Board Members

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. The nine-member Executive Committee of the Board takes decisions on behalf of the full Board on an ongoing basis.

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Professor of Economics and Behavioral Science

Cornell University and Bilkent University

Wakil Ketua, Education

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Professor

University of Cape Town

Direktur Ilmiah, J-PAL Africa

david atkin

Barton L. Weller (1940) Professor of Economics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Wakil Ketua, Firms

Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Member, Executive Committee

Direktur, J-PAL

Direktur Ilmiah, J-PAL Europe

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Professor

Northwestern University

Wakil Ketua, Gender

Chris P. Dialynas Professor of Economics

University of Chicago

Wakil Ketua, Labor Markets

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Executive Director, J-PAL Africa

Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies

University of Chicago

Wakil Ketua, Crime, Violence, and Conflict

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Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics

Harvard University

Wakil Ketua, Finance

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Associate Professor

University of Maryland

Wakil Ketua, Firms

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Professor

Insper

Direktur Ilmiah, J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean

Professor

University of Warwick

Wakil Ketua, Labor Markets

John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration

Harvard University

Scientific Advisor, ESG and Corporate Partnerships

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Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship

University of Chicago

Wakil Ketua, Finance

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Professor

ENSAE and École Polytechnique

Direktur Ilmiah, J-PAL Middle East and North Africa

Distinguished Professor

Georgetown University

Wakil Ketua, Health

Iqbal Dhaliwal

Global Executive Director, J-PAL

Direktur Ilmiah, J-PAL South Asia

Member, Executive Committee

Erwin H. Schell Professor of Management

Professor of Applied Economics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Wakil Ketua, Health

Philip K. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies

University of Chicago

Wakil Ketua, Crime, Violence, and Conflict

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Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Member, Executive Committee

Direktur, J-PAL

Direktur Ilmiah, J-PAL South Asia

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Professor of Economics and Public Affairs

Princeton University

Direktur Ilmiah, J-PAL Africa

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Executive Director, J-PAL Middle East and North Africa

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Global Director of Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives, J-PAL

Laura Feeney

Co-Executive Director, J-PAL North America

Professor of Economics

University of California, Berkeley

Wakil Ketua, Political Economy and Governance

John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Member, Executive Committee

Direktur Ilmiah, J-PAL North America

Global Deputy Executive Director, J-PAL

Director of Evidence to Scale, J-PAL

Milton Friedman Professor of Economics

University of Chicago

Wakil Ketua, Environment, Energy, and Climate Change

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Professor

Paris School of Economics

Direktur Ilmiah, J-PAL Europe

Jeffrey Cheah Professor of South-East Asia Studies

Harvard University

Member, Executive Committee

Direktur Ilmiah, J-PAL Southeast Asia

Wakil Ketua, Social Protection

Kelsey Jack

Associate Professor

University of California, Berkeley

Member, Executive Committee

Wakil Ketua, Environment, Energy, and Climate Change

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Professor of Economics and Public Affairs

Princeton University

Wakil Ketua, Gender

Jeanne Lafortune

Professor

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Direktur Ilmiah, J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean

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Chaired Professor

Paris School of Economics

Wakil Ketua, Health

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Executive Director, J-PAL Southeast Asia

Issac Mbiti

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics

University of Virginia

Direktur Ilmiah, J-PAL Africa

Craig McIntosh

Professor of Economics

University of California, San Diego

Wakil Ketua, Agriculture

Executive Director, J-PAL South Asia

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Executive Director, J-PAL Europe

Professor of Economics

University of Chicago

Direktur Ilmiah, J-PAL North America

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Jane Berkowitz Carlton and Dennis William Carlton Professor of Microeconomics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Member, Executive Committee

Direktur, J-PAL

Direktur Ilmiah, J-PAL Southeast Asia

Wakil Ketua, Social Protection

Professor of Economics and Public Policy

University of Toronto

Wakil Ketua, Education

Adam Osman

Associate Professor of Economics

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Direktur Ilmiah, J-PAL Middle East and North Africa

Rohini Pande

Henry J. Heinz II Professor of Economics and Director of Economic Growth Center

Yale University

Wakil Ketua, Political Economy and Governance

William Pariente

Professor of Economics

Université Catholique de Louvain

Wakil Ketua, Research, Education, and Training

Paula Pedro

Executive Director, J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean

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Co-Executive Director, J-PAL North America

Abhijeet Singh

Associate Professor of Economics

Stockholm School of Economics

Wakil Ketua, Education

Cindy Smith

Global Director of Finance, J-PAL

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Louis E. Seley Professor of Applied Economics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Member, Executive Committee

Wakil Ketua, Agriculture

Global Director of Policy and Communications, J-PAL