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Affiliate Spotlight: Michela Carlana
Michela Carlana is an assistant professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. From researching the subtle role of bias and motivation in student outcomes to rapidly launching and evaluating scalable programs to combat learning loss, Michela’s work reflects a commitment to reducing...
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Building systems to improve and reward higher-quality agricultural products
Learn more about our new review of strategies designed to improve the quality of agricultural goods produced and sold at market.
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J-PAL joins new partnership for data-driven early response to hunger
Leading research and humanitarian agencies have joined forces to create the Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action. By harnessing data and technology in a bid to stop climate shocks resulting in hunger in vulnerable livestock farming communities, the Jameel Observatory will help tackle...
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REC Limited and J-PAL South Asia enter data-sharing agreement to improve power distribution and service delivery in India
REC Limited (formerly Rural Electrification Corporation Limited), a public infrastructure finance company under the Ministry of Power, Government of India, and J-PAL South Asia are partnering to create an annual, data-based assessment of 79 public and private power distribution companies across the...
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Menno Pradhan
Menno Pradhan is a Professor of Economics at the University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His research focuses on basic education, early childhood development, community empowerment, and health. Prior to joining the University of Amsterdam, he worked for the World Bank in Indonesia...
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Thanh Nguyen
Thanh Nguyen is the Senior Education Manager at J-PAL Global at MIT, where she works primarily on the MITx MicroMasters and the master's program in Data, Economics, and Development Policy (DEDP).
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Alumni Voices: On the front line in the fight against climate change
James Turitto ‘20 (former senior research manager at J-PAL Global) details his mission to document methane emissions in Europe and lobby policymakers to strengthen regulations. He reflects on the critical role of measuring and exposing industrial methane leaks and how skills learned at J-PAL help...
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Manuela Angelucci
Manuela Angelucci is an associate professor of economics at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests span mental health, consumption, risk-sharing, gender, and migration.
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Yogita Shamdasani
Yogita Shamdasani is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the National University of Singapore. Her current research focuses on development and labor economics in India. Her previous evaluations have investigated labor rationing in Indian local labor markets, as well as the impact of pay...
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Elizabeth Setren
Elizabeth Setren is the Gunnar Myrdal Assistant Professor of Economics at Tufts University. Her work focuses on education and labor economics. She has conducted evaluations studying the impact of Boston charter schools on special education students and English Language Learners, the scaling of the...
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Mathangi Polurnatt
Mathangi Polurnatt is a Training Manager at J-PAL South Asia. She works on the CLEAR SA Initiative to support the Odisha Government's Poverty and Human Development Agency to meet its poverty alleviation objectives through capacity management.
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Arpita Wadhwa
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At J-PAL Southeast Asia, J-PAL affiliated researchers collaborate with government agencies, private firms, NGOs, and other development partners to answer pressing policy questions in various sectors.