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Affiliated researchers Jessica Cohen and Maggie McConnell and our Health Care Delivery Initiative staff highlight the importance of randomized evaluations in maternal and newborn health and discuss future research generation in collaboration with social scientists, clinicians, and policy-makers.

Inclusive language helps us report research findings with accuracy and increases the accessibility of our communications. In this post, J-PAL North America and J-PAL Global staff describe how our offices strive to use inclusive language throughout our communications.

In Egypt and globally, low-income populations disproportionately experience a range of climate change-related hazards. Egypt is particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts, with a projected increase in heat waves, dust storms, and extreme weather events. COP27 in Sharm ElSheikh is a...

Enrique Seira es profesor de economía en la Universidad Estatal de Michigan y fundador de Qué Funciona para el Desarrollo. Utiliza su investigación sobre los tribunales, la democracia, la corrupción y los mercados crediticios para ayudar a orientar el espacio político en México hacia un uso más...

Una de las prioridades de J-PAL Latinoamérica y el Caribe (LAC) es acelerar el crecimiento de evidencia rigurosa sobre enfoques efectivos para promover la igualdad de género en la región. A medida que nos acercamos al final del año 2022, presentamos algunas reflexiones sobre las lecciones aprendidas...

Between 2008 and 2010, poverty in Kenya was reduced by two percent due to better access to mobile money services. To better understand the potential pathways and scale of potential impact, we summarise the findings on the expansion of digital payments, such as mobile money, in sub-Saharan Africa...

In July, J-PAL organised the “Development Methodologies” summer school for over seventy African researchers and policymakers, in partnership with the French Development Agency, the Fund for Innovation in Development, and the École National Supérieure de Statistique et d’Économie Appliquée of Abidjan...

In this post, we speak with Monica Lambon-Quayefio, a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Ghana. Monica’s primary research interests include health economics, spatial econometrics, development, and experimental economics.