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  • About

    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.

    • Overview

      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.

    • Affiliated Professors

      Our affiliated professors are based at over 120 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.

    • Invited Researchers
    • J-PAL Scholars
    • Board
      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.
    • Staff
    • Strengthening Our Work

      Our research, policy, and training work is fundamentally better when it is informed by a broad range of perspectives.

    • Code of Conduct
    • Initiatives
      J-PAL initiatives concentrate funding and other resources around priority topics for which rigorous policy-relevant research is urgently needed.
    • Events
      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.
    • Blog
      News, ideas, and analysis from J-PAL staff and affiliated professors.
    • News
      Browse news articles about J-PAL and our affiliated professors, read our press releases and monthly global and research newsletters, and connect with us for media inquiries.
    • Press Room
      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.
  • Offices
    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.
    • Overview
      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.
    • Global
      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.
    • Africa
      J-PAL Africa is based at the Southern Africa Labour & Development Research Unit (SALDRU) at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
    • Europe
      J-PAL Europe is based at the Paris School of Economics in France.
    • Latin America and the Caribbean
      J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean is based at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
    • Middle East and North Africa
      J-PAL MENA is based at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.
    • North America
      J-PAL North America is based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States.
    • South Asia
      J-PAL South Asia is based at the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) in India.
    • Southeast Asia
      J-PAL Southeast Asia is based at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Indonesia (FEB UI).
  • Sectors
    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.
    • Overview
      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.
    • Agriculture
      How can we encourage small farmers to adopt proven agricultural practices and improve their yields and profitability?
    • Crime, Violence, and Conflict
      What are the causes and consequences of crime, violence, and conflict and how can policy responses improve outcomes for those affected?
    • Education
      How can students receive high-quality schooling that will help them, their families, and their communities truly realize the promise of education?
    • Environment, Energy, and Climate Change
      How can we increase access to energy, reduce pollution, and mitigate and build resilience to climate change?
    • Finance
      How can financial products and services be more affordable, appropriate, and accessible to underserved households and businesses?
    • Firms
      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?
    • Gender
      How can we reduce gender inequality and ensure that social programs are sensitive to existing gender dynamics?
    • Health
      How can we increase access to and delivery of quality health care services and effectively promote healthy behaviors?
    • Labor Markets
      How can we help people find and keep work, particularly young people entering the workforce?
    • Political Economy and Governance
      What are the causes and consequences of poor governance and how can policy improve public service delivery?
    • Social Protection
      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?
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Dmitry Taubinsky

Dmitry Taubinsky is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on public and behavioral economics, including complex tax incentives, "sin taxes" on goods such as sugary drinks, consumer-facing energy policy and regulation, and welfare effects...
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Harounan Kazianga

Harounan Kazianga is a Professor of Economics at the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University. His research interests are in development microeconomics: agriculture, education, and health.
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Francis Annan

Francis Annan is an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Katrina Jessoe

Katrina Jessoe is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Davis. Her current research focuses on environmental, energy, and resource economics and regulation.
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Lore Vandewalle

Lore Vandewalle is a Professor of Economics at KU Leuven and a Professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Lore Vandewalle is an applied micro-economist, specialized in development and political economics. Her research mainly focuses on financial inclusion...
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Erin Kelley

Erin Kelley is an Assistant Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago and a Consultant with the Development Impact Evaluation Department at the World Bank. Her research focuses on firm growth, refugee welfare, and technology adoption. Erin's ongoing projects...
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David Phillips

David Phillips is a Research Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame. His research focuses on urban geography, public transit, crime, housing subsidies, and their intersections with poverty. His work primarily utilizes experimental and quasi-experimental methods.
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James Sullivan

James Sullivan is a Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame. His research examines the effectiveness of anti-poverty programs at the national, state, and local levels. He also studies the consumption, saving, and borrowing behavior of poor households, and how welfare and tax policy...
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Karthik Muralidharan

Karthik Muralidharan is the Tata Chancellor’s Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego. His research focuses on improving education and health in developing countries. He has studied the impact of performance-pay for teachers, the impact of contract teachers, and the impact...
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Aprajit Mahajan

Aprajit Mahajan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. Aprajit's research interests are in development and econometrics with a regional focus on India. Ongoing research includes field-experiments on management...
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Kelsey Jack

Kelsey Jack is an Associate Professor of Environmental and Development Economics at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Faculty Research Fellow at the NBER. Prior to joining the Bren School, she was an Assistant Professor in...
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Gaurav Chiplunkar

Gaurav Chiplunkar is an Assistant Professor at the Darden Business School, University of Virginia. His research studies the causes and consequences of labor market frictions in low-income countries, with a particular emphasis on the barriers faced by women and youth.
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Achyuta Adhvaryu

Achyuta Adhvaryu is the Tata Chancellor’s Professor of Economics at University of California, San Diego.
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Andrew Zeitlin

Andrew Zeitlin is an Associate Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. He is also a Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Global Development and a Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of African Economics at Oxford University. His research uses field and...
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Emma Riley

Emma Riley is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan. Her research examines the impact of digital financial services, like mobile money and mobile banking services, on woman-owned enterprises and their households. She also investigates the impact of anti-poverty programs...

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