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

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Webinar

Webinar series: Preparing for graduate study abroad for African students

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Virtual
J-PAL Africa holds a webinar series each year for African students who would like to pursue graduate study in Economics, Public Policy, or related fields in North America or Europe. The webinars are spread throughout the year and aim to provide comprehensive information to African students on what...
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Webinar

Webinar: MIT DEDP Master's Program Admissions Info Session

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Live via Zoom
Learn more about MIT's master's program in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy (DEDP) in preparation for the upcoming admissions cycle.
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Workshop or Training

Humanitarian Action and Displacement Response Research Incubator in Nairobi, Kenya

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Nairobi, Kenya
Applications are now open for a four-day randomized evaluation design workshop as part of the Displaced Livelihoods Initiative (DLI) and the Humanitarian Protection Initiative (HPI) to develop projects in the Sub-Saharan Africa organised by J-PAL and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA).
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Course

CLEAR/J-PAL South Asia’s Executive Education: Evaluating Social Programs 2024

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Bengaluru, India
Evaluating Social Programs (ESP) 2024 is a three-day in-person course that explores the use of monitoring and evaluation to drive sustainable social impact at scale.

Past Events

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Workshop or Training

Ecole d’été 2024: Méthodologies du Développement

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Rabat, Maroc
Dans le cadre de la Chaire «Méthodologies du Développement» d’Abhijit Banerjee et Esther Duflo, une école d’été pour chercheurs et porteurs de projets africains sera organisée du 1 au 4 juillet 2024 à Rabat, sur le campus de l’Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique (UM6P).
Participants at J-PAL's Evaluating Social Programs course in Cambridge, USA.
Workshop or Training

J-PAL/MIT Evaluating Social Programs Course, 2024

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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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Course

Curso en línea: Introducción a la evaluación de programas y uso de evidencia para organizaciones en Centroamérica

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Zoom
J-PAL LAC ofrecerá una capacitación gratuita en línea para introducir la evaluación de impacto aleatorizada y el uso de evidencia para la generación de mejores programas sociales y gubernamentales.
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Presentation

Public lecture by Abhijit Banerjee at Humboldt University of Berlin

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Berlin
J-PAL Co-Founder Abhijit Banerjee will give a public lecture at the Humboldt University of Berlin on Wednesday, June 26. This lecture has been organised by J-PAL Europe in partnership with HU Berlin and KfW.
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Workshop or Training

Chamada de programas para fortalecer a qualidade de pré-escolas

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Inscrições via formulário online - prorrogadas até dia 23/06
O J-PAL LAC e a Fundação Bracell estão unindo forças para promover a melhoria da qualidade da educação infantil no Brasil com o projeto “Fortalecimento das aprendizagens e do desenvolvimento das crianças na pré-escola”. Esta chamada de propostas tem como objetivo selecionar programas promissores...
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Conference

Learning Together for Children’s Learning: An Interdisciplinary Convening

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Paris School of Economics & Collège de France, Paris, France
Event closed The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is pleased to announce two in-person events to feature multidisciplinary education research and foster cross-disciplinary connections: a closed two-day convening at the Paris School of Economics (June 18–19) followed by a public one-day...
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Digital Learning: Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching in Egypt

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Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Campus
The upcoming Global Evidence for Egypt spotlight seminar on digital learning will focus on how evidence from randomized evaluations conducted globally can inform the use of educational technology to improve learning outcomes.
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Webinar

Herramientas prácticas para incorporar una perspectiva de género en la evaluación

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En vivo via Zoom
En el marco de la Semana de la Evaluación gLOCAL 2024—una semana anual dedicada a eventos de intercambio de conocimientos y experiencias de Monitoreo y Evaluación—J-PAL para Latinoamérica y el Caribe (LAC) y la Oficina Regional de ONU Mujeres para las Américas y el Caribe compartirán dos...