Governance Initiative (GI)
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J-PAL’s Governance Initiative (GI) funds randomized evaluations of interventions designed to improve participation in the political and policy process, reduce corruption and leakages, and strengthen state capacity.
By providing targeted funding for rigorous evaluations of the most promising programs to improve governance, GI aims to offer guidance for implementing organizations, governments, and donors, so that policies can be guided by scientific evidence to improve development outcomes.
Funding Cycles
GI is currently accepting proposals. For more details on the RFP, please see check our RFP webpage.
Note: This round, GI is only accepting proposals from PhD-level graduate students of J-PAL affiliates or invited researchers (from any J-PAL initiative or regional office), invited researchers who currently hold post-doc positions, and J-PAL post-docs. All multidisciplinary, pilot, and full-scale RCT proposals must relate to political participation. Travel/proposal development grants can relate to any of the GI research priorities.
Key Facts
Sectors:
Office:
J-PAL Global
Co-Chairs:
Status:
- Research RFP: Open
Eligibility:
GI typically accepts full, pilot, multidisciplinary, and travel/proposal development proposals from PhD students of J-PAL affiliates or invited researchers (from any J-PAL initiative or regional office), invited researchers, affiliates, and J-PAL postdocs. All proposals are required to be related to political participation, corruption and leakages, and state capacity.
Contact:
[email protected]
Funders
Featured Content
Review Paper
File: Initiative publication
Governance Initiative Review Paper
Review Paper
File: Initiative publication
Governance Initiative Review Paper Executive Summary
Initiative Staff
- Gabrielle Fiore, Senior Manager of Finance and Operations
- Tarun Timalsina, Policy Associate
- John McNeil, Policy Associate