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Armin Falk
Blog
Documenting systemic patterns of employment discrimination in the United States
Researchers recently released results from a J-PAL North America funded study that documents systemic patterns of employment discrimination within large companies in the United States. In an interview with J-PAL staff, the research team shares reflections on their study, including how the randomized...
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Foundations of Randomized Evaluations: For the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency II
Tailored to the needs of MSMEDA project staff, this three-day, in-person training will provide an in-depth look at why and when randomized evaluations can be used to rigorously measure social impact, methods and considerations for their design and implementation, and how findings can inform evidence...
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Two lessons from the landmark IPCC report on climate change
IPCC’s recent climate report urges rapid action to produce deep reductions in emissions and adapt to climate change in the coming decades. We highlight key takeaways for poverty alleviation efforts.
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Leila Raffee
Policy insight
Incentivizing higher-quality agricultural outputs
Despite making investments in technologies and practices to improve the quality of their products, smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries do not often receive higher prices for their higher-quality agricultural goods. Disorganized markets with many intermediaries may make quality...
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Ceren Baysan
Ceren Baysan is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Toronto.
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Suresh de Mel
Suresh de Mel is a professor in economics at the University of Peradeniya. His research focuses on small-scale enterprises in Sri Lanka.
Blog
Learning to live with the pandemic, but not its terrible impact
In a blog post for the Center for Effective Philanthropy, J-PAL Global's Iqbal Dhaliwal and Ingrid Lustig reflect on new and deepened sectoral challenges that must be prioritized by the philanthropic community in this new phase of the pandemic.
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Richard Ssempagama
Richard joined J-PAL in August 2021 to provide support to the Finance and Operations team in the areas of travel and operational finances and grant administration support for Global Initiatives.