Displaying 5596 - 5610 of 7527
Blog
Rigorous evaluations for humanitarian interventions: In conversation with the World Food Programme
J-PAL Europe recently organised a virtual training on randomised evaluations for nearly 50 representatives of humanitarian organisations with the support of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. The programme featured a presentation from Kristen McCollum, an impact evaluation analyst...
Evidence to Policy Case Study
Case study
Providing school quality information to improve housing mobility for low-income families
After research found that providing families with information on school quality increased Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) recipients’ moves to neighborhoods with higher-rated schools, an affordable housing website expanded the provision of school quality information to all of its 60,000 daily site...
Person
Nis Anim
Update
J-PAL updates
January 2022 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's January Newsletter features ways we are leveraging evidence to promote housing stability, new research results from the Baby's First Years study, and a new op-ed on evidence in education.
Event
Evidence for Climate Action in Europe
This webinar shed light on the process, benefits, and challenges of using randomised evaluations to generate evidence in the climate action space in Europe.
Resource
Basic page
Register for Evidence for Climate Action in Europe
Person
AbdelRahman Nagy
AbdelRahman Nagy is a Senior Advisor with J-PAL Middle East and North Africa based in Cairo, Egypt.
Person
Ala Alrababah
Resource
Basic page
Policy Outreach at J-PAL Africa
The J-PAL Africa policy team works with governments, researchers, and NGOs to increase evidence use by bridging the gap between rigorous research and action in sub-Saharan Africa to improve lives at scale. Based in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa, our policy staff work across the continent...
Research Paper
File: Research paper
Skills and Liquidity Barriers to Youth Employment: Medium-term Evidence from a Cash Benchmarking Experiment in Rwanda
Evaluation
Benchmarking Cash to an Employment Program in Rwanda
In Rwanda, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to compare the impact of Huguka Dukore, a youth employment and training program, to that of cash grants of an equivalent value on several economic outcomes. Huguka Dukore improved hours worked, assets, savings, and subjective well-being, while cost-equivalent cash transfers increased all these outcomes as well as consumption, income, and wealth.
Person
Reed Walker
Person