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Evaluation
Connecting Egyptian Women to Gender-Based Violence Resources via Social Media during Covid-19
Researchers partnered with the Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights to evaluate the effect of educational social media and TV campaigns on women’s attitudes and behaviors around responding to GBV and IPV. The social media campaign increased women’s knowledge and use of resources, but had no impact on their underlying attitudes towards gender equality or gender-based violence.
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J-PAL North America Staff Spotlight: Homelessness & Housing Stability Team
The fourth installment of J-PAL North America's Staff Spotlight series features four staff members who have supported our work to expand the evidence base on strategies to reduce and prevent homelessness and encourage long-term housing stability.
Evidence to Policy Case Study
Case study
Using rigorous impact evaluation to help people find jobs
The French Public Employment Service has incorporated rigorous evidence from randomized evaluations into its decision-making processes to improve employment outcomes of job seekers throughout the country.
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Ricardo Perez-Truglia
Ricardo Perez-Truglia is an associate professor at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business. He conducts research in behavioral economics, political economy, public economics and labor economics.
Evaluation
The Impact of Psychosocial Therapy and Vocational Skills Training on Intimate Partner Violence in Urban Liberia
In partnership with the Liberia National Red Cross Society, researchers evaluated a holistic approach to reducing IPV, in which vulnerable women received intensive psychosocial support and vocational skills training. The program reduced physical and emotional IPV; it also increased participants’ employment hours and expenditures.
Initiative
Science for Progress Initiative
Working with leading organizations that fund and support scientific research and design science policy, SfPI will produce rigorous, scientific research on the scientific process.
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African Scholar Spotlight: Dr. Monica Lambon-Quayefio
In this post, we speak with Monica Lambon-Quayefio, a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Ghana. Monica’s primary research interests include health economics, spatial econometrics, development, and experimental economics.
Evaluation
Examining Preferences for Inclusive Decision-Making in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, researchers evaluated how temporary exposure to a community driven development program altered citizens’ preferences for inclusive, participatory approaches to decision-making. In this context, exposure to participatory decision-making increased the value that communities assigned to such participatory processes but did not translate into increased adoption of inclusive institutions.
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Maya Pargade-Klitzke
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Lila Al Tamimi
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Afiya Rahman
Blog
Strengthening development economics research in Africa: A recap of the “Development Methodologies” summer school
In July, J-PAL organised the “Development Methodologies” summer school for over seventy African researchers and policymakers, in partnership with the French Development Agency, the Fund for Innovation in Development, and the École National Supérieure de Statistique et d’Économie Appliquée of Abidjan...
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