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Are Agricultural Traders Colluding? Testing the Degree of Competition Among Maize Traders in Kenya
Researchers conducted three randomized evaluations to measure the degree of competition among wholesale maize traders, understand the implications for social welfare, and test whether new traders could make a market more competitive. Researchers found that traders did not pass through much of a randomly administered cost reduction by lowering prices to consumers and, instead, colluded with other traders to maximize their profits.
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Evaluating Transfer Size in a Conditional Cash Transfer Program for Seasonal Migrants in Indonesia
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a cash transfer program conditional on seasonal migration and an unconditional cash transfer (UCT) program on rural households’ decisions to migrate and migration season earnings in West-Timor, Indonesia. Relative to the UCT, the CCT was most effective at raising migration season earnings when the transfer size was just enough to cover migration expenses; however, when the transfer size exceeded migration travel costs, relatively lower-income households migrated for the purpose of collecting the transfer and overall program impact lessened.
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Vanessa Cheng
Vanessa is Research Associate at J-PAL LAC and she works on a project with the Ministry of Economy of Peru to identify innovation opportunities to improve the system and the management of human resources of public officials at the national, regional and local levels.
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Ntombi Mbasa
Ntombi was previous the Operations and Grants Coordinator at REEP. Prior to working at REEP, she worked as an Administrative Associate at J-PAL Africa and at EcoPlanet Bamboo SA (Pty) Ltd as an Administrator and Quality Manager.
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Improving diversity, equity, and inclusion at J-PAL
Improving the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) of our research network, staff, and leadership has been a key priority for J-PAL for many years. During the past year we have had many more conversations at all levels about what we may be doing well, where we are failing, and what more we need to...
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Summer School: “Innovations for Development”
Organized on Zoom, the summer school will present innovative approaches for development through plenary sessions conducted by renowned academic researchers, and will improve the capacity of participants in the design, implementation and use of impact evaluations of social programs.
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J-PAL updates
May 2021 Newsletter
Read about what J-PAL is doing to improve diversity and equity in our workplace and in the field of economics, how J-PAL alumni are working in governments to promote evidence-informed policymaking, ways to address poverty alleviation relating to climate change, and more in the May 2021 Newsletter.
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A passion that became a career: J-PAL's Diana Warira receives 2021 Africa Evidence Leadership Award
J-PAL policy manager Diana Warira Njeri is the 2021 winner of the Africa Evidence Leadership Award (AELA) offered by the Africa Evidence Network (AEN). AEN caught up with Diana about receiving the award and asked her some questions about what the Africa Evidence Leadership Award means for her work.
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Evidence from the AEA RCT Registry on new research during Covid-19
A host of new studies sprung up in response to the changing realities of field work and research priorities during the Covid-19 pandemic. In order to identify trends in the research pipeline, we examined public data from the AEA RCT Registry and the Harvard Dataverse.
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Reforming Indonesia’s largest food assistance program: From Rastra to BPNT
J-PAL Southeast Asia hosted a webinar to disseminate the preliminary findings from a study on the long-awaited transition from Beras Sejahtera or Rastra (previously known as Raskin), Indonesia’s largest food assistance program which covered 15.5 million beneficiaries, to non-cash food assistance or...
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Data collection, new RCTs, and policy guidance to inform pandemic response and recovery
The past year has been filled with tragedy and sacrifice—but, critically, also innovation, as researchers and policymakers addressed new challenges with creative solutions. Existing and newly generated evidence has informed many policies over the past year, providing a roadmap for incorporating...
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Building State Capacity for Tax Collection: Emerging Evidence and Implications for Practice
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, tax revenues are equivalent to just 7.5% of GDP, standing in stark contrast to higher-income countries in which tax revenues generate billions of dollars for essential government services. These challenges of domestic resource mobilization are complex and involve...
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Register for the Building State Capacity for Tax Collection: Emerging Evidence and Implications for Practice Webinar
Register for the Building State Capacity for Tax Collection: Emerging Evidence and Implications for Practice Webinar.
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Emerging Challenges for the Post-Covid Era: Addressing Opportunity, Inequality, and Growth
The economic damage of Covid-19 represents the largest economic shock the world has experienced in decades. In Indonesia, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused significant economic disruption, with adverse impact on jobs and livelihoods, especially among the most vulnerable segments of society. This...
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Register for the Emerging challenges for the post-Covid era: Addressing opportunity, inequality, and growth webinar
Register for the Emerging challenges for the post-Covid era: Addressing opportunity, inequality, and growth webinar.