Research. Inspire. Change.

Maya Ranganath reflects on the goals, outcomes, and key learnings of this summer’s 11th annual Africa Evidence Summit in Nairobi.

In the age of inflation, market volatility, and workforce anomalies, is it possible to compensate employees consistently and fairly?

Last month, CEGA held its ninth annual Measuring Development (MeasureDev) conference on “Mitigating the Risks and Impacts of Climate…

Researchers developed a new machine learning algorithm using satellite imagery to identify poor households in Sindh to receive aid.

CEGA’s Director of Operations Lauren Russell and Executive Director Carson Christiano share the center’s five strategic ambitions for 2023.

Privacy Enhancing Technologies lead efforts to protect privacy and enable responsible data use. But what are they and how are they used?

Using novel linked data to track educational and employment trajectories in Peru

How did distinct regulations for the World Bank vs African Development Bank impact the construction and expansion of electricity in Kenya?

How labor is sourced and used affects agricultural productivity. How can farmers best use labor and agricultural technologies?

Can privacy and innovation really go hand in hand? What can we do to safeguard sensitive data today, and what’s in store for the future?

In the age of big data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, is it really possible to keep data private? Does it matter?

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

Amy Shipow speaks to Daniel Posner and Edward Miguel about the evolution of the Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE).

A new National Institute on Aging (NIA) grant will invest in BITSS’s open science and transparency efforts across the social sciences.

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

Learn about our new projects that investigate the psychological and cognitive effects of poverty on health and development.

Monica Ellwood-Lowe shares results from two studies about patterns of brain activity for children from different socioeconomic backgrounds.

Global gains in girls’ secondary education correspond with declines in early marriage and early childbearing, but this is not transferring…

Study explores how going debt-free may not be the best investment

The Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE) supports African and Africa-based scholars conducting rigorous research.

This summer, CEGA was thrilled to host 3 research events across West & East Africa that accelerated our efforts to elevate LMIC scholars.

Effective Altruism needs to make greater investments in impact evaluations to continue to do the most good possible.

Learn about our peer mentorship program, the current call for mentors, and the experiences of past mentors and mentees.

Evaluating outages, voltage, and economic impacts of grid investments in Accra, Ghana

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

Achieving reproducible social science can be tricky with large research teams. Thomas Brailey shares four recommendations on how to do so.

Framing a research agenda for the Digital Agricultural Innovations and Services Initiative (DAISI)

Mobile phones generate a huge amount of data, allowing researchers to answer development questions with new depth and granularity.

Long-run studies that follow up with participants years later can evaluate the effectiveness of all kinds of programs and inform policy.