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June 2021 Newsletter
In the June 2021 Newsletter, we highlight the Jobs and Opportunity Initiative expanding to Brazil, how commitment savings products can help individuals experiencing poverty reach their savings goals, and new trends in randomized evaluations during Covid‑19.
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April 2021 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's April newsletter highlights our new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion webpage and two upcoming events, the HCDI@8 virtual convening and the Evaluation Social Programs executive education course.
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May 2021 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's May newsletter features research on scaling and replicating summer jobs programs, a blog post on a research-practice partnership that seeks to improve education in Puerto Rico, and our new webpage on K-12 tutoring.
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CareerTalk with J-PAL South Asia
J-PAL South Asia’s CareerTalk aims to engage with a diverse cohort of college and university students interested in learning more about the development sector in India and employment opportunities at J-PAL South Asia. This webinar will be conducted on 17 July 2021 at 3:00–4:00 pm IST.
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Affiliate Spotlight: Seema Jayachandran on deforestation, corruption, and the roots of gender inequality
Seema Jayachandran (Northwestern University) discusses wide-ranging research in the developing world and insights gained into gender parity, economic growth, and pandemic impact in poor nations.
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Experimentation and Evaluation Put Forward as Key to Morocco's Development
On May 25, 2021, the chairman of Morocco’s Special Commission for the Development Model presented the report on the New Development Model to His Majesty King Mohammed VI. The mandate of the Commission was to analyze the Kingdom's current development path and to outline a new development model...
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Building research partnerships to address the opioid crisis in Minnesota
Adam Sacarny (Columbia University) and Weston Merrick from the Minnesota Management and Budget share insights on the process of launching a randomized evaluation of the state’s prescription monitoring program (PMP). The ongoing study seeks to evaluate the impact of sending informational letters on...
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Earth Day 2021: Evaluating the state of evidence in climate action and poverty alleviation
Earth Day presents an opportunity for citizens, policymakers, and the private sector alike to take stock of the state of our planet and our progress in fighting climate change. This Earth Day, we must also acknowledge climate change's disproportionate impact on people experiencing poverty. To...
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Adrienne Larson
Adrienne Larson joined J-PAL Global as a Policy Intern in February 2016, where she helps to communicate J-PAL's research findings to policymakers.
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Leading government systems change from within
At J-PAL, our people are the real drivers of our impact. Many J-PAL alumni go on to occupy positions in governments worldwide, where they advocate for evidence use in decision-making from within. Learn about the civil servants among our current and former staff in our new Alumni Voices from...
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Bringing data into Moroccan policymaking
In this post, Hana Lakhdar Gazal (Deputy Director, Morocco Employment Lab) describes her past work with the Moroccan government to institutionalize data-driven policymaking and how it inspired her to pursue this further at J-PAL.
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Alumni Voices from Government: Jasmine Shah ‘16, Dialogue and Development Commission, Delhi Government
Formerly the deputy director of J-PAL South Asia, Jasmine Shah ‘16 now leads public policy design and implementation at the Dialogue and Development Commission within the Delhi government. He describes the transition from J-PAL to government in this post in our Alumni Voices from Government series.
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Lessons learned in collecting data for government and randomized evaluations
Laura Feeney, Associate Director of Research and Training for J-PAL North America, recounts how her time as an economist at the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics helped prepare her for the realities of implementing randomized evaluations.
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Sozialpolitische Maßnahmen in Europa im Test: Was können wir lernen?
Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler des J-PAL Netzwerks haben bisher über 80 laufende oder abgeschlossene randomisierte Evaluationen sozialpolitischer Maßnahmen, mit besonderem Fokus auf Bildung und Arbeitsmärkte, in 20 europäischen Ländern durchgeführt. Im Folgenden stellen wir eine...