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Demand for Sanitation in Kenyan Urban Slums
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Light up Bihar, India
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Building Market Linkages for Smallholder Farmers through a Digital Marketplace in Uganda
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation in Uganda to test the impact of a mobile phone-based marketplace for agricultural commodities on local market prices, entry of traders, farmer revenue, and trader profits. Overall, the platform increased trade flows and decreased price variation across markets, especially among markets close to each other.
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Alison Cappellieri
Alison Cappellieri joined J-PAL in 2010 to provide administrative support to Executive Director Rachel Glennerster and the Global office. She has a a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Writing, Literature, and Publishing from Emerson College.
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A conversation with Research in Color on the importance of mentorship in the economics profession
J-PAL’s Economics Transformation Project team spoke with the Research in Color Foundation Founder and President, Chinemelu Okafor, and Vice President, Rahma Ahmed, on their mission to increase the number of PhD students of color in economics and economics-adjacent disciplines in order to build a...
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Building an effective COVID-19 response: A guide for future research
How can policy leaders best support their communities in the face of the joblessness, educational setbacks, and trauma inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic? Rigorous evidence will play a critical role in helping us understand which policies and programs will truly work to help communities recover in...