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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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Taryn Dinkelman

Taryn Dinkelman is the Loughrey Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame.
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Shilpa Aggarwal

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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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Erika Deserranno

Erika Deserranno is an Assistant Professor at Bocconi University and an Associate Professor (untenured) at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
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Daniela Muhaj

Daniela Muhaj is a Policy and Research Manager at J-PAL Global, where she manages the Firms sector.
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Bo Clay

Bo Clay is the Operations Associate (Initiatives) at J-PAL Global where he works with internal initiative teams, IT support, and researchers to standardize internal workflow processes, support J-PAL Global’s Request for Proposal cycles, and to serve as a resource for all staff on relevant matters.
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Vittorio Bassi

Vittorio Bassi is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California. His research interests lie in private sector development and labor market frictions in low-income countries.
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Blog

Summer school with J-PAL Europe: Developing skills for building, testing and scaling innovations for development

In July 2021, J-PAL Europe, in partnership with the French Development Agency (AFD), hosted a seven-day summer school under the theme of “Innovations for Development,'' designed around the recent launch of France’s Fund for Innovation in Development (FID).
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Kory Kroft

Kory Kroft is a Professor in the Department of Economics and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. His current research interests include imperfect competition in the labor market, the optimal design of taxation and social insurance policies, the causes...
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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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Susanna Loeb

Susanna Loeb is a Professor of Education at Stanford University and director of the National Student Support Accelerator. Before returning to Stanford, she was the Director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform and Professor of International and Public Affairs and Education at Brown...
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Firman Witoelar Kartaadipoetra

Firman Witoelar Kartaadipoetra is an Associate Professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australia National University. Firman’s research interests are microeconomics of development: health behavior and outcomes, economics of aging, education and labor market outcomes, consumption and...
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Ruchika Singh

Ruchika leads the scale-up of evidence-based programs at J-PAL South Asia.
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Event

The Right Place, at the Right Time: Perspectives on Evidence-to-Policy Pathways

While there exists a growing body of rigorous research that aims to understand the impact of development programs, it often takes a long time for evidence to inform policy and improve the lives of vulnerable populations at scale. This webinar, organized as a part of Campbell South Asia's Evidence...
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Ernesto Dal Bó

Ernesto Dal Bó is the Phillips Girgich Professor of Business and Public Policy and Distinguished Teaching Fellow at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a political economist interested in areas pertaining to political and bureaucratic selection, political...

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