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Webinar series: Preparing for graduate study abroad for African students
J-PAL Africa holds a webinar series each year for African students who would like to pursue graduate study in Economics, Public Policy, or related fields in North America or Europe. The webinars are spread throughout the year and aim to provide comprehensive information to African students on what...
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Shashwat Singh
Shashwat is currently working as a Research Associate at J-PAL South Asia on the project "Targeting benefits by profession: Welfare benefits for construction workers," based out of Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.
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Antara Rao Yadavalli
Antara Rao Yadavalli is a Research Associate at J-PAL South Asia, where she works on the Targeted and Flexible Microfinance project in Tamil Nadu. Her work focuses on expanding access to credit for urban self-employed households, with responsibilities spanning data management and field operations to...
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Sarita Undurraga
Evidence to Policy Case Study
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Interactive curriculum to reshape gender norms
In India, the state governments of Punjab and Odisha are scaling up an evidence-based gender transformative education program in government schools with the NGO Breakthrough, reaching 4 million students across both states by 2026.
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Giving directly to support poor households
GiveDirectly has expanded its cash transfer program, which was found in a randomized evaluation to have improved economic and psychological well-being in Kenya, to reach over 1.6 million people in Bangladesh, DRC, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, and the United States.
Sector
Education
J-PAL’s Education sector uncovers strategies for getting more children in school and learning. The Policy Insights below reflect lessons from randomized evaluations of interventions that boost enrollment and achievement—such as targeted instruction, information provision, health services, and early...
Evaluation
Impact of Recruiting Services on Firms' Job Postings and Hiring in France
Researchers in France studied whether government-provided recruiting services would impact firms’ job postings and hiring by lowering recruiting costs. The recruiting services decreased firms’ hiring costs and increased firms’ job postings and hiring, including much sought-after permanent-contract hires.
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Using rigorous impact evaluation to help people find jobs
The French Public Employment Service has incorporated rigorous evidence from randomized evaluations into its decision-making processes to improve employment outcomes of job seekers throughout the country.
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Lowering barriers to contraception use through mass media
An evidence-based family planning campaign delivered via mass media was scaled up across Burkina Faso, reaching 80 percent of the country’s population, and adapted in seven countries in southern and eastern Africa.
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Tutoring to accelerate learning
Research has shown that high-dosage tutoring helps students catch up. Governments and agencies across the United States are implementing tutoring programs to accelerate learning in the wake of Covid-19.