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The East Africa Social Science Translation (EASST) Collaborative is a multi-institution partnership with a mission to promote rigorous evaluation of social and economic programs in East Africa. Our inaugural conference, "Improving Youth Opportunities and Rural Livelihoods," featured the latest...

The Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE - pronounced "wah-gah-pay") brings together faculty and advanced graduate students in Economics and Political Science who combine field research experience in Africa with training in political economy methods. Since 2002, the group has met...

This special reception gave participants the opportunity to meet researchers from the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) and the African Population & Health Research Center (APHRC) and learn more about the opportunities we were offering to talented young African researchers. The...

BRAC is the world’s largest development NGO, serving 138 million people in 10 countries in South Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean.  On Wednesday, April 4th, Berkeley hosted BRAC's Executive Director, Dr. Mahabub Hossain, for a conversation about the NGO's history, philosophy, and social...

The BRAC-CEGA Learning Collaborative was officially launched on April 3-4, 2012 at UC Berkeley. The two-day meeting was an opportunity for CEGA faculty to learn about BRAC's programs in agriculture, finance, community development, health, education, and gender equity, as well as BRAC's existing...

The Pacific Conference for Development Economics (PacDev) is presented by the Bay Area Development Association, with sessions chaired by faculty from UC Berkeley, Stanford University, UC Davis, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, University of Southern California, University of San Francisco, St. Mary's...

To reduce poverty and accelerate economic development, governments must invest in primary school education for all. But with limited resources, it is important to invest in programs that increase access, raise test scores, and are cost-effective. How can policy-makers meet these objectives? This...

This was a unique opportunity to learn how American universities are identifying more effective ways to meet anti-poverty targets. We also learned how governments are improving foreign aid effectiveness through innovation. Hosted by the Congressional Caucus for Effective Foreign Assistance, this...

The World Affairs Council of Northern California hosted CEGA Faculty Director Ted Miguel for a lunchtime talk on how to understand the emerging economies of Africa. An audio recording of this talk is available from the World Affairs Council website. The 1970’s, 1980’s and 1990’s were...

The Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE - pronounced "wah-gah-pay") brings together faculty and advanced graduate students in Economics and Political Science who combine field research experience in Africa with training in political economy methods. Since 2002, the group has met...

The Experimental Social Science Laboratory (X-lab) and the Center of Evaluation for Global Action (CEGA) at the University of California at Berkeley, and the Choice Lab at NHH Norwegian School of Economics hosted the 2011 Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries (SEEDEC) held from...

The CEGA Research Retreat (R^2) is an annual gathering of invited faculty, staff and students from multiple CEGA campuses with a shared interest in impact evaluation. The purpose of R^2, which features presentations by CEGA-affiliated researchers and their collaborators, is to generate feedback for...

The purpose of this weekly lunch was to give students in development economics the opportunity to present work in progress and receive feedback in an informal setting. The lunch was sponsored by the UC Berkeley Department of Economics and the Center for Effective Global...

Implementation science is the study of effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of health program selection, delivery, and uptake—in order to bridge the gap between proven interventions and clinical/community practices in real-world settings. The overall goal of implementation science is to advance...

Faculty from the Center of Evaluation for Global Action (CEGA) at the University of California Berkeley, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (TDR), Solidarity and Action Against the HIV Infection in India (SAATHII), and the National Institute of Epidemiology, are convening a...

As part of the process of learning to inform policy, USAID's Bureau of Planning, Policy and Learning, Office of Learning Evaluation and Research (USAID/PPL/LER), Bureau for Food Security (USAID/BFS) in partnership with the Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative (ATAI) held an evidence summit...

CEGA’s second annual Evidence to Action symposium, “The Returns to Investment in Girls,” presented findings of several recent studies, each focused on early investments in girls that can lead to increased income generation and decision-making power in adulthood.  It also generated dialogue...

On March 31st, 2011, researchers working in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene came together with their colleagues for a two-day, interdisciplinary meeting to share key lessons from evaluations in this sector.  The goal was to stimulate cross-project learning in order to make research stronger and...

The Pacific Conference on Development Economics (Pac-Dev) was presented by the Bay Area Development Association, with sessions chaired by faculty from UC Berkeley, Stanford University, UC Davis, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, University of Southern California, University of San Francisco, St. Mary's...

The 2010 Report continued the tradition of pushing the frontiers of development thinking. For the first time since 1990, the Report looked back rigorously at the past several decades and identified often surprising trends and patterns with important lessons for the future. These varied pathways to...