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Increasing accountability and reducing corruption through government audits
Government audits have often increased political accountability, reduced misuse of public resources, and improved compliance with laws and regulations. In lower- and middle-income countries, audits have been more effective when the government had a stronger capacity to enforce punishments, when...
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Ajay Sharma
Ajay Sharma joined J-PAL South Asia in September 2014 as Senior Administrative Associate, where he overlooks the administration and effective functioning of the Delhi office and provides support to research projects based in North and North West India.
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Alejandro Saenz Zunino
Alejandro Saenz joined J-PAL LAC as a Research Associate in 2014 and holds a master's degree in Economics from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He is currently working on an evaluation of the “Subvención Escolar Preferencial” program, which provides extra subsidies for schools attended by...
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J-PAL Updates
February 2021 Newsletter
In the February 2021 Newsletter, we highlight the effect of Covid-19 on women's work, the King Climate Action Initiative's inaugural funding competition, and the potential of Computer-Assisted Learning technology to rebuild students’ foundational skills after the pandemic.
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Real-time monitoring and response plans: Creating procedures
When an unintended change arises in a study of a social program or policy, there is often a limited window during which to address it. Systematic monitoring plans can equip researchers and program staff to detect changes and make course corrections in real time if elements of the study deviate from...
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Ashleigh Morrell
Ashleigh Gillwald Morrell is Associate Director of Policy at J-PAL Africa. She works with education policymakers to ensure that policy is driven by evidence and that effective education programs are scaled up.
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Initiative projects and documents
Gender and Economic Agency Request for Proposals
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Improving Lives Through Evidence in 2019-2020
Improving Lives through Evidence: Building on the Nobel Prize in 2019–2020.
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Eslam Serag
Eslam Serag is a Research Operations Manager at J-PAL Middle East and North Africa, where he works on evaluating the effect of information interventions and transportation subsidies on job matching and youth employment.
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Gender inequality: What really needs to change?
In an op-ed for the India Development Review, J-PAL SA's Anna Rego and Shagun Sabarwal argue that policies and programs must change restrictive gender norms in order to meaningfully impact the lives of women and girls.
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Promoting evidence and evaluation in the American Rescue Plan Act
Rohit Naimpally (Senior Research and Policy Manager, J-PAL North America) spoke on a US Department of Treasury technical assistance webinar in August. We reflect on key takeaways from the panel about evaluation, evidence-based interventions, and the American Rescue Plan Act.
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Summer school with J-PAL Europe: Developing skills for building, testing and scaling innovations for development
In July 2021, J-PAL Europe, in partnership with the French Development Agency (AFD), hosted a seven-day summer school under the theme of “Innovations for Development,'' designed around the recent launch of France’s Fund for Innovation in Development (FID).
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The Right Place, at the Right Time: Perspectives on Evidence-to-Policy Pathways
While there exists a growing body of rigorous research that aims to understand the impact of development programs, it often takes a long time for evidence to inform policy and improve the lives of vulnerable populations at scale. This webinar, organized as a part of Campbell South Asia's Evidence...
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Towards more effective microfinance programs: Findings and policy lessons from an impact evaluation in Egypt
The event, co-hosted with the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development, will focus on what can be learned from a randomized evaluation conducted in Qena, Egypt about the impact of types of capital assistance on business and economic outcomes in Egypt.