As part of the EI - Dialogues video podcast series, Pranav Kothari interviews Karthik Muralidharan, Head of Global Education Research at JPAL, RISE India Country Research Team member, and RISE Intellectual Leadership Team member. In this talk, Muralidharan breaks down what research for social impact is, the role of research to inform policy, and the role of independent evaluations and assessments in saving money, time, and effort.

Kitila Mkumbo, a key researcher on the Tanzania Country Research Team, gives an overview on what the policy implications might be once the team completes their research.

Jacobus Cilliers, a key researcher on the Tanzania Country Research Team, discusses what the team hopes to learn and how the findings might impact other countries.