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Marc Witte
Research Paper
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“Press 1 for Roads”: Bridging Communication Gaps in Political Representation
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Maria Sarah
Policy insight
Improving sanitation access with subsidies, loans, and community-led programs
Programs involving community behavior-change campaigns and subsidies to boost toilet construction can improve people’s access to and use of improved sanitation facilities. However, evidence on the downstream health impacts of common sanitation programs in low- and middle-income countries has been...
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Firms
J-PAL’s Firms sector evaluates how to best help firms and entrepreneurs grow, innovate, and contribute to economic growth and job creation that reduce global poverty. It also seeks to understand the impacts of firms on workers and their families, the environment, and the broader society.
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Policy Insights in Firms
J-PAL’s Firms sector focuses on private sector development and job creation. Our policy insights below summarize general lessons from randomized evaluations on strategies to help firms and entrepreneurs grow, create jobs, become more productive, and improve workers' lives and other development...
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Patrick Kline
Blog
J-PAL LAC government partnerships: Supporting government decision-making in Guatemala
Our work at J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is made possible by close collaboration with and the dedication of many regional governments who recognize the importance of using data and evidence to improve social programs and public policy. Over the past fifteen years, we have worked with...
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Improving women’s representation in politics through gender quotas
Gender quotas for women in local government bodies can improve women’s representation in politics, increase provision of public services, and improve perceptions of women as leaders.
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Increasing student enrollment and attendance: impacts by gender
Reducing the costs and increasing the perceived benefits of education increase student participation for both boys and girls, and successful programs tend to help the gender with the lowest initial attendance most.
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Public works programs and labor market outcomes
Public works programs in low- and middle-income countries provide short-term employment and earnings boosts to participants. These programs usually do not lead to lasting labor market benefits when measured several years after implementation, though they often generate lasting effects on asset...
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Leveraging index insurance to protect farmers from weather-based risk
When designed well, insurance does protect small-scale farmers from adverse weather events, but farmers have low demand for these products at market prices. New technologies and climate-smart agricultural practices can reduce farmers’ risk exposure and increase their climate resiliency. More...
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Increasing enrollment and attendance by making education benefits salient and changing perceptions
Interventions that address perception gaps about the benefits of education or make the benefits more salient can increase student participation at low cost. In contrast, increases in the quality of education can be difficult for parents to accurately perceive and thus do not necessarily lead to...
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Reducing costs to increase school participation
Programs that reduce the costs of education increase student enrollment and attendance. However, there is considerable variation in the cost effectiveness of different programs.
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