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Evaluation

Demand for Manufacturing Training Services in Bangladesh

Researchers are partnering with the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) to identify barriers to a wider market for consulting and training in Bangladesh by offering high-quality manufacturing training services at randomly-assigned price points and covering different topics. They find that factories and managers are unwilling to take-up high-quality training services more as a result of high production pressures than as a result of high prices, and that there is higher demand for training to improve production planning and quality than for training on human or social resources.
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Project

Using Social Networks, Incentives, and Reminders to Boost Vaccine Demand

A package of interventions combining well-connected local immunization ambassadors, targeted reminders, and incentives to caregivers increased measles vaccination by approximately 55 percent in an at-scale study in Haryana, India. A version using only reminders and ambassadors was less expensive per...
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Elise Huillery

Elise is a Professor at Paris Dauphine University. Her research focuses on policies addressing the lack of human capital (health, education, and social capital) in developing countries and France, with a special interest in understanding the psychological barriers to individual progression.
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African Scholars Opportunities at DigiFI Africa

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Education, Technology, and Opportunity RFP

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Education, Technology, and Opportunity Innovation Competition

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ESII Partnership Opportunities

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Governance Initiative Request for Proposals

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Governance Initiative Conference Travel Grants

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Innovation in Government Initiative Request for Proposals

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Event

Banking The Unbanked: The Effects Of Agents’ Financial Incentives And Transparency in Increasing The Take-up and Usage of Financial Products

Join J-PAL Southeast Asia’s Inclusive Financial Innovation Initiative for a learning collaborative webinar to share valuable findings from a randomized evaluation conducted by IFII invited researchers on increasing the take-up and usage of branchless banking products. This webinar will feature a...
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Vibha Mehta

Vibha Mehta is a Senior Research Manager at J-PAL South Asia where she works on the Bhubaneswar Urban Sanitation project. Vibha holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Michigan, and a Master of Economics from St. Joseph’s College of Arts and Science. In the past, she has taught for...
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Request for Proposals: Homelessness

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Brindha Gopalakrishnan

Brindha is a Policy Associate at J-PAL Global where she works on the Agriculture Sector, supporting the Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative (ATAI) and the Digital Agricultural Innovations and Services Initiative (DAISI).
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Haris Zamaludin