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Initiative
US State and Local Innovation Initiative
The J-PAL State and Local Innovation Initiative supports US state and local leaders in building a culture of evidence generation and use.
Initiative Resource
Initiative projects and documents
Leveraging Evaluation and Evidence for Equitable Recovery (LEVER)
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Emma Rackstraw
Blog
Ideas to Implementation: How a research partnership can drive STEM equity and youth development in the City of Los Angeles
J-PAL staff, the Youth Development Department (YDD) of the City of Los Angeles, and the University of Southern California (USC) explore how they established their research collaboration for evaluating the Student Engagement, Exploration, and Development in STEM (SEEDS) program.
Research Paper
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State Capacity and Gender Inequality: Experimental evidence from Papua New Guinea
Evaluation
Information Provision via Mobile Phones to Increase Mobile Banking in Ghana
Researchers partnered with Opportunity International Savings and Loans Limited (OISL) to conduct a randomized evaluation to test the impact of high-frequency interactive voice response (IVR) calls on people’s use of mobile banking services and their financial behaviors in Ghana. People who received the IVR calls were more likely to use mobile banking and make on-time loan repayments, increasing their access to subsequent loans; however, they were not more likely to save.
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Sam Carter
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Michael Hou
Michael Hou is a Policy Associate at J-PAL Global, where he works on the Firms and Finance sectors. In this role, he synthesizes evidence to write policy publications and helps develop research partnerships. He also supports the Firms-side of the Jobs and Opportunity Initiative.
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Jessica Williams
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Danila Serra
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Junia Barbosa
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Hamza Rkaina
Hamza Rkaina is a Senior Finance & Operations Associate at the UM6P J-PAL Agriculture Lab for Africa (UJALA), where he manages the financial and operational aspects of funded projects within the UJALA lab. He oversees budget management, financial reporting to donors, and the efficient execution of...
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Strengthening Our Work
Our research, policy, and training work is fundamentally better when it is informed by a broad range of perspectives.
Research Paper
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