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Policy insight
Digital financial services to improve formalized access and inclusion
Digital financial services have dramatically improved access to formal accounts, especially for marginalized communities. Increased access to digital services has led to a reduction in remittance transaction costs, which has facilitated risk-sharing and alleviated poverty.
Evaluation
Building Trust in Fertilizer Quality Among Farmers in Tanzania
Researchers conducted an evaluation to test the impact of an information campaign about fertilizer quality on farmers’ beliefs and their purchase and use of fertilizer. The information campaign led farmers to change their beliefs about the quality of fertilizer available in local markets and to buy more fertilizer.
Evaluation
Promoting Safe Sex Among Adolescents in Tanzania
Researchers, in partnership with BRAC, are conducting a randomized evaluation with both male and female adolescents in Tanzania to identify the differential impacts of demand side and supply side interventions and to better understand the role males play in affecting sexual and reproductive health outcomes.
Event
Learning Together for Children’s Learning: An Interdisciplinary Convening
Event closed The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is pleased to announce two in-person events to feature multidisciplinary education research and foster cross-disciplinary connections: a closed two-day convening at the Paris School of Economics (June 18–19) followed by a public one-day...
Initiative
Innovation for MSME Development Initiative
The Innovation for MSME Development Initiative (IMDI) aims to support evidence-based policymaking in the MSME sector. IMDI achieves this through generating policy-relevant research and sharing knowledge that can help government, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector identify...
Evaluation
Changing Handwashing Behavior with Edutainment in Bangladesh
Researchers conducted an evaluation to test the impact of a hand-hygiene edutainment (entertainment education) campaign on handwashing and health in Bangladesh. The campaign improved handwashing and child health but had no impact on hygiene knowledge.
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Adrianna McIntyre
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Sarah Margolis
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Evaluating Social Programs
J-PAL's Evaluating Social Programs course equips participants with the tools to rigorously assess the impact of programs and policies using randomized evaluations.
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Timothy Layton
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Fernanda Ramirez-Espinoza
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Sari El Garraya
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Malik Abaddi
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Nada Rostom
Nada Rostom is a Research Associate at J-PAL MENA where she works on evaluating the impact of a program targeting irregular migration in Egypt in collaboration with the Egyptian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (MSMEDA).