Scaling Impact: ASPIRE’s Collaborative Approach to Driving Change
Why is there a need to scale up effective programs in India?
ASPIRE responds to pressing economic and social challenges, which restrict the lives of millions of Indians. We are working on tackling root causes of poverty, by maximizing the impact of evidence-based solutions.
ASPIRE's ILIT framework for scaling up
ASPIRE's unique ILIT framework accelerates the adoption of evidence-based policy solutions at scale.
Innovate
Innovation begins with evidence. We start with policy solutions with proven effectiveness, drawing from J-PAL’s large repository of smart ideas based on its extensive work in India and around the world.
Learn
We derive lessons from these policy solutions that might be useful in other places experiencing similar problems. We then work with the government to develop a program using these lessons and pilot it before expanding it on a larger scale.
Integrate
After a successful pilot, we work with the government to integrate the program into one of its existing policies. This ensures the solution reaches as many people as possible, in as many places as possible.
Transfer
We equip the government and other partners with the technical knowledge so the program becomes self-sustaining.
Our scale-up projects
Gender equity curriculum
Research shows that even long-held beliefs and discriminatory gender norms can be changed by encouraging adolescents to discuss gender inequality at an age when they’re still forming their opinions.
Targeting the ultra poor
Research on the Graduation Approach, developed by BRAC and evaluated by J-PAL-affiliated researchers has empowered over 14 million households across 50 countries to uplift themselves from extreme poverty.
Every child counts (Math Games)
Evidence shows that young children have capacity to engage with quantities and shapes from birth – an ability that can be nurtured during early childhood to enhance formal math skills during preschool and grade 1.
Emissions trading scheme
Market-based environmental regulations have the potential to cut pollution at low cost (and potentially even increase profits), in areas where pollution levels remain persistently high.
Remote tutoring
Randomized evaluations carried out in six countries show that a targeted instructional approach delivered over phone can be effective in improving children’s basic numeracy and math learning as well as boosting parental engagement.
Gender-sensitive policing (archived project)
Evidence shows that police reform—providing gender sensitization training to officers and introducing dedicated help desks for women at police stations—can shift police attitudes, making them more responsive to women’s security needs.