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The Evidence Effect: Evidence for more effective social policy in Europe and North America

Generating rigorous evidence on the effectiveness of programs designed to reduce poverty is not just the work of lower and middle-income countries. Countries across Europe and North America are also grappling with how to best tackle deep-rooted and pressing social challenges. These include...
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Using evidence to shape climate policy: Five takeaways from J-PAL Europe’s policy roundtable in Bonn

How can we make climate policy more effective, equitable, and evidence-driven? That was the guiding question of J-PAL Europe’s recent policy roundtable in Bonn, Germany. The roundtable was hosted alongside the Institute of Labour Economics’ (IZA) Climate and Environmental Economics workshop and...
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Trois enseignements sur les écoles d'été de J-PAL Europe

J-PAL Europe a interviewé six chercheurs ayant participé à la plus récente école d’été. Cet article de raconte comment ils se sont intéressés aux évaluations d’impact et ce qu’ils ont appris au cours de leur semaine de formation.
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Building a worldwide Alliance for Data, Evaluation, and Policy Training

The Alliance for Data, Evaluation, and Policy Training (ADEPT) is a new effort led by J-PAL together with universities, training institutions, and other actors to empower researchers and decision-makers to use evidence to solve complex policy problems.
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Yhdessä (Together): Creating documentary photography on inclusion and friendship in Finnish schools

We embarked on a documentary photography project to capture the people and activities behind a Finnish primary school intervention aimed at fostering social inclusion in schools. Our aim was to showcase the crucial role of visual storytelling in human-centered research and policymaking.
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New Humanitarian Protection Initiative will help reduce harm to people affected by conflict

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Today, the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) launch the Humanitarian Protection Initiative (HPI). The core of this initiative is a research fund dedicated to generating rigorous evidence to inform policies and programs that protect conflict...
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Faciliter l’accès aux données administratives en éducation : un partenariat fructueux entre le programme IDEE et le Ministère de l’Education nationale et de la Jeunesse

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Pour favoriser la recherche expérimentale en éducation, IDEE travaille en collaboration avec le Ministère de l'Education nationale et de la Jeunesse pour développer de nouveaux outils et ressources informatiques, en particulier, un catalogue accessible en ligne de données administratives en...
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J-PAL at 20: Supporting the use of rigorous evidence in German development cooperation

How can we support our policy partners to institutionalise the use of rigorous evidence? This blog post, the second in a series exploring J-PAL's research and policy activities across Europe, looks at our partnership with German development cooperation actors to facilitate the use of evidence in...