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Rajesh Tamadapally
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Ishneet Kaur
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Defining urban impact: Embedding data and evidence use in climate-responsive urban development
Partnerships between city governments and research and evidence-focused institutions can help bridge the gap between urban policy, implementation, and rigorous evaluation. This is precisely where the role of learning and evaluation partners like J-PAL’s Hub of Advanced Policy Innovation for the...
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Daniel Cadena
Daniel Cadena is a Research Associate at J-PAL LAC, where he works on government partnerships and rigorous impact evaluations.
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Aya Essam
Aya Essam is a senior policy, communications and learning associate at Egypt Impact Lab (EIL). The EIL is a partnership between J-PAL Middle East and North Africa and the Ministry of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation in Egypt. EIL is uniquely positioned within the...
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Stefano DellaVigna
Stefano DellaVigna is the Daniel E. Koshland, Sr. Distinguished Professor of Economics and Professor of Business Administration at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
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The Effect of a Contract Teacher Program Scale-up on Student Learning in Kenya
In Kenya, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a contract teacher program on student learning outcomes, comparing implementation between an NGO and the government. The NGO-led program improved student test scores, while the government-led version had no impact.
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Ntuthuko Hlela
Ntuthuko Hlela is a Research Associate at J-PAL Africa. Previously, he worked at the World Bank, the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU), and the University of Cape Town (UCT).
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Kate Orkin
Kate Orkin is Associate Professor in Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford and an affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) (Development and Labour programmes), the Institute of Labour Economics (IZA), and the Centre for the Study...
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J-PAL Scholars and Fellows
J-PAL is invested in creating more opportunities to diversify and expand our worldwide research network. The J-PAL Scholars and Fellows programs enable researchers from low- and middle-income countries to drive the research agenda in their regions through the use of randomized evaluations.
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Educational Returns of Boarding Schools for Underserved Secondary School Children in France
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of boarding schools on educational outcomes and well-being for children with disadvantaged backgrounds in France. The top third of students admitted to France’s first “boarding school of excellence” had large improvements in math scores after two years, but there were no impacts on French skills for any of the students.
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