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Quality early childhood education: The role of teacher training

With nearly all Brazilian children aged 4 and 5 now enrolled in preschool, new questions are emerging about how to ensure quality in this stage of education. According to Brazil’s National Institute for Educational Studies and Research, 93 percent of children in this age group attend preschool...
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Puerto Rico Partnerships and Engagement

Since 2017, J-PAL North America has been fostering strong partnerships with government agencies and researchers in Puerto Rico, and supporting high-quality randomized evaluations to promote a culture of evidence-based decision-making. By advancing the use of rigorous research, we aim to strengthen...
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Solutions and Advancements through Research for Water and Air (SARWA) Request for Proposals

Solutions and Advancements through Research in Water and Air (SARWA), part of J-PAL’s global Air and Water Labs (AWLs) in partnership with Community Jameel, aims to innovate, test, and scale evidence-informed solutions for the most pressing air,water and climate challenges. SARWA focuses on...
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The Water, Air, and Energy (WAE) Lab Request for Proposals

The Water, Air, and Energy (WAE) Lab is a collaboration between J-PAL Africa and the City of Cape Town to co-generate research and inform the scaling of evidence-based programs and policies that effectively improve access to clean air, water, and reliable energy for Capetonians. WAE Lab is part of...
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ADEPT Partnerships

ADEPT is powered by our diverse network of partners—from universities and training institutions to governments, foundations, and the private sector. Together, we create pathways and programs that support the development of skills in data, evaluation, and policy design.
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Evidence to Policy Case Study

Targeted information to improve social assistance

A government scale-up has improved access to targeted social programs for 65 million people.
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Air and Water Labs

In partnership with Community Jameel, the Air and Water Labs work closely with government partners to co-generate evidence-based solutions for the most pressing air and water challenges in Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia.
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Evaluating Social Programs 2020 Webinar Series

Join us daily from 11am-12:30pm EDT for this free, week-long webinar training series on Evaluating Social Programs. Throughout the week, these webinars will provide an introduction to why and how randomized evaluations can be used to rigorously measure social impact.
Top: An Egyptian man collects grass in his boat. Bottom left: A man walking through air pollution in India. Bottom right: Two people cleaning a polluted river in Cape Town, South Africa
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Air and Water Lab (AWL) Request for Proposals

The Air and Water Labs (AWLs), launched by J-PAL in partnership with Community Jameel, are three labs in Egypt, India, and South Africa (Cape Town). AWLs intend to foster deep collaboration between governments, J-PAL regional offices, and researchers in the J-PAL network.
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Evidence to Policy Case Study

Improving youth sexual health through educational entertainment

A randomized evaluation found that the educational TV drama series Shuga increased HIV testing and reduced the stigma around sexual health among young viewers in Nigeria.
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J-PAL’s MENA Scholars Fellowship

The MENA Scholars Fellowship creates a pathway for MENA region-based researchers to build skills and experience to design and conduct randomized evaluations of poverty reduction and social development policies and programs.
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Webinar on Advancing Research for an Effective and Fair Criminal Legal System

This webinar will introduce IECP’s inaugural Request for Proposals (RFP), share guidance on the application process, and feature researchers whose work illustrates how racial equity can be embedded directly into research design.
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Governance Initiative Request for Proposals

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African Scholar Spotlight: Abdul-Basit Tampuli Abukari

This post is part of our ongoing series showcasing the work and perspectives of economists from the African continent who are leading randomized evaluations. Through our African Scholars Program, we hope to help create more opportunities for African researchers to advance the research agenda on the...
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African Scholar Spotlight: Monica Lambon-Quayefio

In this post, we speak with Monica Lambon-Quayefio, a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Ghana. Monica’s primary research interests include health economics, spatial econometrics, development, and experimental economics.