Isabela Salgado

Senior Researcher at Leme Lab. Formerly at J-PAL and World Bank. Economics and Public Policy.
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[Isabela Salgado @isabela_salgado]

Randomized evaluations show that it’s possible to reduce GBV by working w/ couples and communities to change unequal gender norms that justify this form of violence. @VSharmaGlobHth & I discuss this evidence, including her work w/ @leightjessica in Ethiopia, for @ProSyn

[Project Syndicate @ProSyn]

.@VsharmaGlobHth of @HarvardChanSPH and @isabela_salgado of @JPAL say that it’s possible to end violence against women if governments commit more resources to evidence-based prevention programs and aid to survivors. #VAWG @UNWomenNC https://t.co/g3p08yn2xo

[Eduardo Cavaliere @CavaliereRio]

Fizemos na cidade e agora o @eduardopaes fará ainda mais na Segurança Pública do Estado!

Tirar as polícias das mãos da ALERJ para garantir o trabalho policial de forma técnica - fortalecendo e valorizando os policiais da Polícia Militar e a Polícia Civil - para proteger o cidadão do nosso estado.

É possível! Amanhã é 55!

[Joana Monteiro @joanacmmonteiro]

Ao longo de 2025 e 2026, o Leme assessorou a Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro no desenho da Força Municipal-Rio, e eu coordenei diretamente esse trabalho. A equipe da Prefeitura, liderada pelo @eduardopaes, implementou uma força policial seguindo princípios bem estabelecidos +

[Isabela Salgado @isabela_salgado]

It’s very rewarding to see a program that we worked so hard to build generating such promising results!

[Michael Weintraub @miweintraub83]

1/ Rio de Janeiro created a new municipal police force and deployed it to the city's crime hot spots.
@joanacmmonteiro, @isabela_salgado and I have evaluated its deployment in real time.
Five months in, street robberies and thefts in patrolled hot spots fell about 29%, and crime did not displace to nearby streets. 🧵

[Isabela Salgado @isabela_salgado]

@El_Guarnieri @aprilleknox @econaimee add to the evidence review!

[Isabela Salgado @isabela_salgado]

@helena_arrudaf @RudiRocha_Econ @claudferraz aaahhh parables!!!

[Isabela Salgado @isabela_salgado]

@GabeJacobs i’m only liking this because of you

[Victoria Kaiser (née Endl-Geyer) @EndlGeyer]

Excited to see our new paper "Deterrence or Backlash? Arrests and the Dynamics of Domestic Violence" out as NBER Working Paper today (joint work with @sofiafamaral, Gordon B. Dahl, Timo Hener and Helmut Rainer)
👇
https://t.co/UADbYtkFBp

[Isabela Salgado @isabela_salgado]

@thaissalobo @sitedojulio @bumofe @milenaslozano ecaaaa apareceu pra mim 🤮

[Isabela Salgado @isabela_salgado]

@thaissalobo parabéns pela mudança!

[Isabela Salgado @isabela_salgado]

@sitedojulio @Apple “responde vagabunda”

[Isabela Salgado @isabela_salgado]

i just repeated “hey siri” on my phone five times and she wouldn’t respond. asked my (american) partner to do the same and she’s like “hello.” clearly @Apple is not made to understand my Brazilian accent ¯\__(ツ)__/¯

[Isabela Salgado @isabela_salgado]

This research serves as further evidence that to end police violence in Brazil, we need to shift norms and behaviors away from the idea of "exterminating criminals"

[Isabela Salgado @isabela_salgado]

Honored to be moderating this event on a very important topic, especially this week, when 20+ ppl were killed during a police operation in Vila Cruzeiro RJ this and Genivaldo de Jesus Santos was murdered by police officers in Sergipe.

[Innovations for Poverty Action @poverty_action]

Join us, Friday 27th, at 11AM Eastern U.S. time, when we'll hear from @BMagaloni of @povgovlab, Tania Pinc of @ieausp, & @isabela_salgado of @JPAL, on the first RCT of police body cams in high-violence setting, in this case Rio de Janeiro.
https://t.co/8iBKStCtJU

[Alice Braga @AliceBraga]

The Future is Indigenous

[Isabela Salgado @isabela_salgado]

@majutorres_ e o melhor pão de queijo do Rio fica logo do lado, no Cultivar

[Isabela Salgado @isabela_salgado]

Join us today at 10am ET for a discussion around the need for more rigorous, interdisciplinary evidence on effective strategies to help curb individual and prejudice! @JPAL #DEI

[J-PAL @JPAL]

A global movement is pushing for action to fight #discrimination & increase #DEI. Join us 4/11 at 10am ET for a webinar w/ @sulealan_econ @JenanMohajir Marianne Bertrand & Diag Davenport on interdisciplinary collaboration for solutions:
Register here:
https://t.co/egq7YpfzLo

[J-PAL @JPAL]

How can research insights be applied to programs seeking to reduce bias and discrimination? Join us on April 11 at 10am ET for a discussion with @sulealan_econ @JenanMohajir #MarianneBertrand, #DiagDavenport
Register here:
https://t.co/egq7YpfzLo

[J-PAL @JPAL]

Webinar Alert! More evidence is needed on effective strategies to combat #bias and #discrimination. Join for a discussion w/ @sulealan_econ @JenanMohajir Marianne Bertrand & Diag Davenport on how rigorous, interdisciplinary research can fill this gap. https://t.co/egq7YpfzLo

[Dee Warira @deewarira]

.@JPAL’s @isabela_salgado speaks at the Kenya #CSW66 side event sharing evidence from impact evaluations seeking to address issues relating to #GBV, policy recommendations and some open research questions. @JPAL_Africa @ICRWAfrica @ICRW @gender_ke #WEE #JPALGender

[Elika Takimoto @elikatakimoto]

Lembro-me que ao terminar o mestrado e doida para ingressar no doutorado fui freada pela minha ex-sogra: "você só está olhando para você", "seu marido precisa de atenção", "você está abandonando a sua família", "sua filha está ficando sem mãe", "depois não diga que não avisei!"