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Increasing Public Transportation for Higher Employment and Women's Empowerment in Pakistan
Researchers are partnering with Lahore Transport Company (LTC), the public vehicle operation regulator, to introduce routes for small vehicles, known as wagons, that feed into a bus rapid transit system and will reserve a portion of wagons for women only. Researchers will evaluate the impact of these investments in public transportation on employment outcomes as well as on women’s empowerment.
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Using administrative data for randomized evaluations
Administrative data is information collected, used, and stored primarily for administrative (i.e., operational), rather than research, purposes. These data can be an excellent source of information for use in research and impact evaluation. This document provides practical guidance on how to obtain...
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Working with a third-party survey firm
This resource provides guidance on when to work with an external survey firm, the process of identifying and contracting a firm, and how to coordinate tasks to ensure a successful study. It highlights topics in survey or study design that may be beneficial to review with the survey firm, outlines a...
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Increasing response rates of mail surveys and mailings
Drawing on evidence and examples from literature on mail experiments and mail surveys, this resource suggests strategies for increasing responses to mail surveys and mailings targeted at a fixed pool of respondents in a randomized evaluation. We do not address tradeoffs between mailings versus other...
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Data security procedures for researchers
This document provides a primer on basic data security themes, provides context on elements of data security that are particularly relevant for randomized evaluations using individual-level administrative and/or survey data, and offers guidance for describing data security procedures to an...
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Communicating with a partner about results
Randomized evaluations require collaboration and communication between many stakeholders, including academic researchers, research staff, implementing partners, holders of administrative data, policymakers, and the community. These stakeholders have diverse viewpoints and specialized vocabularies...
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Evaluating technology-based interventions
This resource provides guidance for evaluations that use technology as a key part of the intervention being tested. Examples of such interventions might include automated alerts embedded into an Electronic Medical Record, or a text messaging platform facilitating communication between teachers and...
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Real-time monitoring and response plans: Creating procedures
When an unintended change arises in a study of a social program or policy, there is often a limited window during which to address it. Systematic monitoring plans can equip researchers and program staff to detect changes and make course corrections in real time if elements of the study deviate from...
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Define intake and consent process
Far from a simple administrative step, decisions about a study’s intake and consent process are critical for the success of a study. This process can affect statistical power, bias, and the validity of the study through effects on the composition of the consented study sample, the intake/consent...
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Quick guide to power calculations
This resource is intended for researchers who are designing and assessing the feasibility of a randomized evaluation with an implementing partner. We outline key principles, provide guidance on identifying inputs for calculations, and walk through a process for incorporating power calculations into...
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Administrative steps for launching a randomized evaluation in the United States
This checklist provides guidance on the logistical and administrative steps that are necessary to launch a randomized evaluation that adheres to legal regulations, follows transparency guidelines required by many academic journals, and complies with security procedures required by regulatory or...
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Checklist for launching a randomized evaluation in the United States
J-PAL North America’s Evaluation Toolkit is intended for researchers, research managers, research assistants, and students trained in economic theory and research design who are preparing to launch a prospective randomized evaluation. Research organizations have published a number of useful...
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Assessing viability and building relationships
This resource guides researchers through background research and early discussions with a program implementer who has expressed interest in a randomized evaluation, and with whom a partnership seems potentially viable. It provides guidelines for researchers to conduct early conversations with twin...
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Design and iterate implementation strategy
Implementing partners and researchers should work closely together during the study design phase of a randomized evaluation to create a feasible implementation strategy. This resource is intended to provide a framework for researchers making study design decisions with their partners. The general...