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Aliya Chikte
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Deepa Janakiraman
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Kimberly Massa
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Olivia Bryan
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Swetha Teli
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A. Nilesh Fernando
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Emerging Challenges in the Environment Landscape: Addressing Climate Change, Sustainability, and Poverty
Climate change threatens to reverse decades of progress in global poverty alleviation. To support building climate resiliency and a sustainable environment, this in-person conference will provide insights into the Government of Indonesia’s policy priorities, identify critical policy questions, and...
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
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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.
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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.