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Administrative steps for launching a randomized evaluation in the United States
This checklist provides guidance on the logistical and administrative steps that are necessary to launch a randomized evaluation that adheres to legal regulations, follows transparency guidelines required by many academic journals, and complies with security procedures required by regulatory or...
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Taking an evidence-based approach to governance policy in the face of COVID-19
Achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development while addressing the enormous challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic requires identifying, implementing, and scaling the most effective social policies and programs. Too often, however, this key principle—effectiveness—can get lost amid other...
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Foundational learning first: a joint statement on education in the time of COVID-19
More than one billion students have been out of school due to COVID-19. Data from past crises suggest large and lasting impacts on education, especially girls’ re-enrollment and learning loss. For this reason, J-PAL and partners have recently released a joint statement on the importance of focusing...
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How J-PAL's Evaluating Social Programs course catalyzed a new approach to impact evaluation in Virginia
In this guest post, Massey Whorley, Director of Innovation and Strategic Initiatives at the Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS), shares insights from attending J-PAL’s Evaluating Social Programs Course and how it informed efforts to design and implement randomized evaluations of VDSS...
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Cristobal Marshall
Cristobal Marshall joined J-PAL to perform cost effectiveness analysis and write policy memos to disseminate lessons from J-PAL’s evaluations. He also collaborates in J-PAL’s policy outreach and initiatives.
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Alison Cappellieri
Alison Cappellieri joined J-PAL in 2010 to provide administrative support to Executive Director Rachel Glennerster and the Global office. She has a a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Writing, Literature, and Publishing from Emerson College.
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A conversation with Research in Color on the importance of mentorship in the economics profession
J-PAL’s Economics Transformation Project team spoke with the Research in Color Foundation Founder and President, Chinemelu Okafor , and Vice President, Rahma Ahmed , on their mission to increase the number of PhD students of color in economics and economics-adjacent disciplines in order to build a...
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Rigorously evaluating Europe’s climate change response
As part of a series on J-PAL’s expanding research on climate change issues, this post highlights the potential for using randomized evaluations to inform evidence-based climate policy in Europe.
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Alex Nisichenko
Alex spent a year and a half working with Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) in Ghana, West Africa before transferring to J-PAL South Asia in September 2010. His research interests focus on firm behavior, markets and management practices across developing countries.
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Celebrating our first graduates in the Data, Economics, and Development Policy master’s program
In January 2020, 22 students from across the world joined us on MIT’s campus as the first cohort in the master’s program in Data, Economics, and Development Policy (DEDP). Developed by MIT’s Department of Economics and J-PAL, the program represents a new approach to higher education by combining...
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Reflections on seven years at J-PAL Africa working to inform policy with evidence
After seven years working with J-PAL Africa, I am transitioning to a new role working in local school systems in the United States. Working with J-PAL Africa (and, in recent years, TaRL Africa) has been one of the greatest joys of my life. As I step away, I want to share a few reflections about how...
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Building an effective COVID-19 response: Strategies to improve health care delivery and increase health equity
Better understanding and addressing the social determinants of health is critical to improving individual and population health and advancing health equity. J-PAL North America’s COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Initiative aims to contribute to knowledge in this area by testing strategies to...
Evidence to Policy Case Study
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Incentivized community grants for aid effectiveness
A performance-incentivized community grant program shown to accelerate improvements in health reached about 4.9 million people from 2010 to 2018 and generated important lessons for future programs to reduce childhood stunting in Indonesia.
Evidence to Policy Case Study
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Strengthening third-party audits to reduce pollution
Evidence from a randomized evaluation informed the scale-up of a pollution audit policy in Gujarat, India.
Research resource
Define intake and consent process
Far from a simple administrative step, decisions about a study’s intake and consent process are critical for the success of a study. This process can affect statistical power, bias, and the validity of the study through effects on the composition of the consented study sample, the intake/consent...