ILO and J-PAL Executive Education Course, Egypt 2015
Youth unemployment rates are disproportionately high in many regions of the world, particularly in the Middle East. In the face of this challenge, policymakers and practitioners need more evidence on which social programs work and why, especially for youth labor market programs. This Executive Evaluation course is intended to equip academics, evaluators, implementers, and researchers with the skills necessary to produce and consume rigorous impact evaluations.
This event is a collaboration between J-PAL and the ILO’s Taqeem initiative which is supported by Silatech and the International Fund for Agriculture Development.
This Executive Education course is a five-day training on evaluating social programs which will provide participants with a thorough understanding of randomized evaluations and pragmatic, step-by-step guidance for conducting their own evaluations. The course is offered by the ILO and J-PAL and hosted by the The American University in Cairo from Sunday, October 18 to Thursday, October 22, 2015. Lecturers include: Bruno Crépon, Adam Osman, Samer Kherfi and Iqbal Dhaliwal.
Admission to the course will be competitive. Interested applicants must complete the course application by 10 September 2015. Participants who are accepted into the course will have their tuition fees waived (tuition scholarship). However, course participants will be expected to pay for their travel, accommodation, and visa. All admission decisions will be made on a rolling basis, and participants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
Application Form: Please click here to fill out the application form.
Sessions
1. What is Evaluation - Adam Osman (Slides)
2. Measurement - Samer Kherfi (Slides)
3. Why Randomize - Adam Osman (Slides)
4. How to Randomize - Bruno Crépon (Slides)
5. Threats & Analysis - Bruno Crépon (Slides)
6. Sampling and Sample Size - Adam Osman (Slides)
7. RCT: Start to Finish - Bruno Crépon (Slides)
8. Generalizability - Iqbal Dhaliwal (Slides)