South Asia Center

Jameel Poverty Action Lab South Asia at the Institute for Financial Management and Research with the Center for Economic Research in Pakistan

AFR CenterSouth Asia Center was selected in December 2010.

Core Team:

Shobhini Mukherji, John Floretta, and Aparna Krishnan,
Jameel Poverty Action Lab South Asia (JPSA) at the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR)


Syed Ali Asjad Naqvi
Center for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP)

What's Happening at this Center

Course on Monitoring and Evaluation: Data Management Tools for Pratham. December 2011 - March 2012, India

Workshops on sector-focused evaluations. December 2011, February and March 2012, India

Course on Performance Based Budgeting . March, 2012, Pakistan. For more information, click here.

Second Training Workshop for the Centre for Research and Experiments for Action and Policy, Action Research Associates, Government of Haryana, March 2012, India.

Course on Performance Based-Budgeting, May 2012, India

Workshop on Capacity Building, ASER/Center Pratham JPAL, June 2012, India

Training Course on Monitoring and Evaluation for World Bank partner organizations, March, Pakistan


Highlights

As part of its commitment to innovation, accountability, and transparency the Center is helping to launch Fieldata.org in the region. This partnership will enable real-time, publicly available data collection through cell phone monitoring.

The Center is also mapping key strategic clients and stakeholders in the region. As part of this effort, it is reaching out to engage with the community of evaluators in India.

For more information, please contact clear@worldbank.org, attention Nidhi Khattri