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J-PAL Executive Education: Evaluating Social Programs, US 2020
This five-day in-person training equips participants with resources and knowledge to engage with impact evaluations of social programs. The course provides an in-depth look at why and when randomized evaluations can be used to rigorously measure social impact, methods and considerations for their...
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Achieving Food Security and Pathways for Improved Nutrition in India: Insights from Global Evidence
As a part of the Evaluations Fest 2020 being organised by Evaluation Community of India, J-PAL/CLEAR South Asia is putting together a panel of presentations on 13th February 2020, between 2:00-3:30 pm at the India Habitat Centre (IHC), New Delhi.
Evaluation
Encouraging Behavioral Change to Improve Road Safety in Kenya
In Kenya, researchers introduced a messaging campaign on matatus (local buses) to encourage individuals to speak up against reckless driving and reduce road accidents rates. Placing these stickers in the passenger area of matatus decreased insurance claims rates, average speed, and number of road accidents per year.
Initiative
Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative
The mission of the Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative (ATAI) is to rigorously test programs that increase farmer welfare through the broader use of productive technologies in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
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A healthy understanding
Amy Finkelstein has changed what we know about Medicaid, Medicare, the economics of health care—and, increasingly, medical care itself.
Evaluation
Street Police Patrolling to Reduce Harassment of Women in Public Spaces in India
In partnership with the Hyderabad City Police (HCP), researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a police patrolling program aimed at improving women’s safety on the frequency of sexual harassment and women’s freedom to move around in public spaces. The presence of uniformed officers in public spaces reduced instances of severe forms of sexual harassment and led to fewer women relocating from the patrolled areas.
Initiative
Cash Transfers for Child Health Initiative
The Cash Transfers for Child Health Initiative (CaTCH) seeks to improve child health by generating policy-relevant rigorous evidence on the design and delivery of cash transfer and pay-for-performance programs in India.
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Jenna Juwono
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Gabriel Charlotte Wajong
Gabriel Charlotte Wajong is a Research Associate at J-PAL Southeast Asia, where she currently works on interventions that aim to reduce the rate of child marriage in Indonesia.
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Sharanya Chandran
Sharanya leads strategic planning and day-to-day management of the policy vertical at J-PAL South Asia and provides strategic oversight to the different sector teams.
Initiative
Improving Education Outcomes in North America
J-PAL North America’s Education team works to catalyze randomized evaluations and disseminate evidence on innovative tactics to improve student learning and expand access to quality education.
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European Social Inclusion Initiative
Launched in 2019, J-PAL’s European Social Inclusion Initiative (ESII) aims to generate and share widely applicable lessons about promoting social inclusion in Europe through research, training and policy outreach.
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Government Partnerships Initiative
J-PAL’s Government Partnership Initiative (GPI) ran from 2015-2018 to build and strengthen partnerships between governments and J-PAL affiliates and J-PAL regional offices to increase the use of evidence in policymaking.
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Addressing Homelessness and Housing Stability in North America
J-PAL North America’s work combating homelessness seeks to expand the base of rigorous evidence on strategies to reduce and prevent homelessness and foster housing stability.