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J-PAL: La Economía como herramienta para combatir la pobreza
En 2023 J-PAL cumple veinte años combatiendo la pobreza de la mano de la evidencia científica. Con el fin de dar a conocer la misión de la institución, la oficina de J-PAL para Latinoamérica y el Caribe y el Instituto de Economía de la Universidad Católica llevarán a cabo un encuentro con la...
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20 for 20: The tutor is calling - Targeted instruction by phone boosts learning across six countries
Youth Impact tested a phone-based adaptation of Teaching at the Right Level for mathematics that became ConnectEd, a one-on-one tutoring program that uses phones to connect high-quality instruction with students and parents. With ConnectEd, every week grade 3 to 5 students receive math problems...
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Eloya Porto da Rocha
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Building research partnerships to understand the promises of Summer Youth Employment Programs
In the first of a two-part blog series, Judd Kessler (University of Pennsylvania), Sara Heller (University of Michigan), and Julia Breitman (New York City Department of Youth and Community Development) discuss their research partnership to evaluate summer youth employment programs and the...
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Building research partnerships to understand the promises of Summer Youth Employment Programs, part two
In the second of a two-part blog series, Judd Kessler (University of Pennsylvania), Sara Heller (University of Michigan), and Julia Breitman (New York City Department of Youth and Community Development) discuss their research partnership to evaluate summer youth employment programs and integrating...
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Shruti Gupta
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African Scholar Spotlight: Dr. Evans Osabuohien
In this spotlight, we speak with Dr. Evans Osabuohien, Professor of Economics and Head of the Department of Economics and Development Studies at Covenant University in Nigeria. Evans’s primary research interests relate to international economics, institutional economics, agricultural economics, and...
Evaluation
Learning beyond school: the impact of a remedial learning and literacy program on out-of-school girls in Pakistan
This project used a randomized evaluation to study the effect of a learning program targeting adolescent girls on their education, aspirations, and empowerment.
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Govind Gupta
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Clémentine Van Effenterre
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J-PAL updates
May 2023 Newsletter
Our May 2023 newsletter features the launch of the Displaced Livelihoods Initiative, quicker climate action through innovative data, and tech for equitable early childhood development.
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Srinivas Amboth
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Sayyed Manzer
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Constanza Alarcon
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