course on evaluating social programs begins April 1 | Randomized evaluations is focus of first lecture in new series by Aga Khan Foundation Canada and Global Affairs Canada | New bulletin on weather index insurance | Welcome new affiliated professor Koichiro Ito
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MIT's J-PAL North America launches Health Care Delivery Innovation Competition
J-PAL North America has launched a new Health Care Delivery Innovation Competition that will support U.S. federal, state, and local health agencies and other health care organizations in developing compelling and reliable evidence of the impact of innovative programs.
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Amy Finkelstein
Amy Finkelstein is the John & Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the co-Scientific Director of J-PAL North America, a research center at MIT designed to encourage and facilitate randomized evaluations of important domestic policy issues.
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March 2016 Newsletter
Partnership to institutionalize evidence in education policies in Burkina Faso | New lecture series to showcase groundbreaking research and practice | US health care leaders invited to compete for funding and technical expertise to study innovative programs | J-PAL LAC celebrates new partnership...
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April 2016 Newsletter
From India to Zambia: A learning journey | Building policymaker capacity to use evidence: A long-term partnership | Driving policy-relevant research: J-PAL South Asia's partnership with the Government of Tamil Nadu | Featured Affiliate: Matthew Notowidigdo
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Biomass cookstoves to reduce indoor air pollution and fuel use
Despite their positive results in the lab, biomass cookstoves designed to reduce smoke exposure and/or increase fuel efficiency did not substantially improve health in several randomized evaluations in the real world. Many people did not want to buy or maintain them, did not use them enough, and...
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Deworming: An Informed Debate Requires a Careful Look at the Data
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May 2016 Newsletter
Innovate, test, scale: Lab to improve education policy in Peru | Peace, recovery, and reconciliation: Randomized evaluations in post-conflict environments | Identifying the poor through self-targeting | J-PAL welcomes new affiliated professors
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Five State and Local Governments Selected for J-PAL State and Local Innovation Initiative
Selected state and local governments will receive support from J-PAL North America at MIT to create and use evidence to improve the effectiveness of their social programs.
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June 2016 Newsletter
J-PAL North America awards funding to five state and local governments, the Indian state of Jharkhand scales up two rigorously evaluated programs, and Oriana Bandiera reflects on doing field work in crocodile infested waters.
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July 2016 Newsletter
Read about research to make cities safer, a livelihoods program being scaled to over half a million people, private access to contraception, and more.
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The Impact of Access to Credit and Business Training on Entrepreneurs’ Business Outcomes and Resilience to COVID-19
Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to test the impact of access to credit and business training on entrepreneurs’ business outcomes and households’ resilience to cope with the consequences of COVID-19. Research is ongoing; results are forthcoming.