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Alejandra Badilla
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Economics of Decarbonization Working Group Inaugural Convening
J-PAL North America's Environment, Energy, and Climate Change (EECC) team is launching a series of researcher convenings with the goal of coordinating the efforts of researchers to develop an evidence base (experimental and non-experimental) that will inform carbon mitigation efforts in the United...
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April 2024 J-PAL LAC Quarterly Newsletter
This issue of J-PAL LAC's quarterly newsletter welcomes co-scientific director Jeanne Lafortune. It also presents interesting advances in government partnerships for the region, with events related to the Chilean and the Argentinian governments. Discover the latest updates on policy-relevant...
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Andreas Stegmann
Evaluation
Improving local tax collection through technology in Ghana
In partnership with Melchia Investments, a private Ghanaian technology company, researchers are conducting a pilot randomized evaluation to identify the effectiveness of a new tax collection technology in increasing property tax revenues for local governments.
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Creating a Toilet Habit in Kenya
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Humanitarian Action Research Incubator in Cairo, Egypt
J-PAL and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) are pleased to announce that applications are now open for a three-day randomized evaluation design workshop as part of the Displaced Livelihoods Initiative (DLI) and ongoing work to improve humanitarian protection programs to develop projects in the...
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Susanna Berkouwer
Susanna Berkouwer is an assistant professor of business economics & public policy and the Robert J. Aresty, W’63 Faculty Scholar at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. They conduct microeconomic research on issues related to the environment, energy, and climate in low-income...
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Ignatius Sebastian
Ignatius Sebastian is a Research Associate at J-PAL Southeast Asia, where he works on the data analysis of the randomized evaluation on the tax offices in Indonesia.
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Maura Flanagan
Evaluation
Returns to Secondary Schooling in Ghana
In this ongoing study, researchers are evaluating the effect of secondary school scholarships on educational attainment and cognitive skills in the short run, and on life outcomes in the longer run, from employment and health outcomes to civic participation and attitudes.
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Christopher Woodruff
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Displaced Livelihoods Initiative (DLI)
The IKEA Foundation is supporting the J-PAL and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) to generate and share new evidence on the impacts of livelihoods programs for displaced populations and host communities.