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Event
Launching the Water, Air, and Energy Lab in Cape Town
On March 14, J-PAL Africa at the University of Cape Town, the City of Cape Town, and Community Jameel launched the Water, Air, and Energy (WAE) Lab, dedicated to clean air, water, and reliable energy for Capetonians.
Evaluation
Microcredit in Rural Morocco
Researchers estimated the impact of a microcredit program, which was randomly rolled out in rural areas of Morocco. Thirteen percent of the households in treatment villages took a loan, and none in comparison villages did. Among households identified as more likely to borrow, microcredit access led to a significant rise in investment in assets used for self-employment activities, and an increase in profit, but also to a reduction in income from casual labor. Overall, there was no gain in income or consumption.
Evaluation
Improving Rug Firm Performance through Exporting in Egypt
Researchers partnered with Aid to Artisans (ATA), a US-based nonprofit, and Hamis Carpets, an Egypt-based distributor, to provide small-scale rug manufacturers the opportunity to export to high-income countries. Offering small firms the opportunity to export rugs to high-income markets increased firm profits through improvements in firm’s technical knowledge, efficiency, and product quality.
Blog
Grant Bridgman, J-PAL '14, on breaking down language barriers in Africa and Asia
The Alumni Spotlight series highlights J-PAL alumni who are making an impact across industries and around the world. Formerly a research analyst at J-PAL Africa, Grant Bridgman '14 now leads Uliza, a translation start-up that aims to improve access to information across hundreds of languages. He...
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Initiative projects and documents
Displaced Livelihoods Initiative Call for Proposals
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Generating Rigorous Evidence on the Effectiveness of Humanitarian Programming
The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is developing a long-term research effort to generate actionable cross-cutting insights to improve the effectiveness of humanitarian operations.
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Humanitarian Action Research Incubator in Cairo, Egypt
J-PAL and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) are pleased to announce that applications are now open for a three-day randomized evaluation design workshop as part of the Displaced Livelihoods Initiative (DLI) and ongoing work to improve humanitarian protection programs to develop projects in the...
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Joshua Dean
Joshua Dean is an assistant professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at the Booth School of Business at The University of Chicago.
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Susanna Berkouwer
Susanna Berkouwer is an assistant professor of business economics & public policy and the Robert J. Aresty, W’63 Faculty Scholar at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. They conduct microeconomic research on issues related to the environment, energy, and climate in low-income...
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J-PAL Scholars
J-PAL is invested in creating more opportunities for researchers from low- and middle-income countries to develop and drive the research agenda in their regions through the use of randomized evaluations.
Initiative
King Climate Action Initiative (K-CAI)
The King Climate Action Initiative (K-CAI) at J-PAL generates evidence and catalyzes the scale-up of high-impact policy solutions at the nexus of climate change and poverty alleviation in partnership with governments, NGOs, donors, and companies worldwide. K-CAI strives to build a movement of...
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Initiative projects and documents
King Climate Action Initiative Request for Proposals
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European Social Inclusion Initiative
Launched in 2019, J-PAL’s European Social Inclusion Initiative (ESII) aims to generate and share widely applicable lessons about promoting social inclusion in Europe through research, training and policy outreach.
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Ignatius Sebastian
Ignatius Sebastian is a Research Associate at J-PAL Southeast Asia, where he works on the data analysis of the randomized evaluation on the tax offices in Indonesia.
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Laina Sonterblum
Laina Sonterblum is a Senior Policy Associate at J-PAL North America. She supports the development and implementation of randomized evaluations and synthesizes research findings in order to promote evidence-based social programs and policies.