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Release: J-PAL and Pratham awarded philanthropic funding toward education systems change
New Teaching at the Right Level initiative to support over three million primary school students in Africa with evidence-backed approach.
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Moving from evidence to policy change
Today we launch an expanded section of our website called Evidence to Policy, which explores how J-PAL affiliated researchers and staff, along with government and NGO partners, have drawn on evidence produced by randomized evaluations to inform policy changes around the world.
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Preparing for 2018 elections in the "Year of the Woman": Lessons from India
If many more women are elected to office, we don’t yet know what impacts such an influx might have on policy decisions and gender norms in US society. However, many J-PAL affiliated researchers have explored this question in India by taking advantage of a naturally occurring experimental design.
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Introducing J-PAL's Firms sector
What role do policies that affect private sector firms play in closing the productivity gap between higher-income and lower-income countries, and what are the implications of firms’ policies on economic growth and worker welfare?
952 ongoing and completed randomized evaluations in 81 countries
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- Looking for hands-on research experience? Are you authorized to work in South Africa? J-PAL Africa is hiring full-time Research Associates to support field research projects and provide high-level technical assistance. Sound like you? Apply by March 28: https://j-p.al/RA_SouthAfrica Please share with your networks! 4 days 2 hours ago.
- Know a talented graphic designer based in India? We're hiring! Join us and help create visually engaging publications, web products, and infographics. Apply now - or tag someone who might be interested below! https://j-p.al/c6212 1 week 52 min ago.
- We're hiring a senior policy associate/manager with expertise in governance (political participation, corruption, building state capacity) to lead J-PAL's Political Economy & Governance sector work. Know someone who might be a good fit? Please tag below & share! https://j-p.al/57b24 #econjobs 1 week 1 day ago.
- Are you a champion for impact evaluation in your organization? Enroll in J-PAL Africa’s 5-day Evaluating Social Programs course, hosted in #CapeTown, South Africa, 29 Jul-2 Aug. Apply by May 12: https://j-p.al/Africa-ExecEd-19. (Based closer to the US? Join our Cambridge, MA course: https://j-p.al/US-ExecEd-19.) 1 week 2 days ago.
- Know a talented graphic designer based in New Delhi? We're hiring! Please share: https://j-p.al/graph58a73. 2 weeks 4 days ago.
With the launch of J-PAL’s Gender Sector last year, we redoubled our efforts to integrate gender and gender-related issues into our work. On International Women’s Day, we’d like to share some of the gender-related work J-PAL and our affiliated researchers have undertaken over the last year.
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A critical challenge for developing country health systems is to craft policy that gives individuals with curable diseases like malaria and pneumonia access to potentially lifesaving medical care, while preventing patients from consuming unnecessary medical treatment or getting treated for the wrong illness.
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Across the United States there has been growing interest among city, county, and state governments to partner with researchers to generate high-quality evidence to inform important policy decisions...
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Seema Jayachandran and Benjamin Olken are the new Co-Directors of the Development Economics Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research. In their new roles, they aim to promote diversity in gender, race, and methodology. Read the full Q&A to learn more.
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Today we are announcing J-PAL’s Innovation in Government Initiative (IGI). IGI’s mission is to work with governments to adapt, pilot, and scale...
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