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Grant Bridgman, J-PAL '14, on breaking down language barriers in Africa and Asia
The Alumni Spotlight series highlights J-PAL alumni who are making an impact across industries and around the world. Formerly a research analyst at J-PAL Africa, Grant Bridgman '14 now leads Uliza, a translation start-up that aims to improve access to information across hundreds of languages. He...
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Sarah Eichmeyer
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Shashwat Singh
Evaluation
Leveling the Playing Field for High School Choice: A Field Experiment of Informational Interventions in the United States
Researchers evaluated the impact of several informational interventions with different modes of delivery and customization levels on high school choice outcomes among middle school students in New York City. All interventions made students less likely to rank a low graduation rate high school as their first choice and less likely to apply to any low graduation rate schools
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Robert Blair
Initiative Resource
Initiative projects and documents
Innovation for MSME Development Initiative Call for Partner Collaboration
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Arya Gaduh
Arya Gaduh is an associate professor of economics at the Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. His published research revolves around the empirical microeconomics of development, with particular focuses on human/social capital and urban economics.
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Lesson #2 | What Not-to-do: Wisdom from Years of Trials (and Errors)
In the second part of this series, Shobhini Murkerji dives into her second lesson learned: Don’t trade for short gains—play the long game.
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Lesson #1 | What not-to-do: Wisdom from years of trials (and errors)
In this three-part series, J-PAL South Asia Executive Director Shobhini Mukerji reflects on the lessons learnt from these experiences as she builds her What-Not-Do-List to realise J-PAL’s goal of a poverty-free world.
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Sarah Coughlin
Sarah Coughlin is a Policy Associate at J-PAL Global. In this role, she supports the Agriculture Sector's Digital Agricultural Innovations and Services Initiative (DAISI), as well as writes policy publications, conducts policy outreach for evidence dissemination, and helps cultivate new research...
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Philip Oreopoulos
Philip Oreopoulos is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, at Berkeley and his M.A. from the University of British Columbia.
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Maria Laura Alzua
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Diana Warira
Diana Warira is a Policy Manager managing J-PAL’s Gender and Economic Agency initiative (GEA) in East Africa and is based at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) Kenya.
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