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Market access: Connecting firms and entrepreneurs to markets to spur business and job growth
Improved access to markets has often helped small firms in low- and middle-income countries grow by boosting firm revenues and profits. These interventions have been effective because they have led to new sales, helped firms connect with new types of buyers, and increased information sharing and...
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Subin John
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Edutainment Campaigns to Address Social Norms and Perceptions about Child Marriage in Indonesia
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of an entertainment-education short film informational campaign (i.e. edutainment campaign) designed to inform adolescent girls and parents of the costs of child marriage on the norms and perceptions about child marriage in Indonesia. The edutainment intervention was effective in changing the perceptions of girls and parents towards child marriage.
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Leveraging Business Networks to Boost Women’s Entrepreneurship
Researchers investigated the role of online networking groups (via WhatsApp) and free legal aid on improving business innovation, practices, sales, and profits among growth-oriented women-owned firms in Ghana. They found that online networking groups meaningfully encouraged business innovation, improved participants’ business practices, and boosted firm profits.
Evaluation
Student Incentive Structures in Malawi
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of two different performance-based incentives on students’ test scores, motivation, and behavior in Malawi. They find that tournament-style incentives that rewarded the top performers among a large group lowered test scores and student motivation, especially among lower-performing students, while tournaments among small groups based on initial performance did not impact students’ test scores.
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Offering Amenities to Increase Health Care Demand in Mexico
Researchers conducted an evaluation to test the impact of offering a high-amenity diagnostic consultation for cataracts at different prices on uptake of an underutilized service—cataract surgery—in Mexico. Lower prices for the high-amenity consultation increased exposure to amenities, which ultimately boosted surgery take-up.
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Ehab Riad
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Anya Wintner
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Learning for All Initiative (LAI) African Scholars Opportunities
The Learning for All Initiative (LAI) is invested in creating more opportunities for African scholars to develop and drive the research agenda on the African continent. We are excited to present funding opportunities for resident African Scholars—those who have completed a PhD with sufficient...
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J-PAL updates
New open data platform to advance robust and comprehensive research in the agricultural sector
The Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative today launched a data portal to share harmonized data from randomized evaluations of agriculture programs.
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Reflecting on a decade of impactful research at J-PAL North America
In the introductory post of the J-PAL North America ten-year anniversary blog series, our scientific leadership reflects on some of the most impactful research conducted by academic researchers in our network and supported by J-PAL North America
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Reflecting on a decade of impactful research at J-PAL North America: Ensuring rigorous research design and effective implementation
In part two of J-PAL North America’s ten-year anniversary blog series, we dive into study design and implementation and look at past studies to distill key lessons on ensuring rigorous research design and effective implementation to build an evidence base on poverty reduction strategies.
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Reflecting on a decade of impactful research at J-PAL North America: Forming strong researcher-practitioner partnerships
In part three of J-PAL North America’s ten-year anniversary blog series, we distill key lessons on the effective collaboration between researchers and practitioners needed to build an evidence base on poverty reduction strategies.