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Arpit Bankawat
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What Works To Reduce Poverty: 10 years of research and evidence-based policy to advance economic mobility
Bringing together policymakers, practitioners, and researchers from around the country, J-PAL North America celebrated 10 years of catalyzing policy-relevant research with a celebratory two-day event.
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Gabrielle Robertson
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Information Session on LEVER Evaluation Incubator
Learn more about LEVER’s Evaluation Incubator opportunity!
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DEDP Alumni Spotlight: Pursuing research around the world while staying connected to the J-PAL community
Since the inaugural 2020 cohort, 66 graduates of the DEDP program have earned their master’s degrees, and the current cohort will graduate in September 2023 to join the alumni community. We caught up with a few of our alumni who are PhD students to learn about their work, goals, and journeys from...
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Tutoring Evaluation Accelerator: Building partnerships to accelerate learning
J-PAL North America announces a new partnership with Accelerate to launch the Tutoring Evaluation Accelerator, which aims to support ten tutoring providers from Accelerate’s Call to Effective Action to implement data-driven programs and generate critical evidence on tutoring.
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Diana Horvath
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Researching racial equity: Stratification economics
In J-PAL North America’s researching racial equity blog series, we discuss how research plays a critical role in identifying structural inequities in systems and policies that disproportionately affect communities of color. In part three, Dania Francis (UMass Boston), a researcher in the J-PAL...
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Poornima Soundararajan
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Jamila Ayoub
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Lanzamiento de la alianza J-PAL y UVG para la toma de decisiones informada por evidencia en Guatemala
El 21 de julio, J-PAL y Universidad del Valle de Guatemala presentarán los principales objetivos de su nueva alianza, que busca a promover la toma de decisiones informada por evidencia en Guatemala.
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Aya Elbahtieny
Aya Elbahtieny is an Administrative Assistant at J-PAL Middle East and North Africa, where she oversees key office responsibilities.
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J-PAL Southeast Asia
Since 2013, J-PAL SEA has established itself as one of the main partners for evidence generation in Indonesia. Within a decade, J-PAL SEA has achieved many significant milestones, from providing evidence to improve the delivery and expansion of Indonesia’s food assistance program to informing the...
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Improving mental health in low- and middle-income settings: Key findings from rigorous research
Mental health conditions are prevalent worldwide, especially among people living in poverty. In 2017, an estimated 10.7 percent of the global population had at least one mental health disorder. Meanwhile, access to services remains low even for those who seek care. Evidence on how to close this...
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Young Researchers Pursue Nobel Prize-Winning Approach to Alleviating Poverty in Middle East and North Africa With Support From New Fellowship
The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Middle East and North Africa at the American University in Cairo announced the first cohort of the MENA Scholars Fellowship following a highly competitive application process after the fellowship’s launch in November 2022. The MENA Scholars Fellowship will...