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New Displaced Livelihoods Initiative will help advance sustainable livelihoods for displaced and host communities
Today, we announce the launch of the Displaced Livelihoods Initiative (DLI), jointly managed by Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), with generous support from the IKEA Foundation. DLI is the world’s first research fund dedicated to generating...
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Orlando Huaman Flores
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Alexandre Grellet
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Zahra Boudalaoui-Buresi
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Overcoming administrative burdens: Strategies to increase access to health insurance in the United States
A new J-PAL policy insight highlights evidence from randomized evaluations on the impact of informational “nudges”—strategies designed to inform individuals about various aspects of health insurance and influence behavior without changing legal or economic systems—on health insurance take-up. In...
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April 2023 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's April newsletter highlights how evidence can be leveraged at the end of the public health emergency.
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Raimundo Smith Mayer
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Heather Hubbard
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Affiliate Spotlight: Selim Gulesci on entrepreneurship, gender, and the policymaking process
This affiliate spotlight features reflections from Selim Gulesci on his research surrounding gender, labor, and economics, and touches on his new role of Scientific Advisor for J-PAL Africa’s Girls’ Education and Empowerment portfolio.
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Samuel Dumesh
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Researching racial equity: Racial discrimination, choice constraints, and policy implications
In this interview with J-PAL staff, J-PAL affiliated professor Peter Christensen (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) discusses his ongoing series of evaluations, including a 2021 paper on housing discrimination, and the role randomized evaluations can play in addressing racial inequities.
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Anuj Ghera
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J-PAL: La Economía como herramienta para combatir la pobreza
En 2023 J-PAL cumple veinte años combatiendo la pobreza de la mano de la evidencia científica. Con el fin de dar a conocer la misión de la institución, la oficina de J-PAL para Latinoamérica y el Caribe y el Instituto de Economía de la Universidad Católica llevarán a cabo un encuentro con la...
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20 for 20: The tutor is calling - Targeted instruction by phone boosts learning across six countries
Youth Impact tested a phone-based adaptation of Teaching at the Right Level for mathematics that became ConnectEd, a one-on-one tutoring program that uses phones to connect high-quality instruction with students and parents. With ConnectEd, every week grade 3 to 5 students receive math problems...
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