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Evaluation

Household Risk Strategies and Conditional Cash Transfers in Nicaragua

Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the effect of a basic CCT program, as well as two complementary interventions, on households’ vulnerability to irregular weather patterns. Providing households with vocational training or capital grants to generate non-agricultural income helps improve consumption and resilience to weather shocks.
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Jyotsna Kandulna

Jyotsna Kandulna is an HR Associate at J-PAL South Asia where she provides solid foundational support in the HR operations by assisting in employee orientation, induction activities and new HR initiatives.
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Blog

India’s nutrition landscape and the path forward

Over the last few years, India has made sizable investments in improving child nutrition through government programs like the Poshan Abhiyaan, the Government of India’s flagship scheme to tackle malnutrition in children, and the ongoing work of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), the...
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ASPIRE Events

Events Page for the ASPIRE microsite
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Evaluation

The Impact of Targeted Mailers to Re-Engage US Voters with Criminal Convictions

Researchers evaluated the impact of targeted mailings encouraging people with criminal records to register to vote on voting behavior in North Carolina. Mailers increased both voter registration and general election turnout among people with past criminal convictions.
Job

Communications Manager - J-PAL Global

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Ash Craig

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Saurabh Bhargava

Saurabh Bhargava is a Behavioral Economist currently serving as a Visiting Associate Professor of Economics at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he teaches managerial decision-making with an emphasis on perspectives from machine learning and AI. He previously served as an...
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Sushant Pawar

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Initiative

Crime and Violence Initiative (CVI)

The Crime and Violence Initiative (CVI) fosters experimental research on crime and social and political violence. By providing targeted funding for rigorous evaluations of the most promising programs, the CVI aims to offer guidance for implementing organizations, governments, and donors, so that...
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Crime and Violence Initiative RFP

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Grant Miller

Grant Miller is the Henry J. Kaiser, Jr. Professor of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Director of the Stanford Center on Global Poverty and Development. His research focuses on understanding the major causes of population health improvement around the world and over time...
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Raissa Fabregas

Raissa Fabregas is an Assistant Professor of Public Affairs at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.
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William (Bill) Evans

William Evans is the Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame. His principle research interests are in applied microeconomics and include topics in the economics of education, public finance, and health economics.
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Michael Best

Michael Best is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Columbia University. His research focuses on improving government effectiveness in low- and middle-income countries, particularly by improving tax compliance and bureaucratic performance.