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Evaluation
The Impact of Group-based Therapy and Cash Transfers on Adolescent Girls' Mental Health and Economic Outcomes in Uganda
Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to test the impacts of group-based therapy with and without a one-time lump sum cash transfers on the mental health and employment outcomes of adolescent girls in Uganda.
Evidence to Policy Case Study
Case study
Institutionalizing a culture of evidence-informed policymaking in Tamil Nadu
A long-standing partnership between the Government of Tamil Nadu and J-PAL in India has helped institutionalize the use of evidence in decision making and build a culture of evidence-informed policymaking.
Event
mHealth Innovations for Child Health Service Delivery: Challenges and Solutions
In this webinar, J-PAL South Asia will bring together researchers, government stakeholders, and donors who will share insights on delivering interventions through mHealth platforms such as India's National Health Mission's Auxiliary Nurse Midwife Online application and the associated Reproductive...
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Divya Saravana
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Akshay Kannan S
Initiative Resource
Initiative projects and documents
Current Partners
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Dev Sharma
Dev Sharma is a Human Resource Associate at J-PAL South Asia where he is responsible for HR Operations and recruitment.
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Caitlyn Ark
Caitlyn Ark is a Policy and Research Co-op at J-PAL North America, where she supports work in crime and violence prevention and the Social Policy Research Initiative, which funds randomized evaluations of social programs aimed at reducing poverty in North America.
Update
J-PAL updates
January 2022 Newsletter
In the January 2022 newsletter, learn how we forged partnerships for more equitable and evidence-informed policies in 2021 and how we will build on our vision in the new year.
Event
Digital Identification in Africa: Reforms, Evidence, and Opportunities
During this webinar, speakers will discuss relevant policy reforms in sub-Saharan Africa, existing evidence, and opportunities for policy-relevant research on digital identification.
Blog
Andrea Adhi, J-PAL ’19, on using interdisciplinary research to support Indonesia’s most vulnerable during Covid-19
Andrea Adhi is a former research manager at J-PAL Southeast Asia, where she managed randomized evaluations on branchless banking, migration, and more. Now at PUSKAPA, the Center on Child Protection and Wellbeing at Universitas Indonesia, Andrea leads their team focused on social inclusion and...
Initiative
Social Protection Initiative (SPI)
The Social Protection Initiative (SPI) aims to generate rigorous evidence on social protection programs in low- and middle-income countries.
Evaluation
The Impact of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Low-Income Individuals in Rural Ghana
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) may be an effective mental health approach for people living in poverty, who are especially vulnerable to mental distress and face unique demands on their mental “bandwidth.” Researchers worked with Innovations for Poverty Action and the University of Ghana Medical School to design, implement, and conduct a randomized evaluation of the impacts of a group CBT curriculum on low-income individuals in rural Ghana.
Event
J-PAL/MIT Evaluating Social Programs Course, 2022
Held live over Zoom, this five-day training will equip participants with the resources and knowledge to engage with impact evaluations of social programs. The interactive course provides an in-depth look at why and when randomized evaluations can be used to rigorously measure social impact, methods...
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