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Vianney Fernández Villagómez
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Christopher Cotton
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Using administrative data for randomized evaluations
Administrative data is information collected, used, and stored primarily for administrative (i.e., operational), rather than research, purposes. These data can be an excellent source of information for use in research and impact evaluation. This document provides practical guidance on how to obtain...
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Clare Hofmeyr
Clare Hofmeyr is Associate Director of Education & Training at J-PAL Africa. She leads J-PAL Africa’s training activities as well as the drive to increase the representation of African researchers within J-PAL’s network and experimental economics.
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Survey logistics
Managing a survey is a massive logistical undertaking. This resource, and the other resources under survey data collection, describes the decisions to make and processes to set up in advance to minimize problems in the field. It includes topics specific to in-person data collection as well as those...
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Surveyor hiring and training
This resource focuses on in-house data collection. Information about outsourcing to survey firms is available in the resource on working with third party firms. Running a large-scale household survey may seem like a daunting task at first, but don’t despair. The trick is to develop a detailed plan...
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Data quality checks
High-frequency checks, back-checks, and spot-checks can be used to detect programming errors, surveyor errors, data fabrication, poorly understood questions, and other issues. The results of these checks can also be useful in improving your survey, identifying enumerator effects, and assessing the...
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Field team management
This section discusses the logistics of managing surveyors and survey teams. Depending on the field team size, you may need to set up processes to manage upwards of 50 field staff. Thinking ahead about how they will be paid, how they should communicate with their supervisors, and protocols for...
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Ana Garcia-Hernandez
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Abdelrahman Mokhtar
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Displaced Livelihoods Initiative (DLI)
The IKEA Foundation is supporting the J-PAL and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) to generate and share new evidence on the impacts of livelihoods programs for displaced populations and host communities.
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Megan Morris
Megan Morris is a Policy Manager at J-PAL Global where she manages the Gender sector and Finance sector.
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Andreas Stegmann
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The elements of a randomized evaluation
This resource presents a high-level overview of the steps of a randomized evaluation, while showcasing a selection of our teaching and learning tools that were created as part of our online and in-person training activities. Throughout this section, the reader will find written resources, video...