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Initiative

US Health Care Delivery Initiative

J-PAL North America’s US Health Care Delivery Initiative (HCDI) supports randomized evaluations of strategies that aim to make health care delivery in the United States more efficient, effective, and equitable.
Initiative Resource

HCDI Request for Proposals

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US State and Local Innovation Initiative

The J-PAL State and Local Innovation Initiative supports US state and local leaders in building a culture of evidence generation and use.
Initiative Resource

State and Local Innovation Request for Proposals

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Initiative

North America Worker Prosperity Initiative

The J-PAL North America Worker Prosperity Initiative aims to build an evidence-based playbook of strategies to increase opportunities for workers, reduce the economic barriers and social challenges in labor markets, and ensure that all workers share in the prosperity generated by technological...
Initiative Resource

Worker Prosperity Initiative Request for Proposals

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North America Social Policy Research Initiative

J-PAL North America's Social Policy Research Initiative (SPRI), formerly known as the General Research Initiative, supports randomized impact evaluations of innovative social programs and policies that can provide insights for learning which policies work best and why.
Initiative Resource

Social Policy Research Initiative Request for Proposals

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Policy insight

Charter schools and student learning

In the United States, the estimated impacts of charter schools have varied widely. In Massachusetts, students who won lotteries for charter schools located in urban areas often did substantially better than students who lost; while students who won lotteries for charter schools in nonurban areas...
2023 Colloquium at Collège de France
Event

The Evidence Effect: Evaluating Innovation in Development and Why it Matters

On June 27, 2025, just ahead of the UN’s Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville, J-PAL Europe will host a high-level half-day event in Paris to affirm the critical role of scientific evidence in shaping effective development policy. Bringing together leading voices...
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Policy insight

Credit's limited impact on smallholder farm profitability

Increasing access to traditional microcredit has had limited impacts on smallholder farmers’ profitability in randomized evaluations in developing countries. Demand for new offers of credit was low, ranging from 17 to 33 percent, and even when farmers used traditional credit products to invest in...
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Event

Convening on Effective US Crime Policy

This June, we are hosting a convening for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to celebrate the launch of J-PAL North America’s new Initiative for Effective US Crime Policy (IECP).
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Initiative

Crime and Violence Initiative

The Crime and Violence Initiative (CVI) fosters experimental research on crime and social and political violence. By providing targeted funding for rigorous evaluations of the most promising programs, the CVI aims to offer guidance for implementing organizations, governments, and donors, so that...
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Initiative Resource

Crime and Violence Initiative (CVI) Scholars Program