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

Ferramentas práticas para integração de gênero no monitoramento e avaliação de programas

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Online
Painel de discussão apresentando duas ferramentas práticas para integrar a perspectiva de gênero na avaliação de políticas e programas, a Ferramenta de Avaliação Rápida de Resultados em Igualdade de Gênero e Empoderamento de Mulheres da ONU Mulheres e a versão em português do Guia Prático para Medir...
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.
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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

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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

Achieving Gender Equity in Education by 2030: Lessons from the Evidence

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Live via Zoom
In this virtual panel event, we will gather experts and practitioners who use evidence to design girl-focused programmes to share their lessons on what we know, what we still need to learn, and how we can move forward on gender equity.
Webinar

Information Session on Two J-PAL North America Evaluation Incubator Opportunities

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Live via Zoom
Join J-PAL North America's Homelessness and Housing Stability team and the State and Local Innovation Initiative to learn about two Evaluation Incubator opportunities.
A woman works on her laptop in an office setting in Uganda.
Workshop or Training

J-PAL Africa Evaluating Social Programs Course, 2022

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Abuja, Nigeria
This five-day course on evaluating social programs will provide a thorough understanding of randomized evaluations and pragmatic step-by-step training for conducting one’s own evaluation.
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Webinar

Launching the Digital Agricultural Innovations and Services Initiative’s Regional Scholars Program

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Live via Zoom
This webinar will introduce Digital Agricultural Innovations and Services Initiative's Fall 2022 funding priorities and provide information for African and South Asian scholars about how to apply for this funding.
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Workshop or Training

Summer School: Development Methodologies

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Abdijan, Côte d'Ivoire
As part of the "Development Methodologies" Professorship held by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, a summer school for African researchers and policymakers will be organised from 5 to 8 July 2022 in Abidjan, on the campus of the Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (ENSEA).
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Generando evidencia para impulsar la agencia económica de las mujeres en Centroamérica, México y Colombia

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J-PAL Latinoamérica y el Caribe junto a la Iniciativa de Género y Agencia Económica (GEA) de J-PAL organizarán un webinar, gratuito y en español sobre lecciones de evidencia para promover la agencia económica de las mujeres aplicable al contexto de Centroamérica, México y Colombia. Asimismo...
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Webinar

Countering Discrimination: Policy and Research to Combat Bias in the Workplace

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Live via Zoom
Rigorous research has shown that discriminatory practices are often embedded in the workplace. This webinar will address what strategies are effective at combating this type of bias.
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Workshop or Training

Evidence-Informed Policymaking in Germany and Beyond

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Bonn, Germany
This event will bring together German domestic policymakers, implementers, and actors of the German development cooperation to discuss and learn about evidence use and rigorous impact evaluation. Together we would like to work towards more evidence-informed programming and policymaking in Germany...