This working paper summarises insights and lessons from J-PAL South Asia’s experience of designing and testing innovative approaches for strengthening the use of administrative data and research in decision-making with state governments across India, particularly with health departments and e-governance/data analytics agencies.

This compendium of case studies highlights initiatives, best practices, and technical guidelines to serve as a starting point and reference material for government agencies seeking to strengthen the use of administrative data for decision-making and improving social welfare.

This toolkit is intended as a resource for enabling the effective and safe use of administrative data for evidence-based policy-making by strengthening administrative data systems and processes.

This report provides a comprehensive guide for state governments in India to develop an outcome-based budgeting system, based on international and national best practices. 

This toolkit offers a comprehensive framework for formulating an impact evaluation strategy.

This manual introduces the concept of a Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) and provides practical steps to conduct them.