Events

We host events around the world and online to share results and policy lessons from randomized evaluations, build new partnerships between researchers and practitioners, and train organizations on how to design and conduct randomized evaluations.

Upcoming Events

Participants at J-PAL's Evaluating Social Programs course in Cambridge, USA.
Workshop or Training

J-PAL/MIT Evaluating Social Programs Course, 2023

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Cambridge, MA, US
This five-day, in-person training provides an in-depth look at why and when randomized evaluations can be used to rigorously measure the impact of social programs.
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Conference

Science and the Fight against Poverty: How Far Have We Come in 20 Years and What's Next?

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Collège de France in Paris
This two-day colloquium will focus on how innovation and scientific evidence are driving advances in the fight against poverty.
A photo collage of three images: on the left is a woman at a job training site wearing a hard hat and safety vest; in the middle is a city bus at an intersection; on the right, young students raise their hands to respond to a teacher's question. Below the photo are the logos for J-PAL North America and Results for America.
Webinar

Information Session on LEVER Evaluation Incubator

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Live via Zoom – see registration link below
Join us to learn more about LEVER’s Evaluation Incubator opportunity!
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Course

J-PAL Africa Evaluating Social Programs Course

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Cape Town, South Africa
The J-PAL Africa Evaluating Social Programs Course will provide a thorough understanding of randomized evaluations and pragmatic step-by-step training for conducting one’s own evaluation.
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Conference

Economics of Decarbonization Convening

50 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142 - MIT Samberg Conference Center, Dining Rooms 3&4
J-PAL North America's Environment, Energy, and Climate Change (EECC) team is launching a series of researcher convenings with the goal of coordinating the efforts of researchers to develop a coordinated evidence base (experimental and non-experimental) that will inform carbon mitigation efforts in...
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Conference

What Works To Reduce Poverty: 10 years of research and evidence-based policy to advance economic mobility

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MIT Samberg Center, Cambridge, MA
Bringing together policymakers, practitioners, and researchers from around the country, J-PAL North America is celebrating 10 years of catalyzing policy-relevant research with a celebratory two-day event.

Past Events

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Webinar

Primeiro ciclo de parcerias com governos no Brasil: Como participar?

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Ao vivo via Zoom
Apesar do aumento de evidências e dados disponíveis para apoiar as decisões de políticas públicas, ainda há muito o que fazer para apoiar os governos para melhorar o desenho e a implementação de programas sociais. É por isso que construir uma cultura de tomada de decisão baseada em evidências é...
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Course

Evaluating Social Programmes 2023

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Live via Zoom
Evaluating Social Programmes (ESP) 2023 is a six-day course that explores why and how randomised evaluations can be used to rigorously measure impact for better development outcomes.
Sala de clases
Conference

Respondiendo a los desafíos educativos usando evidencia

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Evento híbrido: Sala Colorada, Centro de Extensión, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 390, Santiago (con transmisión en Vivo)
La pandemia del Covid-19 ha tenido efectos inmensos en los resultados educacionales de los estudiantes en el mundo. Como parte de la celebración de su aniversario n°20, J-PAL reúne en este encuentro a autoridades gubernamentales y personas expertas en educación para discutir cómo puede ayudar la...
Grupo de personas en una votación a mano alzada
Conference

Importancia de la evidencia para el diseño y mejora de programas que favorecen la agencia de las mujeres

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SENACYT, Ciudad del Saber, Salón COIBA (Edificio 205, Ciudad del Saber, Clayton Panamá, República de Panamá; estacionamiento disponible)
En el evento se presentará tanto la relevancia de identificar el efecto de las políticas públicas como evidencia de programas que han tenido impacto en distintas dimensiones de la vida de las mujeres y sus comunidades (económicas, laborales, educativas, de salud, movilidad) que son de relevancia...
Mujeres en reunión sindical
Conference

Importancia de la evidencia para el diseño y mejora de programas que favorecen la agencia de las mujeres

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Presencial en el Mini-auditorio I de la Escuela de Ingeniería en la Ciudad de la Investigación, de la Universidad de Costa Rica en San Pedro de Montes de Oca (cuenta con parqueo)
Bandera mexicana colgando de edificio
Webinar

Primer ciclo de alianzas con gobiernos en México: ¿Cómo participar?

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Zoom
El webinar Primer ciclo de alianzas con gobiernos en México: ¿Cómo participar? explicará en detalle en qué consisten las alianzas de J-PAL con gobiernos y cómo cómo participar en el proceso de selección para alianzas en México.
Teacher with children in a classroom.
Webinar

Learning for All Initiative

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Live via Zoom