📚 New content alert! Explore refreshed lectures in J-PAL’s free course on #EvaluatingSocialPrograms: ✨ Featuring: 🎥 @Ben_Olken on Sample Size & Power 🎥 @SuriTavneet on Threats & Analysis 🎥 @j_floretta on Generalizability https://t.co/b82Sx1Wn3N

📊 When is a randomized evaluation the right tool? In J-PAL’s free #EvaluatingSocialPrograms course, @ElizabethLinos explores this question with a real-world example: Evaluating a support program for frontline workers facing burnout. https://t.co/b82Sx1Wn3N

At #UNGA2025 last month, J-PAL joined partners driving evidence-informed action on global challenges 🌏 From climate adaptation & youth employment to AI in family planning, J-PAL staff shared insights at events by @UNICEF, @BRACworld, @gatesfoundation, @GiveDirectly & more.

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📢 J-PAL's Crime and Violence Initiative Scholars Program offers researchers at universities in LMICs support for randomized evaluations that focus on preventing, mitigating, and responding to the effects of crime and violence. Applications are open until Nov 5—learn more:

🌍 On this #InternationalDayOfCare, we’re highlighting evidence from a J-PAL Policy Insight that shows childcare can be beneficial for women’s economic empowerment: ✨ In 5 of 9 studies, access to childcare increased women’s employment by 5–47% ✨ Childcare helped women be more

To scale effectively, you have to test effectively. Researchers @angrist_noam, @ccullen_1, and @janica_magat used iterative A/B testing to study a tutoring program in Botswana 🇧🇼 and found that overall costs were reduced by up to 11% and learning outcomes improved by 30% in some

📢 Last day to apply! The UM6P–J-PAL Applied Lab for Agriculture (UJALA) is hiring a Senior Policy & Training Associate to join the team in Rabat, Morocco. 📅 Apply by today — Oct 27 (11:59 PM Morocco time) 🌍 Learn more & apply →

‼️ Last day to apply! The UM6P–J-PAL Applied Lab for Agriculture (UJALA) is hiring a Senior Communications Associate in Morocco. If you’re passionate about using strategic communications to amplify research impact and engage policymakers, don’t miss this chance to join our team

J-PAL's Crime and Violence Initiative is funding new evaluations led by researchers based at universities in low- and middle-income countries through the CVI Scholars Program. 🔗 Learn more and apply by November 5:

📢 We're hiring! Join our fantastic team at MIT as a Communications Manager to help shape J-PAL’s digital strategy & brand to make research more accessible and impactful. 🎓 Master’s (preferred) + ~6 yrs relevant experience 📍 Cambridge, MA (full-time) 🗓️ Apply by October 26

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Applications for MIT's Master’s in Data, Econ, and Design of Policy program open in November! 🗓️ Learn everything you need to know—join us for a webinar *tomorrow* Oct 22 at 9 AM ET. Professor Sara Ellison and the team will be live to answer your questions. Register:

J-PAL co-founder Esther Duflo sat down with @alisonwbeard of @HarvardBiz for an interview reflecting on her work and life in the field of economics. 🔗 Read about her favorite projects, strategies for scaling effective anti-poverty policies, and more:

📢 We're hiring! Join our fantastic team at MIT as a Communications Manager to help shape J-PAL’s digital strategy & brand to advance evidence-informed policy worldwide. 🎓 Master’s (preferred) + ~6 yrs relevant experience 📍 Cambridge, MA (full-time) Passionate about

Join a global community of learners who’ve completed their Data, Economics, and Design of Policy MicroMasters credential and pursued a master’s degree with @MITEcon! 🌎🌍🌏 Register for our webinar next Weds, Oct 22 to learn more about the program and admissions:

🚨 New from @JPAL_Africa: During South Africa’s Covid lockdown, a cash transfer program was scaled rapidly to support millions—using research to guide real-time decisions. How did it happen? 🎥 Watch the short video: https://t.co/ewvMeNqehZ #EvidenceToPolicy #CashTransfers

How can can evidence from a successful program in one country be applied in another? 🎥 Watch a new video from @JPAL_Africa on how researchers and policymakers in #SouthAfrica used evidence from #Kenya to inform their pandemic response: 🎬

Meet MIT Professor Sara Ellison and the Data, Economics, and Design of Policy team in our webinar next Weds, Oct 22! Discover how the DEDP MicroMasters can be your pathway to MIT’s master’s program. 🎓 Register today:

Interested in building your skills in impact evaluation but don't have the time or money to enroll in a full-time class? You can complete J-PAL’s free, online course (led by MIT professors!) on #EvaluatingSocialPrograms on your own schedule.

Curious about the DEDP master’s program at @MITEcon? Join our webinar on October 22 at 9 AM EST with MIT Prof Sara Ellison 🗓️ Get insights on admissions, funding, and the two program tracks. Register:

🎉 Proud to share that a longtime J-PAL partner, the Indian state of Gujarat, has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious @EarthshotPrize. Its innovative work on emissions trading schemes, including the newly launched Emissions Trading Accelerator with J-PAL and

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