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Promoting Labour Market Inclusion: Evidence from the Inclusion Policy Lab in Spain and Across Europe
This report reviews the evidence on labour market inclusion programs generated by the Inclusion Policy Lab (the Lab) and places it in context alongside broader evidence from randomized evaluations of labour market policies across Europe.
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Aravind Nair
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Sandhya Seetharaman
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Abdelrahman Fathi
Abdelrahman Fathi is a Research Operations Associate at J-PAL Middle East and North Africa, where he supports an impact evaluation study examining how different interest rates affect business development, decision-making, and repayment behaviors.
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Nihal Mernaoui
Nihal Mernaoui is a Research Intern at the UM6P-J-PAL Applied Lab for Agriculture (UJALA). She supports research and training initiatives related to agriculture and development through background research, evidence synthesis, policy communication, and stakeholder engagement activities. She also...
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Angela Ciceri
Angela Ciceri is a Senior Policy Associate at J-PAL Europe, where she works on the Innovation, Data, and Experimentation in Education (IDEE) program.
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What we heard—and learned—at the India AI Impact Summit
Our team had a whirlwind week at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 last month, the largest annual global gathering on AI. We hosted an official, day-long seminar: AI for Social Good: Impact that Works. We shared how measuring real-world impact is essential to realizing AI’s potential while avoiding...
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Using machine learning and mobile phone data to improve the speed and cost-effectiveness of social protection
In partnership with the Togolese government, researchers developed a rapid and cost-effective approach to deliver emergency cash to households in need by leveraging machine learning and mobile phone data. This approach helped expand emergency cash transfers to vulnerable rural households in Togo and...
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J-PAL South Asia’s Indian Scholars Program
J-PAL South Asia is invested in creating opportunities for India-based researchers to drive and participate in the development research agenda in India through the use of randomized evaluations. As part of this effort, in 2021, J-PAL South Asia launched the Indian Scholars Program, a program that...
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Mica Chua
Michaela Chua is a Policy Associate at J-PAL North America where she supports the criminal justice initiative and racial equity team to create a more inclusive research network. She also works on the Initiatives Funded Projects (IFP) and the Affiliate and Invited Researcher Services (AIRS) teams...
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Kimberly Dadisman
Kim Dadisman is the Associate Director of Policy for J-PAL North America, and her work is focused on the intersection of research and policy.
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Test, learn, adapt: Impact evaluations are only as strong as their assumptions
Impact evaluations aim to answer a fundamental question: What is the causal impact of a program on an outcome of interest? To answer this, we need to try to understand what would have happened to program participants in the absence of the program—a scenario we can never observe directly unless we...