”Deworming days” at school are something to celebrate
Providing regular deworming pills for children helps them stay in school, learn more, and earn more as adults.
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Designing financial services and social protection programs to enhance women’s economic empowerment
Providing women in low- and middle-income countries with financial resources or financial services did not consistently lead to economic empowerment if women were unable to maintain control over the use of funds within their households. Financial inclusion and social protection programs should...
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Designing information campaigns to increase adoption of healthy behaviors
Accurate information can help people determine which behaviors lead to improved health outcomes, but information alone is not necessarily sufficient to motivate adoption of these behaviors. When the primary barrier to the adoption of a healthy behavior is lack of awareness, information that is...
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Uso de datos y evidencia rigurosa en las políticas de seguridad y de prevención del delito
En muchos países, las dependencias encargadas de diseñar políticas para prevenir y atender situaciones delictivas se enfrentan a desafíos muy similares; principalmente, deben responder a cuestiones como: ¿De qué manera aprovechar los datos que existen para mejorar diagnósticos relacionados con el...
Play, talk, thrive: How simple interactions boost young minds
A child’s earliest years shape lifelong outcomes. To boost children’s development, invest in programs that help parents interact with babies and toddlers in stimulating ways.
Teaching at the Right Level to accelerate learning
Meeting children where they are helps them catch up in school.
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Del acompañamiento técnico a la institucionalización: aprendizajes desde J-PAL LAC para fortalecer SMyE con base en evidencia rigurosa
Desde 2009, J-PAL LAC ha trabajado con más de veinte gobiernos en América Latina y el Caribe para fortalecer sus capacidades institucionales en el diseño, evaluación y mejora de programas sociales, con un enfoque basado en evaluaciones aleatorizadas como herramienta clave para generar evidencia...
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Improving student learning: Impacts by gender
Most programs to improve student learning have similar impacts on girls and boys. However, policymakers should consider potential different effects by gender while designing programs since, in some cases, program design choices led to different impacts on girls and boys.
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Adrien Rose
Adrien Rose is a Policy Intern at J-PAL Global where he works with the Environment, Energy and Climate Change sector supporting the King Climate Action Initiative (K-CAI). He
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Olaf Oseguera
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Stuti Goyal
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Laura Poswell
This is an archived page. Laura Poswell, former Executive Director at J-PAL Africa, is no longer affiliated with J-PAL.
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