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Saurabh Bhajibhakare
Saurabh Bhajibhakare is an Associate Director of Research at J-PAL South Asia where he provides technical oversight on research and ethical integrity, data quality, and security. He also leads the internal capacity building program for research staff at J-PAL South Asia.
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New J-PAL Report: Creating a Culture of Evidence Use in Latin America
Our new J-PAL report, “Creating a Culture of Evidence Use: Lessons from J-PAL’s Government Partnerships in Latin America,” sheds light on the many paths from evidence to improved policy in government.
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Introducing the European Social Inclusion Initiative
Many programs and policies across Europe aim to tackle social and economic exclusion of migrants and refugees, but there is little evidence suggesting which approaches work and which do not. J-PAL Europe recently released a white paper that reviews three key levers of social inclusion in the Europe...
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Committing to a randomized evaluation: The scariest and smartest thing we ever did
My name is Shane DeRolf. I am the founder and CEO of Big Word Club, a digital learning company committed to improving the vocabularies of every kid in America. It all started about 25 years ago when I quit my job to pursue a dream. That dream was to create great media that helped kids think, learn...
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Affiliate Spotlight: Seema Jayachandran and Benjamin Olken on promoting inclusivity in development economics
Seema Jayachandran and Benjamin Olken are the new co-directors of the Development Economics Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research. In their new roles, they aim to promote diversity in gender, race, and methodology. Read the full Q&A to learn more.
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Announcing the Innovation in Government Initiative
Today we are announcing J-PAL’s Innovation in Government Initiative (IGI). IGI’s mission is to work with governments to adapt, pilot, and scale evidence-informed innovations with the potential to improve the lives of millions of people living in poverty in developing countries.
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Margaret McConnell
Margaret McConnell is Associate Professor of Global Health Economics at the Harvard School of Public Health. Her current research combines behavioral economics with field and laboratory experiments to design and evaluate policies to change health and financial behaviors.
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Amreen Choda
Amreen Choda joined the J-PAL Africa team in December 2012 as a Research Associate. She works in the field of education, particularly looking at the impact of parental intervention on children’s behavior and education in primary schools in the Eastern Cape.
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Diana Suarez
Diana Suárez is a Research and Training Manager at J-PAL LAC, where she works contributing to the development and curation of research resources, best practices, and knowledge management for the LAC office, monitoring the projects adherence to the research protocols, developing training proposals...
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Leveraging the digital revolution: Can governments utilize big data to help decision-making?
Using evidence to make policy decisions can be a challenge when the information one needs is not credible, easily accessible, or interpretable. However, this difficulty can be overcome with the use of a high-frequency monitoring system. As governments and organizations move towards more digitized...
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Craig McIntosh
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Abhilasha Purwar
Abhilasha is currently working on a project which seeks to design, implement and evaluate Pilot Emissions Trading Schemes (ETS) for particulate matter in 1000 industrial units in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. Her interests lie at the intersection of science and engineering...
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A.R. Selva Swetha
As Capacity Building Manager at CLEAR/J-PAL South Asia, Swetha, as part of the IDEA Initiative, manages training, resource development and advisory activities for various state governments, central agencies and other data providers, towards making their administrative data accessible and research...