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Anisha Sehgal
Anisha Sehgal is a Policy Associate at J-PAL North America where she supports the U.S. Health Care Delivery Initiative and Homelessness and Housing Stability team to generate and disseminate rigorous evidence to policymakers and practitioners.
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Pooja Joshi
Blog
Navigating climate justice in MENA: Emerging carbon markets
Carbon markets are rapidly being developed by multiple countries, including those in the Middle East North Africa. While these markets aim to reduce emissions and enhance corporate action, rigorous impact evaluation and evidence-use is needed to ensure that the design and implementation of these...
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Emma Harrington
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Crime and Violence Initiative
The Crime and Violence Initiative (CVI) fosters experimental research on crime and social and political violence. By providing targeted funding for rigorous evaluations of the most promising programs, the CVI aims to offer guidance for implementing organizations, governments, and donors, so that...
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Crime and Violence Initiative RFP
Evaluation
Frequent HIV Testing and Marriage and Pregnancy Decisions in Malawi
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of offering frequent HIV testing on rates of marriage and pregnancy. Offering high-frequency, opt-out HIV testing to young women and their partners changed beliefs of partner’s sexual safety, accelerated marriage, and increased the probability of pregnancy.
Evaluation
Intensive Case Management to Overcome Barriers to Self-Sufficiency in the United States
Researchers are working with the City of Rochester and local social service providers to evaluate the Bridges to Success program, in which participants are paired with mentors who help them move towards economic self-sufficiency.
Evaluation
The Impact of a WhatsApp-based Intervention on Financial Resiliency and Intimate Partner Violence in Colombia
Researchers are evaluating the effectiveness of an interactive WhatsApp-based couples communication, financial education, and COVID-19 information program in promoting low-income households' financial resiliency and reducing IPV rates in Colombia. Research is ongoing; results forthcoming.
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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.
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Maya Duru
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J-PAL North America's DEI Working Group
J-PAL North America is committed to testing strategies and developing resources to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion among their staff, network of researchers and partners, and underrepresented scholars in the economics field.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at J-PAL North America
J-PAL North America is committed to testing strategies and developing resources to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion among their staff, network of researchers and partners, and underrepresented scholars in the economics field.