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Summer school with J-PAL Europe: Developing skills for building, testing and scaling innovations for development
In July 2021, J-PAL Europe, in partnership with the French Development Agency (AFD), hosted a seven-day summer school under the theme of “Innovations for Development,'' designed around the recent launch of France’s Fund for Innovation in Development (FID).
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Kory Kroft
Kory Kroft is an associate professor in the Department of Economics and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto.
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Susanna Loeb
Susanna Loeb is director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform and professor of international and public affairs and education at Brown University. Her current research focuses broadly on education policy and its role in improving educational opportunities for students.
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The Right Place, at the Right Time: Perspectives on Evidence-to-Policy Pathways
While there exists a growing body of rigorous research that aims to understand the impact of development programs, it often takes a long time for evidence to inform policy and improve the lives of vulnerable populations at scale. This webinar, organized as a part of Campbell South Asia's Evidence...
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Ernesto Dal Bó
Ernesto Dal Bó is the Phillips Girgich professor of business and public policy, and distinguished teaching fellow at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Horacio Larreguy
Horacio Larreguy is an associate professor of economics and political science at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) in Mexico City.
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Francis Annan
Francis Annan is an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Raquel Bernal
Raquel Bernal is a professor of economics and acting President at Universidad de los Andes.
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Towards more effective microfinance programs: Findings and policy lessons from an impact evaluation in Egypt
The event, co-hosted with the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development, will focus on what can be learned from a randomized evaluation conducted in Qena, Egypt about the impact of types of capital assistance on business and economic outcomes in Egypt.
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How can insights from rigorous evidence inform policymaking in the Western Balkans?
This post highlights how rigorous impact evaluations can contribute to this broader reflection, including by examining interventions from neighboring countries outside the region facing similar challenges, such as migrant and refugee inclusion in Bulgaria and Turkey.
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Maria Monge
María Paz Monge is a Senior Policy and Communications Manager at J-PAL LAC, where she works on promoting the use of evidence in policymaking, developing partnerships, providing technical assistance for the scale-up and replication of interventions, and implementing the office’s communication...
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Daniela Tenório
Daniela Tenório joined J-PAL LAC in September 2021 as Administrative Associate for JOI Brazil, providing support in administration and finance to ensure a good development in the projects that J-PAL implements in Brazil.
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Carlos Brutomeso
Carlos Brutomeso is a Research Associate at J-PAL LAC where he works on a project related to understanding the effects of a slum depopulation program in Chile on their beneficiaries’ living conditions.
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