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Sharanya Chandran
Sharanya leads strategic planning and day-to-day management of the policy vertical at J-PAL South Asia and provides strategic oversight to the different sector teams.
Initiative
Digital Identification and Finance Initiative in Africa (DigiFI Africa)
The Digital Identification and Finance Initiative in Africa (DigiFI) aims to generate rigorous evidence on how African governments, private companies, and NGOs can leverage digital payments and identification systems to improve lives through better public service delivery, governance, and financial...
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Improving Education Outcomes in North America
J-PAL North America’s Education team works to catalyze randomized evaluations and disseminate evidence on innovative tactics to improve student learning and expand access to quality education.
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European Social Inclusion Initiative (ESII)
Launched in 2019, J-PAL’s European Social Inclusion Initiative (ESII) aims to generate and share widely applicable lessons about promoting social inclusion in Europe through research, training and policy outreach.
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Government Partnerships Initiative (GPI)
J-PAL’s Government Partnership Initiative (GPI) ran from 2015-2018 to build and strengthen partnerships between governments and J-PAL affiliates and J-PAL regional offices to increase the use of evidence in policymaking.
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Jobs and Opportunity Initiative (JOI)
J-PAL’s Jobs and Opportunity Initiative (JOI) supports randomized evaluations to find effective strategies for improving employment outcomes in low- and middle-income countries, and translates evidence into actionable insights.
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Innovations in Data and Experiments for Action Initiative (IDEA)
J-PAL’s Innovations in Data and Experiments for Action Initiative (IDEA) aims to increase the use of administrative data by governments, non-profits, and private firms for evidence-informed decision-making.
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Latin America Skills for Youth Program (SYP)
The Skills for Youth Program (SYP) seeks to identify and rigorously evaluate innovative solutions to improve youth employment in Latin America. Specifically, one of it goals is to address the gap between youth skills and labor market demand.
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Urban Services Initiative (USI)
J-PAL’s Urban Services Initiative (USI) seeks to identify and rigorously evaluate innovative methods designed to improve the welfare of the urban poor in Africa and Asia.
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Worker Prosperity Initiative (WPI)
J-PAL North America's Labor team 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 change and economic...
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US State and Local Innovation Initiative (SLII)
The J-PAL State and Local Innovation Initiative supports US state and local leaders in building a culture of evidence generation and use.
Event
[Canceled] Covid Dialogues: Strengthening Covid-19 Prevention – From Handwashing to Vaccine Uptake
J-PAL South Asia’s next Covid Dialogue webinar will delve into how governments can effectively communicate Covid-19 prevention behaviors. Speakers will also share lessons to inform Covid-19 vaccine uptake in India, drawing on rigorous research and implementation experience in increasing routine...
Blog
Caitlin Tulloch, J-PAL ‘13, on innovation in cost-effectiveness analyses and building effective policy partnerships
Caitlin Tulloch joined J-PAL Global in 2009, where she played a central role in building the infrastructure for our policy efforts, establishing our approach to cost-effectiveness analysis, and building partnerships with policymakers. Now the associate director of Best Use of Resources at the...
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Luc Behaghel
Luc Behaghel is a Chaired Professor at the Paris School of Economics, Researcher and Director of Research at the National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), IZA Research Fellow, Co-Director of CEPREMAP's Labor program, and a CREST Affiliate.
Evaluation
Combining In-School and Out-of-School Programs to Improve Learning in India
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of the combination of an in-school learning program with an out-of-school learning program on primary school math and reading levels. The combination of the two programs led to a significant increase in children's test scores in both math and language.