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DEDP Webinar: Pursue a credential in the MITx MicroMasters® Program
Join us for a 60-minute webinar about the MicroMasters® program in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy (DEDP) to learn more about the program and ask questions in a live Q&A session!
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Hend Ramzy
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Promoviendo el Desarrollo Infantil Temprano en Guatemala: ¿Cómo participar en el programa PROSA?
Este webinar gratuito explicará en detalle en qué consiste PROSA, el nuevo programa de J-PAL y UVG que busca catalizar el uso y generación de evidencia en torno al Desarrollo Infantil Temprano en Guatemala.
Blog
20 for 20: Promoting diversity in economics in LAC with current and former J-PAL staff
In this post, we speak with the co-founders of EconThaki, an organization created to improve diversity and inclusion in economics through information, training and mentoring in South America. Econthaki was launched by young Peruvian researchers, including Jostin Kitmang, J-PAL LAC Research Manager...
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Fostering early child development to alleviate poverty in Guatemala
In Guatemala—one of the countries with the world's highest stunting rates and low early childhood education enrollment—several organizations and government institutions increasingly recognize the importance of improving early child development (ECD) and have accumulated relevant key lessons on ECD...
Update
J-PAL updates
June 2023 Newsletter
Our June 2023 Newsletter features the first of J-PAL's 20 for 20:Partner Voices blog series, the latest evidence on microcredit, and an alumni of of J-PAL and MIT’s Data, Economics, and Development Policy (DEDP) master’s program.
Evaluation
The Impact of Quality Upgrading and Market Access on Farmers’ Productivity and Profits in Uganda
In western Uganda, researchers conducted a series of randomized evaluations that assessed the impact of introducing a combination of post-harvest services, training on agricultural best practices, and access to a market for high-quality maize on farmers’ productivity and profits. Researchers found that the extension services only intervention had little to no impacts on productivity and farmer profits.
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J-PAL updates
July 2023 Newsletter
J-PAL introduces a new cohort of Middle East/North Africa scholars and a new public policy track in the DEDP MicroMasters program. We also shine a spotlight on J-PAL Affiliated Professor, Raquel Bernal, and discuss findings related to improving mental health and low- and middle-income contexts.
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Arth Depuri
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Clémence Lobut
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Jon Robinson
Jonathan Robinson is an professor of economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His research is primarily focused in sub-Saharan Africa, and includes studies of how individuals cope with risk, a project to understand why farmers do not adopt potentially profitable agricultural...
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Kate Orkin
Kate Orkin is a faculty member in economics and public policy at the University of Oxford Blavatnik School of Government.
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