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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 1,100 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 1,100 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 130 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
    • Europe
    • Latin America and the Caribbean
    • Middle East and North Africa
    • North America
    • South Asia
    • Southeast Asia
  • 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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Shane Bergin

Shane Bergin joined J-PAL in 2022 as our Senior IT Specialist.
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Laura Boudreau

Laura Boudreau is an Assistant Professor in the Economics Division at Columbia Business School.
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Daniel Keniston

Daniel Keniston is the Rick & Holly Wolfert Professor and an Associate Professor of Economics at Louisiana State University. His research focuses on the role and structure of markets in developing countries, as well as governance, technology adoption, and economic history. His current projects...
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Hope Michelson

Hope Michelson is a Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She studies the microeconomic dynamics of poverty and food security in low-income countries with a special focus on the economics of agricultural investment, production, and sales. One of Michelson’s key subjects is the...
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Martin A. Rossi

Martín Antonio Rossi is Professor of Economics at Universidad de San Andres. His research focuses on the intersection between development economics, political economy, and public economics. Past studies have examined wealth and politics, public service incentives, political effort, and labor market...
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Sarah DiCioccio

Sarah is a Digital Communications Manager at J-PAL Global where she supports J-PAL’s digital communications strategy, including developing web content and helping maintain the J-PAL website, producing video content to effectively communicate J-PAL’s work to new audiences, and developing engaging...
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Rhea Daima

Rhea Daima is a Research Associate at J-PAL South Asia, where she works on the Frontiers of Graduation: Building Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods in Urban India (SJY Urban) project based in Patna, Bihar.
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Aron Malatinszky

Aron Malatinszky is a Research Associate for Professor Amy Finkelstein at J-PAL North America.
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Malak Koura

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Sarah Elbakry

Sarah Elbakry is a Senior Research Manager at J-PAL Middle East and North Africa where she works on evaluating the impact of an EdTech intervention (Darsel).
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Veda Madhusudan

Veda Madhusudan is a Policy and Communications Intern at J-PAL Global, where she supports the team in funding innovative research and synthesizing and disseminating evidence-based policy lessons.
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Enrique Seira Bejarano

Enrique is an IO and Development Economist interested in financial development and the role of government in the economy. He combines policy making experience in Mexico with an interest in theory based empirical research. Enrique has served as a lecturer at J-PAL training events.
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Suanna Oh

Suanna Oh is an Assistant Professor at the Paris School of Economics. Her research centers on development and behavioral economics, specifically examining how social norms and behavioral frictions affect decision-making in the labor market.
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David Martínez Hernández

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Sara Ameziane Hassani

Sara Ameziane Hassani is a Policy Associate at the Morocco Innovation and Evaluation Lab (MEL), where she works with organizations and policymakers to strengthen the use of evidence in the education sector.

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