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Initiative Resource
Initiative projects and documents
Humanitarian Protection Initiative Request for Proposals
Initiative Resource
Initiative projects and documents
Humanitarian Protection Initiative (HPI) Scholars Program
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J-PAL/MIT Evaluating Social Programs Course, 2024
This five-day, in-person training provides an in-depth look at why and when randomized evaluations can be used to rigorously measure the impact of social programs.
Blog
African Scholar Spotlight: Dr. Arinze Nwokolo
In this spotlight, we speak with Arinze Nwokolo, Assistant Professor at the Lagos Business School in Nigeria. Arinze’s primary research interests focus on development, behavioral, and organizational economics as well as public policy, political economy, and finance.
Evaluation
Cash Transfers’ Effects on Food Consumption in Mexico
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of the anti-poverty cash transfer program, PROSPERA, on food consumption for families living in poverty in Mexico. Households consumed enough food both before and after receiving the cash transfer.
Blog
New Humanitarian Protection Initiative will help reduce harm to people affected by conflict
Today, the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) launch the Humanitarian Protection Initiative (HPI). The core of this initiative is a research fund dedicated to generating rigorous evidence to inform policies and programs that protect conflict...
Event
Humanitarian Protection Initiative Scholars Information Session
This webinar was facilitated by the Humanitarian Protection Initiative (HPI), a new initiative focused on research questions on how to effectively improve humanitarian protection outcomes by keeping those who are affected by armed conflict safe from violence, coercion and deliberate deprivation...
Event
Fortaleciendo las Redes de Investigación en Guatemala
El evento busca congregar investigadores e investigadoras de diversas universidades de Guatemala con interés en primera infancia, nutrición, psicología, neurociencia y educación para fortalecer las redes de investigación en Guatemala
Evaluation
Building Trust in Fertilizer Quality Among Farmers in Tanzania
Researchers conducted an evaluation to test the impact of an information campaign about fertilizer quality on farmers’ beliefs and their purchase and use of fertilizer. The information campaign led farmers to change their beliefs about the quality of fertilizer available in local markets and to buy more fertilizer.
Blog
The next decade of RCT research: What can we learn from recent innovations in methods?
From Teaching at the Right Level to the multifaceted Graduation approach, J-PAL’s affiliated researcher network has helped to evaluate a diverse range of innovative interventions aimed at reducing poverty over the past twenty years.
Blog
New resource: Incorporating remote sensing data into randomized evaluations
A growing number of economists are incorporating remotely sensed (RS) data—satellite data in particular—into their studies. For randomized evaluations, remote data collection offers alluring possibilities: lower data collection costs, a longer time series of data both before and after an...
Event
Ecole d’été 2024: Méthodologies du Développement
Dans le cadre de la Chaire «Méthodologies du Développement» d’Abhijit Banerjee et Esther Duflo, une école d’été pour chercheurs et porteurs de projets africains sera organisée du 1 au 4 juillet 2024 à Rabat, sur le campus de l’Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique (UM6P).
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Air and Water Lab Request for Proposals
The Air and Water Labs (AWLs), launched by J-PAL with support from Community Jameel, are three labs in South Africa (Cape Town), Egypt, and India. The Air and Water Labs intend to foster deep collaboration between government stakeholders, J-PAL regional offices, and researchers in the J-PAL network.
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