Convening | J-PAL North America at 10: Improving Government Services Through Evaluation

In September of 2023, J-PAL North America celebrated ten years of catalyzing policy-relevant research to reduce poverty in the region, as part of J-PAL's twenty-year worldwide celebration.
Our convening-What Works To Reduce Poverty: Ten Years of Research and Evidence-based Policy to Advance Economic Mobility-brought together policymakers, practitioners, and researchers to showcase what we’ve learned and highlight our vision for the next decade.
This panel explored evidence building and evidence use at the state and local government level. It discussed the role of research and randomized evaluations in improving racial equity in the administration of government services.
Session: Improving Government Services Through Evaluation - A State and Local Perspective
Presenters: Mary Ann Bates, Executive Director, California Cradle-to-Career Data System; Kim Desmond, Chief Race and Equity Officer, City of San Diego; Stan John, Senior Program Officer, Economic Mobility and Opportunity, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (facilitator); Elizabeth Linos, Faculty Director, The People Lab, and Emma Bloomberg Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School
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