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Ahmed Elsayed
Ahmed Elsayed is the Executive Director of J-PAL MENA at the American University in Cairo and an Associate Professor at the School of Business at the same university
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Shruthi Srinivasan
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Evaluating Social Programmes 2024
Evaluating Social Programmes (ESP) 2024 is a five-day course that explores why and how randomised evaluations can be used to rigorously measure social impact for better development outcomes.
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Caroline Krafft
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Celebrando un año de la alianza J-PAL y UVG
J-PAL Latinoamérica y el Caribe (LAC) y la Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG) le invitan al evento por el primer año del inicio de su alianza. El objetivo es presentar los avances del trabajo conjunto de UVG y J-PAL LAC para promover la toma de decisiones informada por evidencia en Guatemala.
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Reducing Job Search Costs with an SMS-based Messaging App in Rural Tanzania
The researcher conducted a randomized evaluation in rural Tanzania to determine the impact of an SMS-based messaging app that connects agricultural workers and employers on wages. Results found that the SMS-based messaging app reduced wage spread within villages–meaning employers paid a wage closer to the average wage.
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Sofia Malika Djojonegoro
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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Learning in Brazil
Researchers evaluated the learning impacts of using AI systems to score and comment on essays written for Brazil’s national post-secondary admission exam. In schools where AI technology was introduced, teachers were able to provide more frequent individualized feedback to students, and students’ essay scores improved as a result.
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Closing the Word Gap with Big Word Club: Evaluating the Impact of a Tech-Based Early Childhood Vocabulary Program
Researchers evaluated the Big Word Club, a classroom-based digital learning program designed to increase the vocabulary of young children, to assess the program’s impact on children’s receptive vocabulary. Researchers found that the Big Word Club increased students’ knowledge and retention of words included in the program.
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Pedro De Souza Ferreira
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Raquel Caldeira
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Curso en línea: Introducción a la evaluación de programas y uso de evidencia para organizaciones en Centroamérica
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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Providing Foodstuffs and Cash Loans to Improve Smallholder Farming in Zambia
In Zambia, researchers examined the impact of access to seasonal credit on farming households’ consumption, labor allocation, and agricultural output. The results suggest that access to food and cash loans during the lean season increased agricultural output and consumption, decreased off-farm labor, and increased local wages.
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The Impact of Group-Based Grain Storage Schemes on Farmers Savings and Incomes in Kenya
Researchers worked with existing savings clubs in Kenya to study the effect of two interventions on savings: the provision of communal crop storage devices and the provision of savings accounts earmarked for farm purchases. Researchers find that the products were popular: about 56% of farmers took up the products. Respondents in the maize storage intervention were 23 percentage points more likely to store maize (on a base of 69%), 37 percentage points more likely to sell maize (on a base of 36%) and (conditional on selling) sold later and at higher prices.