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Agencia Económica en las Mujeres de Centroamérica y México: Evidencia Relevante y Lanzamiento de la Guía Práctica Para la Medición de Empoderamiento
J-PAL para Latinoamérica y el Caribe (J-PAL LAC) ofrecerá un webinar con dos propósitos: difundir la evidencia sobre género y agencia económica relevante para Centroamérica y México, y lanzar la " Guía práctica para la medición del empoderamiento de mujeres y niñas en evaluaciones de impacto".
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Investing in girls' education? Top 3 lessons from the evidence
How can governments, donors and implementing partners decide on where to invest to improve girls’ enrollment? Global evidence on effective interventions can be a great place to start. J-PAL Africa highlight three key lessons everyone should keep in mind on keeping girls in school.
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The long and winding road of evidence adoption
J-PAL’s mandate is to improve lives by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. So what does bridging the gap between evidence, policy and practice actually look like? J-PAL's Associate Director of Policy, Ashleigh Morrell, reflects on the three approaches J-PAL Africa has adopted...
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Reshaping Gender Attitudes to Promote Gender Equality and Women Empowerment: What Can We Learn from the Evidence?
J-PAL Southeast Asia is hosting a public webinar, “Reshaping Gender Attitudes to Promote Gender Equality and Women Empowerment: What Can We Learn from Evidence?” featuring H.E. I Gusti Ayu Bintang Darmawati (Minister of Women Empowerment and Child Protection of the Republic of Indonesia) as keynote...
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eGov Foundation partners with J-PAL South Asia to improve government service delivery in India through effective use of technology and data
eGovernments Foundation (eGov) is partnering with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab South Asia (J-PAL South Asia) to conduct research on improving public service delivery across Indian states through effective use of digital technology and data.
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Generating Evidence for Climate Action in Europe
K-CAI Europe aims to create a playbook of dozens of cost-effective policy solutions in two focus areas: mitigation and pollution reduction. The former aims to reduce emissions to slow the pace of climate change, while the latter aims to reduce harmful carbon co-pollutants and improve public health.
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Normalizing mask usage to combat Covid-19
A community-level mask distribution and promotion program tripled mask usage in Bangladesh and is now being scaled up in multiple countries, reaching almost 14 million people in South Asia.
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Register for the Reshaping Gender Attitudes to Promote Gender Equality and Women Empowerment: What Can We Learn from Evidence? webinar
Register for the Reshaping Gender Attitudes to Promote Gender Equality and Women Empowerment: What Can We Learn from Evidence? webinar
Evaluation
Attracting Talented Workers by Reducing Application Costs in Ethiopia
Researchers partnered with an employer in Addis Ababa to assess the impact of a small monetary incentive to apply for a job or a higher wage offer on the quality of applicants to a vacancy for a clerical position. Both of these changes increased the quality of applicants by similar amounts.
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Exploring the benefits of rigorous evidence with the team behind the evaluation of RIP Medical Debt
Allison Sesso (Executive Director of RIP Medical Debt) and Wes Yin (UCLA) discuss the ongoing randomized evaluation of RIP Medical Debt’s model for buying and relieving medical debt.
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Khadija Noor
Khadija Noor joined J-PAL in 2021 as the Senior Development Associate for the North America regional office. She provides executive support to Associate Director of Policy Vincent Quan and project management support across the policy vertical.
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Cash Transfers and Management Advice for Farmers in Senegal
In Senegal, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to study the effect of providing management advice and a one-time cash transfer on agricultural productivity and farmers’ investment in their businesses. Receiving both the cash transfer and management advice had positive impacts on yields and livestock as well as farmers’ investment in agricultural equipment, while receiving management advice only did not impact agricultural investments.
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Catalyzing the use of evidence for effective business training and finance in Egypt
Alison Fahey and Lobna Kassim reflect on the successful partnership between J-PAL MENA at AUC and the MSME Development Agency to create a culture of evidence-based program and policy design.
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Strengthening randomized evaluations with qualitative research: Baby’s First Years mothers' experiences
In this post, the researchers on the Baby's First Years study reflect on the value of qualitative research in both providing a deeper understanding of each participant’s background and context and painting a fuller picture of mothers’ experiences in the study.