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The promise of multidisciplinary collaborations for governance research
Effective governance is essential to reducing poverty—both in aligning the needs of citizens with the actions of states, and then ensuring that states have the capacity to meet those needs. As our research agenda has evolved in the last decade, researchers in J-PAL’s network have increasingly...
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August 2024 North America Monthly Newsletter
J-PAL North America's August newsletter features new research results on the impact of cash transfers on health, labor, and consumption, a blog post on the Bay Area Evaluation Community of Practice, and updates from the J-PAL North America DEI Working Group.
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Joselyne Sarg
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The Impact of Broadening Traditional Leaders’ Advisors on Inclusive Governance in Zimbabwe
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test how encouraging traditional leaders to broaden their circle of advisors affects inclusive governance in Zimbabwe. Village chiefs improved their decision-making processes when they attended the workshop on inclusive and transparent governance and were accompanied by a civil society member.
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Building farmers' resilience to climate change
In the face of weather shocks, improved agricultural technologies and techniques, financial services, and social assistance programs can improve the resilience of small-scale farmers. These tools can help farmers prevent crop losses, avoid consumption cuts or sales of productive assets, or even...
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Ignacio Lepe
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Building effective social protection programs through government and researcher partnerships: Reflections from a MENA-SEA South-South Learning Journey
In a critical moment for global social protection systems, policymakers from Egypt and Indonesia recently came together in Jakarta for the groundbreaking event, South-South Learning Journey.
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Mahreen Mahmud
Mahreen Mahmud is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Exeter Business School. Her research focuses on evaluating the impact of social protection programs on household welfare and interventions aimed at enhancing women's economic participation and empowerment using field experiments...
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Bridging gaps in health care: The impact of investigator diversity on clinical trials
J-PAL affiliated researcher Marcella Alsan and coauthors Romaine Campbell, Lukas Leister, and Ayotomiwa Ojo share insights from their research on how investigator racial diversity affects clinical trial participation by Black respondents.
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Chamada de programas para fortalecer a qualidade de pré-escolas
O J-PAL LAC e a Fundação Bracell estão unindo forças para promover a melhoria da qualidade da educação infantil no Brasil com o projeto “Fortalecimento das aprendizagens e do desenvolvimento das crianças na pré-escola”. Esta chamada de propostas tem como objetivo selecionar programas promissores...
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Evolving towards a data-driven culture: The City of Carlsbad’s reflections from LEVER’s Training Sprint
Rachel Maltz—Senior Program Manager of the City of Carlsbad California’s Innovation and Economic Development Department—shares her experience participating in LEVER's 2023 Training Sprint and how the program has helped evolve the city's approach to evidence and data usage in policymaking.
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JOI Brazil: Helping shape the Brazilian labor policy landscape
2024 marks the third anniversary of the Jobs and Opportunities Initiative Brazil (JOI Brazil). In this blog, we share what JOI Brazil has accomplished so far—and what we hope to accomplish in the coming years.
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Daniel Carvalho Mendonca
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