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Catherine Michaud-Leclerc
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Catherine Michaud-Leclerc
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Adam Baybutt
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In their own words: Female officers on the front lines of gender-targeted police reforms
J-PAL affiliated professor Sandip Sukhtankar (University of Virginia) and co-authors, in collaboration with the Madhya Pradesh Police Research and Training Department, conducted a randomised evaluation to test the impact of gender-targeted police reforms in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India.
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BAE Incubator partner series, part five: Seeking systems-level change to address housing instability
Homelessness in the United States is a pressing issue that requires increased research on effective strategies to address it and foster long-term housing stability. With grant funding from Google.org—Google’s philanthropic arm—the Bay Area Evaluation (BAE) Incubator supported Bay Area service...
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Improving Women’s Labor and Welfare Outcomes through Microfinance in Uganda
Researchers in rural Western Uganda tested whether a microfinance program can help women borrowers switch out of subsistence agriculture to other labor activities, such as entrepreneurship or small-scale trading. While microloans helped women switch into service-based jobs including small-scale trading, they had no impact on income, spending, savings, and overall wealth.
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Hazaifa Saber
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Registration for the "Science and the Fight against Poverty" Colloquium
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What the research says on improving women's economic agency and employment outcomes
In this blog, we summarize ongoing research and lessons from randomized evaluations funded by the Gender and Economic Agency (GEA) Initiative and the Jobs and Opportunity Initiative (JOI), which address open questions related to women’s work and economic empowerment.
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Importancia de la evidencia para el diseño y mejora de programas que favorecen la agencia de las mujeres
En el evento se presentará tanto la relevancia de identificar el efecto de las políticas públicas como evidencia de programas que han tenido impacto en distintas dimensiones de la vida de las mujeres y sus comunidades (económicas, laborales, educativas, de salud, movilidad) que son de relevancia...
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Niharika Singh
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Shan Aman-Rana
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Maria Laura Alzua
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Hamidou Jawara
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Thomas Bossuroy
Thomas Bossuroy previously served as a consultant to the French Development Agency and OECD on research and policy projects throughout Africa, and is currently involved in projects on political mobilization and health projects in India.