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Developing an ed-tech agenda in Latin America
J-PAL LAC and Proyecto Educar 2050 organized a regional conference on education technology and its impacts on student learning.
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Affiliate spotlight: An interview with Amy Finkelstein on how her recent MacArthur Fellow award opens up new possibilities in innovative research
J-PAL affiliate Amy Finkelstein discusses how her recent MacArthur Fellow award opens up new possibilities in innovative research.
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Bringing together an inspired and motivated community for our Teaching at the Right Level Conference
A two-day conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, brought together more than 70 participants to learn about the Teaching at the Right Level approach.
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Preparing for 2018 elections in the "Year of the Woman": Lessons from India
If many more women are elected to office, we don’t yet know what impacts such an influx might have on policy decisions and gender norms in US society. However, many J-PAL affiliated researchers have explored this question in India by taking advantage of a naturally occurring experimental design.
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Moving from evidence to policy change
Evidence to Policy pathways and case studies explore how J-PAL affiliated researchers and staff, along with government and NGO partners, have drawn on evidence produced by randomized evaluations to inform policy changes around the world.
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How do we achieve affordable, quality health care? Follow the evidence.
In this guest post, Darshak Shavani writes about how a commitment to evidence, and a connection by J-PAL North America, led to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center launching the first ever randomized evaluation of a major federal health insurance program in the...
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Recap of Financial Inclusion Week Twitter chat: Getting digital inclusion right
Financial inclusion is on the rise, but 1.7 billion adults around the world still remain unbanked – can digital finance close help close the gap? As part of Financial Inclusion Week 2018, J-PAL Finance sector and CEGA's Digital Credit Observatory hosted a Twitter Chat to discuss this question and...
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Saurabh Bhajibhakare
Saurabh Bhajibhakare is an Associate Director of Research at J-PAL South Asia where he provides technical oversight on research and ethical integrity, data quality, and security. He also leads the internal capacity building program for research staff at J-PAL South Asia.
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New J-PAL Report: Creating a Culture of Evidence Use in Latin America
Our new J-PAL report, “Creating a Culture of Evidence Use: Lessons from J-PAL’s Government Partnerships in Latin America,” sheds light on the many paths from evidence to improved policy in government.
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Introducing the European Social Inclusion Initiative
Many programs and policies across Europe aim to tackle social and economic exclusion of migrants and refugees, but there is little evidence suggesting which approaches work and which do not. J-PAL Europe recently released a white paper that reviews three key levers of social inclusion in the Europe...
