The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
Evaluation
The Impact of Existing Account Usage on the Likelihood of Switching Accounts in Malawi
Researchers partnered with a local bank to learn how customers chose between two account types—an account that had been offered for many years, which carried high monthly fees but no individual transaction costs, or a new type of account that charged for each withdrawal but did not impose...
Policy Insight
Facilitating savings among smallholder farmers to smooth or increase consumption
Offering savings products to smallholder farmers did not transform agricultural investment or output in six studies in sub-Saharan Africa. In a few cases, savings products sometimes benefited farmers by providing a form of risk protection and by helping them smooth consumption over time.
Blog
Learner spotlight: Combining online courses with classroom learning
Fredric is a current high school student and, at seventeen, the youngest student in the incoming class to MIT’s blended Master’s in Data, Economics, and Development Policy (DEDP). As the program has no degree prerequisites other than the completion of the MicroMasters credential in DEDP, Fredric...
Publication
Empowering Citizens with Information: Improving Access to Social Assistance in Indonesia
In Indonesia, sending households official identification cards with information about the benefits they were eligible to receive from a national subsidized rice program led to a 26 percent increase in the benefits that eligible households received and a large reduction in leakage.
978 ongoing and completed randomized evaluations in 83 countries
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J-PAL co-founders Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo featured in @NickKristof’s Sunday column today 👇👇👇 for more res… https://t.co/...
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Fredric is a high school student from Singapore. At 17, he's the youngest in our first cohort of blended master's s… https://t.co/aRuPrdya8u
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Depression is a leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide. To improve mental health, policymakers and pr… https://t.co/0cKUQh3UPD
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In London on Nov. 5? Join @JPAL co-founder & co-director Esther Duflo at LSE as she delivers the Stamp Memorial Lec… https://t.co/...
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Fredric is a current high school student and, at seventeen, the youngest student in the incoming class to MIT’s blended Master’s in Data, Economics, and Development Policy (DEDP). As the program has no degree prerequisites other than the completion of the MicroMasters credential in DEDP, Fredric will follow an inverted educational path by pursuing a Master’s degree before pursuing undergraduate education.
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This summer, J-PAL welcomed three new professors to our academic network: Jie Bai at Harvard University ,...
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In this installment of our Alumni Spotlight series, we speak with Surya Banda, a former senior policy associate at J-PAL South Asia. Surya joined J-PAL South Asia’s policy team after completing his bachelor's degree in electronics and communications engineering and working at a public policy think tank. After two years of working to scale up the Targeting the Ultra Poor (TUP) program in India, he transitioned to a management role at Sattva Consulting in the private sector. Surya joined us to share some of his lessons learned from transitioning from an engineering background to work in the field of international development.
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In this installment of our Alumni Spotlight series we speak with Irwan Setyawan, a former senior research associate at J-PAL Southeast Asia. Irwan joined J-PAL SEA’s research team in 2016 after completing his master’s in banking and finance. After two years at J-PAL working on research projects related to financial inclusion in Indonesia, Irwan transitioned to a program management role within Indonesia’s National Council for Financial Inclusion. Irwan joined us to share some of his lessons learned from working in the field and then becoming a member of an influential government agency.
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