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Divya Talwar
Divya Manoj Goel is an Human Resource Manager at J-PAL South Asia where she leads recruitments and HR operations.
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J-PAL North America Evidence for Climate Action Convening
Join J-PAL North America as we connect state and local climate leaders, government associations, and academic researchers from across the country to advance evidence for climate action. During our July convening, participants will share opportunities and develop strategies for researcher-government...
Evaluation
Online Customer Discrimination against Female Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa
Researchers evaluated the impact of gender-based discrimination on female teleworkers’ productivity in online sales interactions with customers in Africa. When a customer chat representative had a female-sounding name, it led to significantly fewer purchases, and slower and more reserved reactions from customers.
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Sarvashreshth Kalash
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Bastien Michel
Bastien Michel holds a Master's degree in Economics from Paris School of Economics and a BA from the ENS de Cachan and the University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne. He is currently based in Chennai and is working on the randomized evaluation of education, health and anti-corruption programs in Andhra...
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Gregory Lane
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Roman Andres Zarate
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Haley Packard
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Arman Rezaee
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Ying Gao
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Learning Together for Children’s Learning: An Interdisciplinary Convening
The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is pleased to announce two in-person events to feature multidisciplinary education research and foster cross-disciplinary connections: a closed two-day convening at the Paris School of Economics (June 18–19) followed by a public one-day conference at...
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J-PAL updates
Egypt’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development officially approves integration of the Egypt Impact Evaluation Lab into the National Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development
Dr. Hala El Said, Egypt's Minister of Planning and Economic Development, has officially approved the integration of the Egypt Impact Lab (EIL) into the organizational structure of the National Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development to support evidence-based policies and interventions...
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Innovative Finance for Technology Adoption in Western Kenya
Researchers randomly evaluated whether well-timed access to credit would allow maize farmers in Kenya to make better use of storage and sell their output at higher prices. The loan offers allowed farmers to store more maize and earn higher revenues, with larger revenue impacts for farmers granted loans immediately following harvest and in areas where a smaller share of farmers was offered loans.
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Making Networks Work for Policy: Evidence from Agricultural Technology Adoption in Malawi
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test whether the position of a trained lead farmer within a community’s social network affected other farmers’ decisions to adopt a new agricultural technology in Malawi. Results suggest that having access to multiple lead farmers/central individuals has the potential to increase adoption and speed the diffusion process of the technology.