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Centering parents and parenting in randomized evaluations of cash transfers to families
The Baby’s First Years evaluation is a J-PAL-supported study evaluating the impact of poverty alleviation on child development and families. Two researchers involved in Baby’s First Years discuss the importance of centering parents and their experiences to better understand the impact cash payments...
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2024 Annual Letter from the Global Executive Director
Celebrating our twentieth anniversary around the world over the past year was a welcome opportunity to take stock of J-PAL’s journey so far—a journey that saw us expand our research network from 8 to 900 researchers, learn from 2,200 randomized evaluations across 96 countries, and reach 600 million...
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Ministry of Rural Development partners with J-PAL South Asia as it expands ‘Samaveshi Aajeevika’ across India
The Government of India’s Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has brought the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia at IFMR on board as a knowledge partner on ‘Samaveshi Aajeevika’, a comprehensive livelihoods programme designed to put rural women on the path to self-sufficiency...
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J-PAL Africa, the City of Cape Town, and Community Jameel launch new Water, Air, and Energy Lab
The lab will partner local policymakers and researchers to generate evidence-based solutions aimed at improving access to clean air, water, and reliable energy for Capetonians.
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The LA Homelessness Evaluation Network: Lessons learned from supporting organizations build evidence and evaluation capacity
In this post, J-PAL North America shares lessons learned from homeless service providers who have been participating in our Los Angeles Homelessness Evaluation Network.
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DEDP Webinar: Pursue a credential in the MITx MicroMasters® Program
The next term for the MITx MicroMasters® Program in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy is fast approaching! Join the DEDP Course Team for a live webinar to learn more about the program and to have your questions answered live. A recording of the event will be sent to all registrants.
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Generating evidence for educational outcomes in Puerto Rico through collaborative partnerships
The Second International Symposium on Research and Impact in Education highlighted the value of research-practice partnerships in building and using evidence to inform education policy.
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2023 Annual Letter from the Global Executive Director
As we enter J-PAL’s third decade, there is no shortage of challenges: Climate change, humanitarian crises, persistent bias and discrimination, and lagging early childhood development are all sobering reminders of how much urgent work there is still to do.
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2022 Annual Letter from the Global Executive Director
The past year made it clear that we need to learn to live with this pandemic but not its terrible impact. As vaccines rolled out, field research began to resume and demand soared for evidence-based policy solutions to help people recover from the unprecedented economic shocks of Covid-19.
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Molly Gilmore
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Rama Murthy Sripada
Rama Murthy Sripada is a Senior Research Manager at J-PAL South Asia, where he works on managing the data and analysis needs of a portfolio of two to three active and ongoing projects under the RISE project.
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Affiliate Spotlight: Elise Huillery
Elise Huillery is a Professor of Economics at Paris Dauphine University. Her research focuses on policies addressing lack of education and the psychological barriers to individual progress out of poverty. From the humanitarian projects of her youth to the policy research she leads today, Elise...
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Announcing the J-PAL Jobs and Opportunity Initiative
COVID-19 has disrupted and altered labor markets across the globe. Through the Jobs and Opportunity Initiative, we are supporting urgent research that helps us understand how vulnerable workers around the world are being impacted by COVID-19, and how to design effective policy responses to protect...