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Microcredit: Impacts and promising innovations
Findings on the impacts of microcredit continue to evolve. Early evidence from randomized evaluations in low- and middle-income countries showed that the classic microcredit model did not lead to transformative impacts on income or consumption for the average borrower across many contexts. However...
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Protecting farmers from weather-based risk
When designed well, insurance does protect small-scale farmers from adverse weather events, but farmers have low demand for these products at market prices. New technologies and climate-smart agricultural practices can reduce farmers’ risk exposure and increase their climate resiliency. More...
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Teaching business skills to support microentrepreneurs
Traditional business skills training programs lead to modest increases in microentrepreneurs’ profits and sales. Alternative training programs can lead to larger impacts, but some programs require more definitive evidence of their effectiveness.
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Using simple reminders to reduce failures to appear in court
Failing to appear—when people awaiting arraignment fail to appear in court—is criminalized in 46 US states and can result in jail time. Evidence from randomized evaluations suggests that simple reminders through text messages, mail, or phone calls can be effective in reducing the rate at which...
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The effect of nudges on health insurance take-up in the United States
Providing nudges to individuals eligible for health insurance benefits leads to small but notable increases in insurance take-up and plan switching. Low-cost, mass-outreach campaigns are particularly cost-effective compared to more-intensive interventions.
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Advancing women’s representation and opportunities in STEM fields through exposure to role models
In high-income countries, exposure to women role models often positively impacts women students’ participation and educational performance in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, by improving students’ perceptions and aspirations of having STEM careers.
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Boosting Adolescent Girls' Agency Through Life Skills Training
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Simon Franklin
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Robert Garlick
Robert Garlick is an assistant professor of economics at Duke University. His research focuses on education and labor economics in developing countries.
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Anant Sudarshan
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Archana M V
Initiative
Southeast Asia Inclusive Financial Innovation Initiative
The Inclusive Financial Innovation Initiative (IFII) aims to generate evidence on what digital financial services (DFS) work, why they work, and how they can be deployed to maximize impact.
Initiative
Jobs and Opportunity Initiative Brazil (JOI Brazil)
In 2021, in partnership with the Arymax Foundation, B3 Social, Potencia Ventures, the Inter-American Development Bank, and Insper, J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean launched the Jobs and Opportunity Initiative Brazil (JOI Brazil), which will replicate the activities of JOI in the Brazilian...
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Latin America Skills for Youth Program
The Skills for Youth Program (SYP) seeks to identify and rigorously evaluate innovative solutions to improve youth employment in Latin America. Specifically, one of it goals is to address the gap between youth skills and labor market demand.
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Nadeen ElAshmawy
Nadeen ElAshmawy is a Senior Policy Associate at J-PAL Middle East and North Africa where she works on policy analysis and outreach related to translating J-PAL MENA’s research into policy lessons and promoting evidence-informed policymaking in the region.