J-PAL Europe interviewed six researchers from the most recent summer school. This blog post shares how they became interested in impact evaluations and what they learned from their training week.

J-PAL Africa has officially launched the Jobs and Entrepreneurship in Africa (JEA) Portfolio, which aims to identify high impact and cost-effective strategies to promote growth for small and medium enterprises as a route to job creation.

Some of the challenges faced by job seekers include geographic and financial constraints, lack of information about the job market, difficulties in communicating their skills, and behavioral biases. Given this context, what policies can help them find quality jobs?

This blog discusses the Economic Mobility Catalog, a tool for boosting effective anti-poverty policies by featuring evidence-backed pathways to economic mobility via synthesized research, implementation best practices, and case studies.