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Long-Term Diffusion and Impact of Flood-Tolerant Rice in India
In India, researchers leveraged a randomized evaluation of the distribution of a new seed variety to assess how the new seed spread within communities and social groups. They found that local social structures, such as the jati-caste system, influenced the extent of seed adoption. In particular, sharing of seeds between farmers within a village occurred more rapidly and extensively in villages with a relatively more homogenous social structure.
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Irrigation Tank Rehabilitation for Improved Agricultural Outcomes and Water Management in India
The Government of Telangana is partnering with researchers to determine the impact of restoring water tanks for irrigation on water management, agricultural output, and farmers’ income.
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Measuring Competition Through Subsidies in Sierra Leone's Cocoa Market
In order to measure the level of competition among traders in Sierra Leone’s cocoa market, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of delivering subsidies to cocoa traders on prices that traders paid to cocoa farmers. While the bonus payments did not affect the prices paid to farmers, it did lead the traders to more frequently offer credit through advance payments to farmers. These results suggest that Sierra Leone’s agricultural trading sector was competitive, meaning that all traders offered similar prices to farmers.
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Scaling a Bundled Village Input Fair to Build Markets for Agricultural Inputs in Mali
Partnering with Innovations for Poverty Action, Soro Yiriwaso, and UNRIA, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of scaling the bundled VIF model from the previous study on the purchase and use of inputs by small-scale farmers as well as the profitability of agro-dealers.
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Integrating tech in post-pandemic classrooms: Insights from teachers
As part of our work in the education sector, J-PAL Southeast Asia (J-PAL SEA) initiated a study with J-PAL affiliated professors and coauthors to evaluate the impact of a teaching method that integrates technology and interactive student-centered teaching to improve students’ math outcomes. As part...
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J-PAL's African Scholars Program
J-PAL is invested in creating more opportunities for African researchers to develop and drive the research agenda on the African continent through the use of randomized evaluations.
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Ahmed Elsayed
Ahmed Elsayed is the Executive Director of J-PAL MENA at the American University in Cairo and an Associate Professor at the School of Business at the same university
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Shruthi Srinivasan
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Evaluating Social Programmes 2024
Evaluating Social Programmes (ESP) 2024 is a five-day course that explores why and how randomised evaluations can be used to rigorously measure social impact for better development outcomes.
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Caroline Krafft
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Celebrando un año de la alianza J-PAL y UVG
J-PAL Latinoamérica y el Caribe (LAC) y la Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG) le invitan al evento por el primer año del inicio de su alianza. El objetivo es presentar los avances del trabajo conjunto de UVG y J-PAL LAC para promover la toma de decisiones informada por evidencia en Guatemala.
Evaluation
Overcoming Barriers to Fertilizer Use in Kenya
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of offering coupons, facilitated discussion groups, and measuring spoons on fertilizer usage, fertilizer knowledge, and agriculture-related discussions amongst farmers. While discussion groups alone had no impact on fertilizer use, coupons and spoons both increased fertilizer use and led to more knowledge-sharing among farmers.