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Pedro Rodrigues Oliveira
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Ayoub Belhaj
Ayoub Belhaj is a Policy Manager at the UM6P-J-PAL Applied Lab for Agriculture (UJALA).
Initiative
Digital Identification and Finance Initiative in Africa (DigiFI Africa)
The Digital Identification and Finance Initiative in Africa (DigiFI) aims to generate rigorous evidence on how African governments, private companies, and NGOs can leverage digital payments and identification systems to improve lives through better public service delivery, governance, and financial...
Event
Evidence and Experiences to Strengthen Payments for Environmental Services (PES) Programs
This in-person event in Mexico will bring together leading institutions and practitioners to share scientific evidence, lessons learned, and innovative approaches for strengthening PES programs. It will highlight how randomized evaluations (RCT) can generate rigorous evidence to improve program...
Event
Webinar on Advancing Research for an Effective and Fair Criminal Legal System
This webinar will introduce IECP’s inaugural Request for Proposals (RFP), share guidance on the application process, and feature researchers whose work illustrates how racial equity can be embedded directly into research design.
Evidence to Policy Case Study
Case study
Improving youth sexual health through educational entertainment
A randomized evaluation found that the educational TV drama series Shuga increased HIV testing and reduced the stigma around sexual health among young viewers in Nigeria.
The Evidence Effect
Paying people to protect forests
Payments for ecosystem services (PES)—conditional cash to protect forests and curb pollution—reduce deforestation and cut emissions at strikingly low cost when well designed. Smart tweaks like full‑parcel enrollment, satellite verification, and liquidity‑building upfront payments dramatically boost...
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Roland Dubb
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Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno
Vanessa is Research Associate at J-PAL LAC and she works on a project with the Ministry of Economy of Peru to identify innovation opportunities to improve the system and the management of human resources of public officials at the national, regional and local levels.