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Mohamed Omar
Mohamed is a Senior Research Operations Manager at J-PAL Middle East and North Africa
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Eslam Serag
Eslam Serag is a Research Operations Manager at J-PAL Middle East and North Africa, where he works on evaluating the effect of information interventions and transportation subsidies on job matching and youth employment.
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Mohamed Ghandour
Mohamed Ghandour is a Research Coordinator at J-PAL Middle East and North Africa, where he is currently working on impact assessment of the Ultra Poor Graduation Program developed by BRAC in collaboration with Sawiris Foundation for Social Development in Egypt.
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Covid-19 Research at J-PAL MENA
J-PAL MENA is coordinating efforts by affiliates and staff to understand and mitigate the impact of Covid-19 in the region.
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Working remotely or remotely working? Best practices in working from home post COVID-19
Research from randomized evaluations can shed light on some of the benefits of working from home for employees and their employers—and best practices for those of us looking to maximize our productivity while preserving some work-life balance.
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Priyal Patil
Priyal Patil is a Research Associate at J-PAL South Asia. She works on the childhood vaccination project in Pune, which develops a cost-effective multi-intervention strategy to improve vaccination adherence for children in the state of Maharashtra.
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Bruno Ferman
Bruno Ferman is a Professor at the São Paolo School of Economics. His research focuses on behavioral economics and finance, on themes including microcredit product design and the ways in which financial incentives can influence or reveal behavior preferences.
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Deferring Wages and Labor Supply in Malawi
Researchers partnered with a tea company in Malawi to study the effects of a savings product that allowed workers to defer payment of a part of their wages. The deferred wages program was generally popular and increased savings; in the longer run, it helped workers improve their houses.
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Martin A. Rossi
Martín Antonio Rossi is Professor of Economics at Universidad de San Andres. His research focuses on the intersection between development economics, political economy, and public economics. Past studies have examined wealth and politics, public service incentives, political effort, and labor market...
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Alokik Mishra
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Mobile Money: Impacts, Challenges and Open Questions
With the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, J-PAL Africa is hosting a practitioner-focused webinar, to highlight the evidence on the impacts of mobile money and digital financial services on poverty, open policy research questions, and challenges that practitioners face in sub-Saharan...
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Ben Olken
Benjamin A. Olken is the Jane Berkowitz Carlton and Dennis William Carlton Professor of Microeconomics at MIT. His research focuses on the public sector in developing countries, including work on social safety nets, taxation, and governance. He has worked extensively in Indonesia for over 20 years...
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Generating evidence-based insights for good governance during and after Covid-19
How to achieve good governance—as measured by accountability, government effectiveness, and control of corruption—is a question that has been at the heart of J-PAL’s Governance Initiative (GI) since its inception in 2011. In response, GI funds rigorous experimental research projects tackling a...
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Ce am învățat din testarea riguroasă a politicilor sociale în Europa?
J-PAL este un centru de cercetare axat pe reducerea sărăciei ce are ca obiectiv promovarea politicilor publice bazate pe dovezi științifice. Constituit dintr-o rețea formată din 225 de profesori afiliați la universități din întreaga lume, J-PAL efectuează evaluări de impact randomizate pentru a...
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Cosa abbiamo imparato fino ad oggi grazie a valutazioni rigorose di impatto di politiche sociali in Europa
I ricercatori della rete di J-PAL hanno condotto più di 80 studi randomizzati di progetti e politiche sociali in 20 paesi europei, di cui 5 in Italia, in particolare nei campi dell’educazione e del mercato del lavoro. J-PAL Europe ha pubblicato un riassunto dei risultati principali di questa ricerca...