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Can AI boost social safety net take-up? What are the impacts of child welfare caseworker quality and turnover? (When) are the highest-risk groups also the most impacted?

How should state governments in India allocate capex? How can state governments in India get better results from public procurement?

How does immigration affect productivity? How would changes to the federal permitting process affect energy production, prices, and emissions?

Would a joint powers authority in San Diego help address homelessness?

How should NGOs screen malnourished children? How should scarce legal service resources be allocated to refugees and asylum seekers? What mechanisms would lead to good placements of refugees and asylum seekers?

Are senior aid personnel policy? How differentiated are growth diagnostics? How should proposals to fund science be evaluated? Is it true that scientists are “wasting” time writing grants? What are migration routes with unused capacity? What are the effects of lead on cardiovascular health? What impact has tobacco philanthropy had? What are the legal changes that spur the most housing creation? What is the elasticity of housing construction w.r.t. certainty and permitting delay? What are the impacts of a land value tax? How does the social value of housing depend on its location? What drives the diffusion of medications or medical technologies across countries? What vaccines have / should be trialed for fractional dosing? How well do prize competitions really work? How valuable would it be to increase flu vaccine effectiveness by 1pp? Do systematic reviews & evidence clearinghouses have an impact? Do efforts to improve the rigor of social science work? What are the general equilibrium returns to education in low- and middle-income countries? How does academic research impact policy? Does the type of PM 2.5 pollutant matter? What are the impacts of opening a new J-PAL / IPA office? What is the effect of elite policy education? What factors drive public sector spending levels for R&D? Does saving the life of a young child lead to a normal life expectancy for child?

How much do USAID programs cost per beneficiary? How should central banks conduct climate change stress-testing? How should industry policy adapt to climate change?

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What (re)skilling investments would most impact the growth of the green energy sector?