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Blog

DigiFI blog series: Deepening our understanding of the digital ID and payment research agenda

Governments across sub-Saharan Africa have been investing in new ways of digitizing financial services and identification systems to improve service delivery and governance and reduce leakages in public programs. Yet, we have limited rigorous evidence on the impacts of these reforms. To fill this...
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Jobs and Opportunity Initiative RFP

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Education Research for Covid-19 Response & Recovery Request for Proposals

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HCDI Request for Proposals

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Raghabendra Chattopadhyay

Raghabendra Chattopadhyay is a Professor of Public Policy and Management at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM).
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Evaluation

The Impact of Candidates’ Political Connections on Voters' Expressed Support in Pakistan

Researchers evaluated the impact of randomly varied information about candidates’ political connections on voters' beliefs and self-expressed support in the context of a 2015 local election in Sargodha, a district in rural Pakistan. Providing information on candidates’ connectedness increased voters' expressed support for more well-connected politicians.
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Worker Prosperity Initiative Request for Proposals

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Covid Dialogues: Labor Markets and Covid-19 Recovery Brown Bag

Over a hundred million people lost employment in 2020 and many more worked reduced hours. The economic repercussions of Covid-19 will likely be felt well into 2030. What policies might speed the path toward recovery? Please join J-PAL's Labor Markets and Firms teams for an informal discussion of...
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Tithee Mukhopadhyay

Tithee Mukhopadhyay is the Deputy Executive Director for J-PAL South Asia.
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Worker Prosperity Innovation Competition

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State and Local Innovation Request for Proposals

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A Practical Guide to Measuring Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment in Impact Evaluations

Policymakers and practitioners around the world are increasingly interested in supporting women's and girls’ empowerment, and many researchers are grappling with how best to measure empowerment in impact evaluations.
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Creating a Culture of Evidence Use

Lessons from J-PAL's Government Partnerships in Latin America
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Michael Eddy, J-PAL ‘10, on using evidence to support high-impact organizations

We caught up with Michael Eddy, formerly of the research teams at J-PAL South Asia and J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). After an exciting early career in results-based financing and social impact investing, Michael now advises major foundations, aid organizations, and social enterprises...
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Sector Policy Insights

Policy Insights in Health

J-PAL’s Health sector focuses on identifying policies and programs effective at improving the reach, quality and take-up of health services and products. Our policy insights below summarize the general lessons from randomized evaluations on topics such as pricing for essential preventive health...