J-PAL Resources

How to write a competitive grant proposal guide and video

Budgeting for impact evaluations guide

How to build effective implementing partner relationships guide

Brahm Fleisch, a J-PAL Invited Researcher and Professor of Education Policy at the University of the Witwatersrand shared tips on how to engage with the existing education literature to formulate innovative research questions and where randomized evaluations fit in.

Andrew Dillon, a J-PAL Affiliate, Associate Professor at the Kellogg School of Management, and Research Professor at the Global Poverty Research Lab at Northwestern University, shared insights on measurement in randomized evaluations from his field experience. 

Muhammad Meki, a J-PAL Affiliate and Associate Professor at the University of Oxford, shared insights on building a portfolio of research projects.

Martin Abel, a J-PAL Affiliate and Professor of Economics at Bowdoin College, presented on AI and machine learning tools, and showed how researchers can use them effectively. 

Pascaline Dupas, a J-PAL Affiliate and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University and Co-Scientific Director of J-PAL Africa, presented on an RCT in rural Morocco that measured the impact of a cash transfer program on learners’ education outcomes. The webinar walked through the lifecycle of an RCT from defining the research question and evaluation design to sampling, data collection, implementation, and interpreting results. This webinar was presented in French. 

Jenny Aker, a J-PAL Affiliate, and Daniel G. Sisler, Professor of Development Economics at Cornell University and Co-Chair of the Digital Identification and Finance Initiative at J-PAL Africa, presented on an RCT from start to finish, examining whether rainwater harvesting techniques are profitable for small-scale farmers in Niger. This webinar was presented in French. 

J-PAL Research Resource: Repository of measurement and survey design resources

J-PAL Research Resource: The Elements of a Randomised Evaluation

J-PAL Research Resource: Introduction to Measurement and Indicators

IPA’s Resource: Guiding Your Program to Build a Theory of Change

J-PAL Research Resource: Introduction to Randomised Evaluations

J-PAL’s table of Impact Evaluation Methods

J-PAL’s Advantages of Randomised Evaluations

J-PAL’s Common questions and concerns about Randomised Evaluations

J-PAL Research Resource: Randomisation

J-PAL’s Real-World Challenges to Randomisation and Their Solutions

J-PAL Research Resource: Data Analysis

J-PAL's Guide for Power Calculations in Practice

J-PAL's Power Calculations by Hand: Examples

J-PAL’s Power Calculator

J-PAL's Github with Stata and R code for power calculations

J-PAL Research Resource: Power calculations

J-PAL Research Resource: Quick guide to power calculations

J-PAL's Sample size and power calculations code in Stata and R

J-PAL’s Six rules of thumb for understanding statistical power

EGAP’s 10 Things to know about statistical power

J-PAL Research Resource: Ethical Conduct of Randomised Evaluations

J-PAL Research Resource: Internal Review Board Proposals

J-PAL Research Resource: Data Security 

J-PAL Research Resource: Conducting Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

J-PAL's Costing Guidelines

Paper by Dhaliwal et al (2012): Comparative Cost-effectiveness Analysis to Inform Policy in Developing Countries

J-PAL blog: Infinitely cost-effective? Common misconceptions in cost-effective analyses

J-PAL Policy Bulletin: Roll call: Getting children into school

J-PAL Policy Insight: Tailoring instruction to students’ learning levels to increase learning

J-PAL webpage: Evidence to Policy

Paper by Bates et al (2017): The Generalizability Puzzle

J-PAL blog: Increasing your visibility as a researcher

J-PAL webinar: Pre-PhD info webinar: Preparing for graduate study abroad (Feb 2025)

J-PAL webinar: Pre-PhD info webinar: Considering graduate study in Economics in North America? (Sep 2024)

J-PAL webinar: Pre-PhD info webinar: Considering graduate study in Economics in Europe? (Oct 2024)

Policy Insights

Evaluation Summaries

Research Resources