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Bringing together an inspired and motivated community for our Teaching at the Right Level Conference
A two-day conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, brought together more than 70 participants to learn about the Teaching at the Right Level approach.
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Preparing for 2018 elections in the "Year of the Woman": Lessons from India
If many more women are elected to office, we don’t yet know what impacts such an influx might have on policy decisions and gender norms in US society. However, many J-PAL affiliated researchers have explored this question in India by taking advantage of a naturally occurring experimental design.
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How do we achieve affordable, quality health care? Follow the evidence.
In this guest post, Darshak Shavani writes about how a commitment to evidence, and a connection by J-PAL North America, led to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center launching the first ever randomized evaluation of a major federal health insurance program in the...
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Recap of Financial Inclusion Week Twitter chat: Getting digital inclusion right
Financial inclusion is on the rise, but 1.7 billion adults around the world still remain unbanked – can digital finance close help close the gap? As part of Financial Inclusion Week 2018, J-PAL Finance sector and CEGA's Digital Credit Observatory hosted a Twitter Chat to discuss this question and...
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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.