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Overcoming barriers to women’s adoption of digital financial services in Indonesia

In Indonesia, various efforts, such as digital financial education programs, expansion of QR code utilization to different types of merchants, and onboarding women-owned businesses to e-commerce platforms, have been and continue to be implemented to increase women’s adoption of digital financial...
Headshots of three members of our SLII team. From left to right, Maria Arzumanov, Mera Cronbaugh, and Yiping Li.

J-PAL North America Staff Spotlight: State & Local Innovation Team

In the third part of an ongoing Staff Spotlight series, we showcase three J-PAL North America team members who have staffed our State and Local Innovation Initiative.
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La Iniciativa de Género y Agencia Económica aumenta el financiamiento para América Latina y el sur de Asia con una tercera ronda de financiamiento

A medida que el mundo entra en su tercer año con Covid-19, las desigualdades de género que existían antes de la pandemia continúan afectando a las mujeres en todo el mundo. Desde su creación en 2020, la Iniciativa de Género y Agencia Económica ha estado tratando de abordar las desigualdades de...
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BAE Incubator partner series, part three: Abode Services on rigorous evaluation and elevating community voices

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In part three of our BAE Incubator partner series, Vivian Wan, chief operating officer of Abode Services, discusses how the Incubator is enabling Abode to expand its impact by elevating the voices of their program participants.
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Building research partnerships to address failures to appear for court in Shasta County, part one

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J-PAL North America talked with Project Manager Shawn Watts of Shasta County Superior Court, who shared the Court’s takeaways from the process of designing a randomized evaluation through the State and Local Evaluation Incubator.
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Beyond the evidence: Reflections from a past high school tutor

Research Associate Lisa Turley Smith recounts her experience as a high school tutor and shares how she saw first-hand the positive impacts of tutoring.
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Youth economic inclusion in Morocco: An evidence sharing seminar

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  • Alexandra Diggs
  • Fatine Guedira
The Morocco Employment Lab hosted an evidence sharing seminar on youth economic inclusion last month. At the seminar, Dr. Younes Sekkouri, Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, and Skills in Morocco, reaffirmed that a key priority of the government is to foster youth economic inclusion...
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BAE Incubator partner series, part two: Compass Family Services on taking evaluation to the next level

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With grant support from Google.org, the Bay Area Evaluation (BAE) Incubator supports Bay Area service providers with implementing and evaluating cash transfer programs to assess their impact on homelessness and housing stability. In part two of our BAE Incubator partner series, Compass Family...