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Nuestra misión es reducir la pobreza y mejorar la calidad de vida de las personas, creando y difundiendo evidencia rigurosa sobre qué políticas públicas y programas sociales realmente funcionan. Esto lo hacemos a través de investigación, incidencia en política pública y capacitación.

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Building the evidence base to support smallholder farmers

This year’s World Food Day recognizes the importance of addressing food security and rural development in the context of migration and displacement. Building the resilience and production capacity of smallholder farmers is critical to this effort. Learn more about the evidence on what works to spur increased productivity and profitability of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

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Video from Data, Decisions, Public Policy Lecture

Watch the full video from J-PAL affiliate Marianne Bertrand's lecture on the ways in which the lives and attitudes of the rich and poor in the United States have and have not diverged from the 1960s to the 2010s. Register for the next lecture in the Data, Decisions, Public Policy series on December 8 with Pascaline Dupas.

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International Day of the Girl Child

International Day of the Girl Child aims to, in the words of the United Nations, "address the needs and challenges girls face worldwide, while promoting girls' empowerment and the fulfillment of their human rights." Education is one of the most basic human rights—and yet girls in low-income countries are less likely be enrolled in school than their male peers. What do randomized evaluations tell us about how to close the gender gap in school participation?

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Day Manoli on what motivates his research

In our interview with Day Manoli, he discusses the motivations for his current work with the US Internal Revenue Service: “As a graduate student, I volunteered to help individuals file their income taxes at a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance site. Through this experience, I saw how many individuals valued their income tax refunds, but were confused by various policies.”

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