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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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Incentivizing higher-quality agricultural outputs
Despite making investments in technologies and practices to improve the quality of their products, smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries do not often receive higher prices for their higher-quality agricultural goods. Disorganized markets with many intermediaries may make quality...
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Ceren Baysan
Ceren Baysan is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Toronto.
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Suresh de Mel
Suresh de Mel is a professor in economics at the University of Peradeniya. His research focuses on small-scale enterprises in Sri Lanka.
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Learning to live with the pandemic, but not its terrible impact
In a blog post for the Center for Effective Philanthropy, J-PAL Global's Iqbal Dhaliwal and Ingrid Lustig reflect on new and deepened sectoral challenges that must be prioritized by the philanthropic community in this new phase of the pandemic.
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Richard Ssempagama
Richard joined J-PAL in August 2021 to provide support to the Finance and Operations team in the areas of travel and operational finances and grant administration support for Global Initiatives.
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Katharina Kaeppel
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Affiliate Spotlight: Michela Carlana
Michela Carlana is an assistant professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. From researching the subtle role of bias and motivation in student outcomes to rapidly launching and evaluating scalable programs to combat learning loss, Michela’s work reflects a commitment to reducing...
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Building systems to improve and reward higher-quality agricultural products
Learn more about our new review of strategies designed to improve the quality of agricultural goods produced and sold at market.
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J-PAL joins new partnership for data-driven early response to hunger
Leading research and humanitarian agencies have joined forces to create the Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action. By harnessing data and technology in a bid to stop climate shocks resulting in hunger in vulnerable livestock farming communities, the Jameel Observatory will help tackle...
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REC Limited and J-PAL South Asia enter data-sharing agreement to improve power distribution and service delivery in India
REC Limited (formerly Rural Electrification Corporation Limited), a public infrastructure finance company under the Ministry of Power, Government of India, and J-PAL South Asia are partnering to create an annual, data-based assessment of 79 public and private power distribution companies across the...
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Menno Pradhan
Menno Pradhan is a professor of economics at the University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
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Thanh Nguyen
Thanh Nguyen is the Senior Education Manager at J-PAL Global at MIT, where she works primarily on the MITx MicroMasters and the master's program in Data, Economics, and Development Policy (DEDP).
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Alumni Voices: On the front line in the fight against climate change
James Turitto ‘20 (former senior research manager at J-PAL Global) details his mission to document methane emissions in Europe and lobby policymakers to strengthen regulations. He reflects on the critical role of measuring and exposing industrial methane leaks and how skills learned at J-PAL help...