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Ariella Park
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Amanda Costa De La Paz
Amanda Costa is a Research Associate at J-PAL where she works in the coordination and supervision of the field research of the Papás al Día project. Prior to joining J-PAL, she worked as a coordinator and evaluator of educational projects at University of Chile, Pontifical Catholic University of...
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Taking action on state and local policy priorities
This past fall, the J-PAL North America State and Local Innovation Initiative hosted a series of webinars to discuss how state and local governments can use lessons from randomized evaluations to address these timely policy challenges. The initiative seeks to take action on the conversations from...
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Ingrid Lustig
Ingrid Lustig is a Senior Development Associate at J-PAL Global, where she supports donor stewardship and engagement.
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Paloma Artigas San Carlos
Paloma del Pilar Artigas San Carlos is a Project Associate at J-PAL LAC, where she works on the project "School-Parent Communication with SMS" which aims assess whether the provision of school information to parents by SMS would improve the scholarly performance of children.
Event
Reshaping Gender Attitudes to Promote Gender Equality and Women Empowerment: What Can We Learn from the Evidence?
J-PAL Southeast Asia is hosting a public webinar, “Reshaping Gender Attitudes to Promote Gender Equality and Women Empowerment: What Can We Learn from Evidence?” featuring H.E. I Gusti Ayu Bintang Darmawati (Minister of Women Empowerment and Child Protection of the Republic of Indonesia) as keynote...
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eGov Foundation partners with J-PAL South Asia to improve government service delivery in India through effective use of technology and data
eGovernments Foundation (eGov) is partnering with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab South Asia (J-PAL South Asia) to conduct research on improving public service delivery across Indian states through effective use of digital technology and data.
Evidence to Policy Case Study
Case study
Normalizing mask usage to combat Covid-19
A community-level mask distribution and promotion program tripled mask usage in Bangladesh and is now being scaled up in multiple countries, reaching almost 14 million people in South Asia.
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Register for the Reshaping Gender Attitudes to Promote Gender Equality and Women Empowerment: What Can We Learn from Evidence? webinar
Register for the Reshaping Gender Attitudes to Promote Gender Equality and Women Empowerment: What Can We Learn from Evidence? webinar
Evaluation
Attracting Talented Workers by Reducing Application Costs in Ethiopia
Researchers partnered with an employer in Addis Ababa to assess the impact of a small monetary incentive to apply for a job or a higher wage offer on the quality of applicants to a vacancy for a clerical position. Both of these changes increased the quality of applicants by similar amounts.
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Khadija Noor
Khadija Noor joined J-PAL in 2021 as the Senior Development Associate for the North America regional office. She provides executive support to Associate Director of Policy Vincent Quan and project management support across the policy vertical.
Evaluation
Cash Transfers and Management Advice for Farmers in Senegal
In Senegal, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to study the effect of providing management advice and a one-time cash transfer on agricultural productivity and farmers’ investment in their businesses. Receiving both the cash transfer and management advice had positive impacts on yields and livestock as well as farmers’ investment in agricultural equipment, while receiving management advice only did not impact agricultural investments.
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Catalyzing the use of evidence for effective business training and finance in Egypt
Alison Fahey and Lobna Kassim reflect on the successful partnership between J-PAL MENA at AUC and the MSME Development Agency to create a culture of evidence-based program and policy design.
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Strengthening randomized evaluations with qualitative research: Baby’s First Years mothers' experiences
In this post, the researchers on the Baby's First Years study reflect on the value of qualitative research in both providing a deeper understanding of each participant’s background and context and painting a fuller picture of mothers’ experiences in the study.