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Event
Importancia de la evidencia para el diseño y mejora de programas que favorecen la agencia de las mujeres
En el evento se presentará tanto la relevancia de identificar el efecto de las políticas públicas como evidencia de programas que han tenido impacto en distintas dimensiones de la vida de las mujeres y sus comunidades (económicas, laborales, educativas, de salud, movilidad) que son de relevancia...
Blog
African Scholar Spotlight: Dr. Japheth Awiti Osotsi Stanley
In this post, Carlos Guzman, finance and operations manager at J-PAL Global, spoke with Dr. Japheth Awiti Osotsi Stanley, a lecturer in the School of Economics at the University of Nairobi. Japheth’s primary research interests relate to human capital, labor markets, health, and poverty alleviation.
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Invited Researchers
Invited researchers are an important element of J-PAL’s effort to increase the number of high-quality randomized evaluations that identify the most effective approaches to reducing poverty and improving lives worldwide.
Evaluation
A Multifaceted Approach to Increase Women’s Empowerment in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Researchers evaluated a multifaceted program for women experiencing extreme poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a region facing protracted conflict. The intervention had positive and enduring effects on women’s consumption, employment, finances, and empowerment, and small positive impacts on health outcomes.
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Agricultural productivity and labor: Evidence and open questions for researchers
This blog offers insights and proposes questions on how farmers in Kenya can best utilize household and hired labor, in addition to agricultural technologies.
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Respondiendo a los desafíos educativos usando evidencia
La pandemia del Covid-19 ha tenido efectos inmensos en los resultados educacionales de los estudiantes en el mundo. Como parte de la celebración de su aniversario n°20, J-PAL reúne en este encuentro a autoridades gubernamentales y personas expertas en educación para discutir cómo puede ayudar la...
Blog
J-PAL Europe launches IDEE to advance evidence generation and use in the French education system
This blog discusses the conference hosted by J-PAL Europe and IDEE in November 2022, which aimed to bring together stakeholders—primarily policymakers, practitioners, and researchers—and increase understanding about how impact evaluations can be used in education settings.
Policy insight
Access to childcare to improve women’s economic empowerment
Access to childcare can increase women’s employment outcomes by enabling their labor force participation, shift to more desirable work, or increase the productivity in their businesses. However, in cases where there are additional barriers to working outside the home, childcare may not be sufficient...
Evaluation
The Value of Communication for Mental Health
Researchers used a randomized evaluation to measure the impact of providing mobile calling credits to low-income adults on well-being outcomes in Ghana. Overall, the mobile credit intervention increased the ability for individuals to meet unexpected communication needs, particularly when delivered in installments, leading to meaningful improvements in mental health and modest decreases to domestic violence.
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Islam Waheed
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Sari El Garraya
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Mansi Tejpal
Evaluation
Providing Endowments to Improve Bargaining Outcomes for Microentrepreneurs in Ghana
Researchers randomly provided more or less cash to garment-making firm owners in Ghana before a bargaining game to evaluate the impact of endowment on the negotiated sale price of a good. Owners of garment-making microenterprises with lower household liquidity agreed to lower sale prices during the bargaining process, suggesting that the prior wealth of microentrepreneurs who participate in bargaining may impact how much they are able to earn.
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How Can Police Serve Women Better: Evidence on Gender-Sensitive Police Reforms in Madhya Pradesh
Through this exclusive webinar, hosted by the Alliance for Scaling Policy Impact through Research and Evidence (ASPIRE) under J-PAL’s Crime, Violence, and Conflict sector, speakers explored complex policy questions at the intersection of police reforms, gender equity, and criminal justice in India.