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PROSA: Fostering Early Childhood Development in Guatemala

PROSA- which stands for “Screening and Launching Program” in Spanish, is a joint project between J-PAL and Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. This project maps programs related to Early Childhood Development (ECD)—ranging from early stimulation to nutrition and health interventions—and evaluates...
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Community of Practice for Gender Equality and Evidence Use webinar: Gender Violence Programs Targeting Men

J-PAL LAC’s Community of Practice (CoP) for Gender Equality and Evidence Use goal is to bring together government officials, researchers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society to tackle the structural barriers that prevent the empowerment of girls and women in LAC. The third...
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2024 | Improving Lives through Evidence

The 2024-25 edition of “Improving Lives Through Evidence” reflects on how J-PAL’s approach to evidence and policy change has evolved over the years in response to new challenges, and sets ambitious goals to achieve a more just and sustainable world.
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Evaluation

The Impact of Free Tuition Program Design on College Applications and Enrollment in the United States

Researchers investigated how two different free tuition programs for low-income students affected application and enrollment to the University of Michigan. An unconditional offer substantially increased application and enrollment while a conditional offer had a much smaller effect on applications and zero effect on enrollment.
Research Paper

Misperceptions and Product Choice: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Zambia

Initiative Resource

King Climate Action Initiative Request for Proposals

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Blog

Alumni Voices: The first draft of emissions trading in India

Yuanjian Carla Li (former Senior Research Associate, 2010-12) and Arun Singh (former Research Associate, 2013-15) were among the first few research staff members at J-PAL South Asia who helped spur conversations around emissions trading in India.
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Event

Economics of Decarbonization Working Group Inaugural Convening

J-PAL North America's Environment, Energy, and Climate Change (EECC) team is launching a series of researcher convenings with the goal of coordinating the efforts of researchers to develop an evidence base (experimental and non-experimental) that will inform carbon mitigation efforts in the United...
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Regístrese para Importancia de la evidencia para el diseño y mejora de programas que favorecen la agencia de las mujeres

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The LA Homelessness Evaluation Network: Supporting service providers in their efforts to generate and use evidence

J-PAL North America is partnering with the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to offer LA-based homeless service providers a supportive “community of practice” around rigorous research. Through this effort, we aim to bolster organizations’ ability to generate and use evidence to inform decision-making as...
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Event

Summer School: Development Methodologies

In partnership with the French Development Agency, the French Fund for Innovation in Development, and the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, J-PAL is hosting a summer training course in Rabat, Morocco for African researchers with a demonstrated interest in conducting impact evaluations.
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Blog

Affiliate Spotlight: Simone Schaner on lessons learned from advancing evidence-based policy

Simone Schaner is an associate professor (research) of economics at the University of Southern California and co-chair of the Inclusive Financial Innovation Initiative. Simone’s interests revolve around decision-making processes within households, especially related to financial access, health care...
Update

J-PAL North America June 2023 Newsletter

J-PAL North America's June newsletter features our Health Care Evaluation Toolkit; a new Tutoring Evaluation Accelerator; and researcher-practitioner partnerships to evaluate summer youth employment programs.
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Blog

Shukuma in South African schools: Adapting evidence on cognitive behavioural therapy-inspired programmes to reduce violence

While evidence-based insights on the most effective ways to reduce crime and violence are scarce, rigorous evidence has shown that one family of interventions may be effective. A strong foundation of evidence suggests that interventions based on the principles of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)...
Sector Policy Insights

Policy Insights in Social Protection

J-PAL's Social Protection sector focuses on identifying policies and programs in low- and middle-income countries effective at providing financial assistance to low-income families, insuring against shocks, and breaking poverty traps. The policy insights below summarize general lessons from...