Learning2Leap: Systematizing Learnings from Institutional Partnership Schemes in LAC

J-PAL LAC has collaborated with many governments throughout the region to build demand for and capacity to use evidence in policymaking. Learning2Leap is a qualitative research study to learn from eleven of these partnerships about what encourages governments to become interested in increasing the use of data and evidence in policy, how J-PAL LAC can best support them in these efforts, and what characteristics and activities have made these partnerships most effective at informing policy in the past. J-PAL will use these findings to improve its existing partnerships with governments and the process by which new partnerships are developed. J-PAL also produced a final report to contribute to growing literature on evidence-informed policymaking within government. For early insights about building a culture of data and evidence use in government, see this blog post from February 2018. The report, Creating a Culture of Evidence Use: Lessons from J-PAL's Government Partnerships in Latin America, is available here in English and Spanish. The Executive Summary is also available in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.