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Cash Transfers Can Improve Lives — Even for Those Who Don’t Receive Them

The General Equilibrium project is the first study to trace the impact of cash transfers on entire communities by studying…

4 min readAug 3, 2022

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Cash Transfers Can Improve Lives — Even for Those Who Don’t Receive Them

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The Promise of an Evidence-Informed Future

Carson Christiano reflects on the progress made by the evidence-informed policy movement and outlines 3 priorities for CEGA in 2023.

4 min readJan 18, 2023

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The Promise of an Evidence-Informed Future

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What Is Cash Good For?

Can comparing anti-poverty programs to unconditional cash transfers improve development programming?

5 min readDec 1, 2022

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What Is Cash Good For?

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Homomorphic Encryption for Cross-Border Computation

Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) can protect privacy and enable responsible data use. But what are they and how can they be used?

5 min readMay 9, 2024

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Homomorphic Encryption for Cross-Border Computation

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CEGA’s Award-Winning Approach to Promoting Diversity and Inclusion

CEGA’s inclusion strategy addresses unequal power dynamics in global development research, ensuring our work centers underrepresented…

5 min readApr 19, 2024

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CEGA’s Award-Winning Approach to Promoting Diversity and Inclusion

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Celebrating the DAISI Regional Scholars Program — Two-Years Strong

The Regional Scholars Program has taken center stage at the Digital Agricultural Innovations & Services Initiative (DAISI) from CEGA & JPAL.

4 min readApr 10, 2024

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Celebrating the DAISI Regional Scholars Program — Two-Years Strong

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Evidence Generation: A Critical Tool for Understanding Displacement

Addressing Evidence Gaps to Facilitate Strategic Decision Making for Displaced Populations

4 min readApr 4, 2024

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Evidence Generation: A Critical Tool for Understanding Displacement

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A New Public Tool For Planning Cost-Effectiveness Research

Rigorous research on cost is needed to generate reliable and transparent estimates of cost-effectiveness.

5 min readMar 28, 2024

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Short Messages Fall Short for Micro-Entrepreneurs: Experimental Evidence from Kenya

Muhammad Zia Mehmood studies how business trainings provided over text messages can impact outcomes for micro-entrepreneurs in Kenya.

6 min readMar 21, 2024

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Short Messages Fall Short for Micro-Entrepreneurs: Experimental Evidence from Kenya

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Innovating for Impact

Carson Christiano outlines CEGA’s top priorities in 2024, designed to expand the way we define and achieve evidence-informed impact.

4 min readMar 7, 2024

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Innovating for Impact

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