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Cash and Microenterprise Support for the Ultra-Poor in Uganda
In partnership with the Association of Volunteers in International Service, researchers evaluated the impact of the Women’s Income Generating Support (WINGS) program, an initiative which provided low-income Ugandan individuals, mainly women, with financial grants, business skills training, and ongoing supervision on individuals’ economic outcomes. The WINGS program improved individuals’ earnings and access to nonfarm business opportunities in postwar Uganda.
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The Impact of Government Subsidies on Private Secondary School Performance in Uganda
Researchers partnered with the Ugandan government to evaluate the impact of a public private partnership (PPP) program with low-cost private secondary schools on absorbing large increases in secondary school enrollment in Uganda. The PPP program led to both greater private school enrollment and higher student performance, with improved performance potentially being linked to increased input availability and positive household-driven selection of PPP student participants.
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Heather McCurdy
Heather McCurdy joined J-PAL in 2011 to provide human subjects administration and support for Esther Duflo and the Global office. Heather spent five years in economic consulting support in Boston but previously spent two years in Mali with the Peace Corps.
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Digital IDs: The good, the bad, and the unknown
As policymakers across Africa are increasingly investing in digital identification systems, the Digital Identification and Finance Initiative in Africa (DigiFI) explores what the benefits, challenges, and unknowns are.
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Gabriel Cruz
Gabriel Cruz is a Senior Research Associate at J-PAL LAC, where he works on several projects related to understanding the effects of public policies on education, pensions, among other topics lead by Prof. Claudia Allende (Stanford University).
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Thomas Ferreira
Thomas Ferreira is a Senior Data Associate at J-PAL Africa working on the Innovations in Data and Experiments for Action (IDEA) Initiative.
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Faith Masekesa
Faith holds a Ph.D. in Development Economics from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies of Japan.
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Benjamin Roth
Benjamin Roth is the Purnima Puri and Richard Barrera Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
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J-PAL updates
August 2020 Newsletter
J-PAL and King Philanthropies launch $25 million King Climate Action Initiative and more in J-PAL's August newsletter.
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Global Evidence for Egypt Spotlight Webinar on Social Assistance
Please join us for the upcoming Global Evidence for Egypt spotlight webinar, “What does global evidence tell us about social assistance response to large external shocks in Egypt?" The webinar will focus on what global evidence tells us about social assistance that responds to covariate shocks.
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Towards Inclusive Digital Finance in Indonesia
Join J-PAL Southeast Asia for a webinar to launch the Inclusive Financial Innovation Initiative (IFII). To kick off this learning collaborative, key findings from the initiative's whitepaper will be shared to inform digital financial services (DFS) stakeholders and policy decisions.
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How to use data for everyday decisions in a pandemic
To help us make safe, intelligent decisions for how to conduct our everyday lives during the pandemic, we need new data-driven tools to assess risk based on our unique personal profiles and local conditions.
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Seema Jayachandran
Seema Jayachandran is a Professor in the Department of Economics and Finance at Princeton University. Her work focuses primarily on health in developing countries, and she also has research interests in education, labor markets, the environment, and political economy.
Evaluation
Providing Post-Training Assistance to Young Jobseekers to Improve Employment Outcomes in India
Researchers are evaluating the impact of providing additional information and resources to those who have completed skills training programs on employment outcomes.