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Evaluation
What Generates Growth in Microenterprises? Evidence from Sri Lanka
To study the employment limitation of microenterprises, researchers offered microentrepreneurs capital to incentivize them to hire workers. Results showed that a wage subsidy did not lead to lasting increases in employment sales or profits.
Evaluation
Instruction and Financial Incentives to Improve Covid-19 Knowledge in Mozambique
In Mozambique, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test whether teaching about Covid-19 prevention and/or financial learning incentives enhanced participants’ knowledge related to Covid-19. They found that both interventions improved Covid-19 knowledge separately and, moreover, financial incentives complemented teaching to further improve knowledge about Covid-19.
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Srinivasa Rao Mittapally
M Srinivasa Rao Mittapally is a Finance and Administration Manager at J-PAL South Asia. He holds a Master's in Commerce from Osmania University and possesses a total of 12 years of experience in the development sector.
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Sri Vaishnavi Varma Gottumukkala
Sri Vaishnavi Varma is a Senior Research Associate at J-PAL South Asia, where she is currently working in the Energy Environment and Climate Change sector on the Direct Benefit Transfers for Electricity project (DBTE-AP) in Andhra Pradesh.
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Supraja Thrilochan Kumar
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Sushant Pawar
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Svankita Arora
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Sneha Kuriakose
Sneha is a Training Manager at J-PAL South Asia. Prior to joining, she worked with the SDG Vertical at NITI Aayog and contributed to the monitoring and localisation of SDGs in the country. She has assisted Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the Kochi Metro Expansion project, wherein she conducted a...
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Sohini Mookherjee
Sohini Mookherjee is a Senior Training Manager at J-PAL South Asia. She works with various stakeholders like the government (central and state level), civil society, donors and multilateral organisations to build a strong monitoring and evaluation ecosystem in South Asia.
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Suganya Venugopal
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Shruti Nag
Shruti Nag has worked in the field of education for the last several years, with a special interest in classroom instructional practices, bilingual teaching and teacher training.
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Sabahat Ali Khan
Sabahat Ali Khan joined J-PAL in 2008 for the ‘Read India’ project (Haridwar, Uttarakhand) as a Supervisor and is currently the Project Associate on the ‘Evaluation of Learning Camps’ Project based in Uttar Pradesh. He has a Master’s degree in Social Work from Shri Guru Ram Rai College.
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Sylvain Chassang
Sylvain Chassang is a Professor of Economics at Princeton University. His research interests include game theory, experiment design, development, and industrial organization.