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.
J‑PAL África
J-PAL África, con sede en la Universidad de Cape Town en Sudáfrica, apoya a los investigadores que realizan evaluaciones aleatorias en África, lleva a cabo capacitaciones para desarrollar la capacidad de comprender y ejecutar evaluaciones aleatorias y trabaja con los responsables políticos para ayudarles a aprovechar evidencia rigurosa para hacer las políticas más eficaces y ampliar los programas más prometedores.
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J-PAL Executive Education Course: Evaluating Social Programs
J-PAL Africa is offering a five-day course on Evaluating Social Programs in Cape Town, South Africa from July 29 to August 2, 2019. The course will provide a thorough understanding of randomized evaluations and pragmatic step-by-step training on how to conduct an evaluation. Apply here by 12 May 2019.
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Announcing CEGA's East Africa Social Science Translation (EASST) Visiting Fellowship Application
EASST invites East African researchers to apply for a semester-long fellowship (sabbatical) at UC Berkeley to build skills in rigorous social science research and impact evaluation, to be completed during Fall 2019 or Spring 2020.
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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.
Existen 285 evaluaciones aleatorizadas, finalizadas o en curso, implementadas en 28 países de África.
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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! 5 days 18 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 1 day 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 3 days 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 3 days ago.
- Know a talented graphic designer based in New Delhi? We're hiring! Please share: https://j-p.al/graph58a73. 2 weeks 6 days ago.
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Bringing together an inspired and motivated community for our Teaching at the Right Level Conference
“Finding people with a common vision has helped make this a movement around the world.” – Usha Rane, Pratham Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL), an education approach pioneered by education NGO...
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J-PAL Africa and Pratham , one of the largest NGOs in India, have launched a new...
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Craig McIntosh is a professor of economics in the international relations school at the University of California, San Diego and...
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How can governments learn from evidence generated from randomized evaluations? Over the last three years, J-PAL Africa has supported the Zambian Ministry of General Education to pilot and...
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