The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)

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Our mission is to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. We do this through research, policy outreach, and training.

Blog

From research to action: How two Nobel laureates seeded more than just a methodology

An earlier version of this blog was posted in The Week. 

Classroom in Italy | Photo by Stefano Guidi Shutterstock.com

Publication

Mind the Gap: Aligning Immigrant Students' Aspirations to Abilities

Offering tutoring and career counseling to high-ability immigrant students closed the educational gap between native-born and immigrant boys in Italy.

Blog

How can the Nobel-winning “experimental approach to alleviating global poverty” contribute to research on job creation?

Job creation is an all-time favorite talking point for politicians around the world as economies adapt to new trade patterns and technological innovation causes tectonic shifts in older industries. But how do we actually create more jobs?

Adolescent girls in India

Policy Insight

Reducing adolescent pregnancy by increasing educational and economic opportunities in low- and middle-income countries

J-PAL affiliated researchers have 989 ongoing and completed randomized evaluations in 84 countries