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Un nuevo grupo diverso se une a la vibrante red de graduados del Diploma J-PAL/UC en Evaluación de Impacto

En enero, una nueva promoción diversa se graduó del Diplomado en Evaluación de Impacto de Políticas Públicas y Programas Sociales organizado por el Instituto de Economía (IE) de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC Chile) y J-PAL Latinoamérica y el Caribe (J-PAL LAC). Cuarenta y un...
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Fortaleciendo la capacidad de generación de evidencia: las incubadoras de evaluación de J-PAL

Este es el cuarto blog de una serie de historias que ilustran cómo los cursos de capacitación de J-PAL han creado nuevas alianzas de investigación y políticas públicas, y han fortalecido las existentes para avanzar en la toma de decisiones basada en evidencia. El primer blog de la serie destaca dos...
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Inspirando a estudiantes a explorar carreras de desarrollo en Chile y Guatemala

Si bien muchas personas tienden a asociar la Economía principalmente con carreras en inversiones y banca, la Economía del Desarrollo ofrece una vía alternativa que puede valer la pena explorar. Para ayudar a ampliar esta percepción general, J-PAL América Latina y el Caribe (LAC) desarrolló...
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Growing a global community for impact evaluation: J-PAL’s online courses

This is the third blog in a series illustrating stories of how J-PAL’s training courses have built new policy and research partnerships and strengthened existing ones to advance evidence-informed decision-making. The first blog in the series highlights two meaningful examples from J-PAL’s Evaluating...
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DEDP Alumni Spotlight: Digging deeper into research questions inspired at MIT

In January 2023, the Data, Economics, and Design of Policy program welcomed its fourth cohort of students, who came from around the world to MIT for eight months of learning, building friendships, and tackling challenging projects and questions. As the class of 2023 graduates and joins our vibrant...
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Tailoring training modules to strengthen evaluation partnerships: J-PAL’s custom courses

This is the second blog in a series illustrating stories of how J-PAL’s training courses have built new policy and research partnerships and strengthened existing ones to advance evidence-informed decision-making.
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Empowering change-makers: The DEDP MicroMasters program expands to include a new Public Policy Track and course

The journey of the DEDP MicroMasters program has been marked by growth, reflection, and celebration. We are delighted to announce another milestone for the program: the launch of a new Public Policy Track to complement our existing curriculum. Accompanying this new Public Policy Track is a change in...
Students sitting as desks at J-PAL Africa’s 2022 Evaluating Social Programs course at the African School fof Economics in Abuja, Nigeria

Building skills to advance impact evaluation: J-PAL’s Evaluating Social Programs course

In this blog, we highlight two notable examples of how Evaluating Social Programs courses led to high-impact research and policy partnerships, while recognizing the impressive community of practice among course alumni around the world.