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Enfrentando un terremoto educativo: un ejemplo de innovación y escalamiento de un programa en Chile

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Independientemente de lo que suceda con las nuevas variantes del Covid-19, el proceso educativo de nuestros estudiantes se vio sustancialmente interrumpido. A pesar de los tenaces esfuerzos de las comunidades educativas y las familias, existe evidencia de que las consecuencias negativas sobre los...
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Utilizando la evidencia para recuperar los aprendizajes en estudiantes

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El cierre de escuelas a causa de la pandemia de Covid-19 ha provocado una crisis educativa en América Latina y el Caribe (LAC): 170 millones de estudiantes en la región faltaron a la escuela, los resultados educativos empeoraron y las brechas socioeconómicas siguen ampliándose. ¿Cómo abordar una...
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J-PAL Global’s community reunites after 18 months of remote work

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This September we reopened our doors to staff, bringing masked and vaccinated teams into the office on a rotating basis to ease social distancing. For the first time since March 2020, we also welcomed government officials to campus to discuss plans for establishing a human capital development hub in...
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Learning to live with the pandemic, but not its terrible impact

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In a blog post for the Center for Effective Philanthropy, J-PAL Global's Iqbal Dhaliwal and Ingrid Lustig reflect on new and deepened sectoral challenges that must be prioritized by the philanthropic community in this new phase of the pandemic.
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Strengthening immunization demand and delivery: Lessons from existing evidence

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The Covid-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions to routine vaccination services around the world. In a new evidence note, the J-PAL Health sector team provides an overview of policy lessons stemming from economic research on improving immunization coverage.
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Navigating Indonesia’s post-pandemic era: Addressing opportunity, inequality, and growth

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J-PAL SEA recently hosted a webinar aimed at providing insights into the Government of Indonesia’s policy directions and learnings from global evidence on challenges faced in different sectors. Read the key takeaways from the discussion.
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Foundations for student success: Focusing on functional literacy and numeracy

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To support education systems to focus on functional literacy and numeracy, UNICEF is partnering with The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL at MIT), Pratham, and Delivery Associates.
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Q&A con la afiliada Michela Carlana, sobre un programa de tutorías en línea para abordar las desigualdades educacionales causadas por el Covid-19

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Tras el cambio a la educación en línea en las escuelas italianas en marzo de 2020, las afiliadas a J-PAL Michela Carlana (Universidad de Harvard) y Eliana La Ferrara (Universidad de Bocconi) lanzaron rápidamente un programa de tutoría en línea para ayudar a estudiantes de entornos desfavorecidos que...