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 900 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 900 researchers at universities around the world, J-PAL conducts randomized impact evaluations to answer critical questions in the fight against poverty.
Research Associate, J-PAL South Asia
Kartik Patekar is a Research Associate at J-PAL SA, where he works on a portfolio of projects on Education. He is interested in understanding the root causes of development challenges in low-income settings and identifying cost-effective interventions to address these challenges.
Kartik obtained his Bachelor’s in Physics from IIT-Bombay and his Master’s in Applied Mathematics from the University of Cambridg
