The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. Anchored by a network of more than 1,000 researchers at universities around the world, J-PAL conducts randomized impact evaluations to answer critical questions in the fight against poverty.
The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. Anchored by a network of more than 1,000 researchers at universities around the world, J-PAL conducts randomized impact evaluations to answer critical questions in the fight against poverty.
Our affiliated professors are based at 97 universities and conduct randomized evaluations around the world to design, evaluate, and improve programs and policies aimed at reducing poverty. They set their own research agendas, raise funds to support their evaluations, and work with J-PAL staff on research, policy outreach, and training.
Our Board of Directors, which is composed of J-PAL affiliated professors and senior management, provides overall strategic guidance to J-PAL, our sector programs, and regional offices.
J-PAL recognizes that there is a lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field of economics and in our field of work. Read about what actions we are taking to address this.
We host events around the world and online to share results and policy lessons from randomized evaluations, to build new partnerships between researchers and practitioners, and to train organizations on how to design and conduct randomized evaluations, and use evidence from impact evaluations.
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Based at leading universities around the world, our experts are economists who use randomized evaluations to answer critical questions in the fight against poverty. Connect with us for all media inquiries and we'll help you find the right person to shed insight on your story.
J-PAL is based at MIT in Cambridge, MA and has seven regional offices at leading universities in Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, North America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
J-PAL is based at MIT in Cambridge, MA and has seven regional offices at leading universities in Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, North America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
Our global office is based at the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It serves as the head office for our network of seven independent regional offices.
Led by affiliated professors, J-PAL sectors guide our research and policy work by conducting literature reviews; by managing research initiatives that promote the rigorous evaluation of innovative interventions by affiliates; and by summarizing findings and lessons from randomized evaluations and producing cost-effectiveness analyses to help inform relevant policy debates.
Led by affiliated professors, J-PAL sectors guide our research and policy work by conducting literature reviews; by managing research initiatives that promote the rigorous evaluation of innovative interventions by affiliates; and by summarizing findings and lessons from randomized evaluations and producing cost-effectiveness analyses to help inform relevant policy debates.
How do policies affecting private sector firms impact productivity gaps between higher-income and lower-income countries? How do firms’ own policies impact economic growth and worker welfare?
How can we identify effective policies and programs in low- and middle-income countries that provide financial assistance to low-income families, insuring against shocks and breaking poverty traps?
We host events around the world and online to share results and policy lessons from randomized evaluations, build new partnerships between researchers and practitioners, and train organizations on how to design and conduct randomized evaluations.
Applications are now open for a four-day randomized evaluation design workshop as part of the Displaced Livelihoods Initiative (DLI) and the Humanitarian Protection Initiative (HPI) to develop projects in the Sub-Saharan Africa organised by J-PAL and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA).
Evaluating Social Programs (ESP) 2024 is a three-day in-person course that explores the use of monitoring and evaluation to drive sustainable social impact at scale.
Salón de honor de Casa Central, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 340, Santiago
El evento tiene como objetivo reflexionar sobre las tutorías escolares como una estrategia para abordar los desafíos educacionales actuales. Asimismo, busca llegar a la comunidad educativa de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC Chile) y otras instituciones de educación superior, a...
This webinar was facilitated by the Humanitarian Protection Initiative (HPI), a new initiative focused on research questions on how to effectively improve humanitarian protection outcomes by keeping those who are affected by armed conflict safe from violence, coercion and deliberate deprivation...
Piso 7 del Centro de Innovación y Tecnología de la Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG), 8 Av. 11-95 Zona 15, Vista Hermosa III, Guatemala
El evento busca congregar investigadores e investigadoras de diversas universidades de Guatemala con interés en primera infancia, nutrición, psicología, neurociencia y educación para fortalecer las redes de investigación en Guatemala
As governments across the nation lead the work of advancing economic mobility in their communities, there’s much to be learned from one another on assessing the effectiveness of their interventions. This convening will connect government leaders and decision makers facing similar policy issues to...
J-PAL North America’s Economics Transformation Project (ETP) works to diversify the economics profession by providing historically excluded scholars with access to inclusive supports at every stage of learning and advancement. Please join us at our upcoming convening:
The second annual EIL Evaluating Social Programs will take place from 15–17 January 2024 at AUC. This three-day, in-person training course equips participants with resources and knowledge to engage with impact evaluations of social programs. The course provides an in-depth look at why and when...
O programa MicroMasters® em Dados, Economia e Design de Políticas (DEDP) oferece a estudantes habilidades práticas e conhecimento teórico para enfrentar alguns dos desafios mais urgentes em todo o mundo.
The MicroMasters® Program in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy (DEDP) equips learners with the practical skills and theoretical knowledge to tackle some of the most pressing challenges around the world.