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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
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      • 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
      J-PAL MENA is based at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.
    • North America
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  • 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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Event

Uncovering What Works: Supporting the Last-Mile Delivery of Early Childhood Education and Development Programs

J-PAL Southeast Asia is organizing a Research-to-Policy Showcase, "Uncovering What Works: Supporting the Last-Mile Delivery of ECED Programs," on 15 July 2025. The event will convene stakeholders in the early childhood and development sector to exchange knowledge on innovations in the field, share...
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The Evidence Effect

Acting before disaster strikes

Providing quick financial support to families in advance of extreme weather events can improve their resilience and recovery.
Students and teacher in classroom
Blog

The Evidence Effect: Evidence for more effective social policy in Europe and North America

Generating rigorous evidence on the effectiveness of programs designed to reduce poverty is not just the work of lower and middle-income countries. Countries across Europe and North America are also grappling with how to best tackle deep-rooted and pressing social challenges. These include...
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ASPIRE Our Work Scaling Impact

ASPIRE responds to pressing economic and social challenges, which restrict the lives of millions of Indians. We are working on tackling root causes of poverty, by maximizing the impact of evidence-based solutions.
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ASPIRE Partner With Us

ASPIRE’s core mission is to reduce poverty at scale by partnering with governments, civil society, and donors to embed evidence-based solutions into public systems. Through a collaborative and systems-oriented model, ASPIRE helps ensure that every investment achieves outsized and lasting impact.
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ASPIRE About Us

Alliance for Scaling Policy Impact through Research and Evidence (ASPIRE) is a joint initiative of J-PAL South Asia and the Veddis Foundation to bring together governments, donors and CSOs working towards alleviating poverty through scientific evidence and data.
Research Paper
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Psychological Barriers to Participation in the Labor Market: Evidence from rural Ghana

Research Paper
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Casting a Wider Net: Sharing Information Beyond Social Networks

Research Paper
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Inefficient Social Disconnection

The Ecomienza Program's Cohort 2023 in a virtual class
Blog

20 for 20: Promoting diversity in economics in LAC with current and former J-PAL staff

In this post, we speak with the co-founders of EconThaki, an organization created to improve diversity and inclusion in economics through information, training and mentoring in South America. Econthaki was launched by young Peruvian researchers, including Jostin Kitmang, J-PAL LAC Research Manager...
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Blog

Fostering early child development to alleviate poverty in Guatemala

In Guatemala—one of the countries with the world's highest stunting rates and low early childhood education enrollment—several organizations and government institutions increasingly recognize the importance of improving early child development (ECD) and have accumulated relevant key lessons on ECD...
Tutor and student study together in Gaborone
Update
J-PAL Updates

June 2023 Newsletter

Our June 2023 Newsletter features the first of J-PAL's 20 for 20:Partner Voices blog series, the latest evidence on microcredit, and an alumni of of J-PAL and MIT’s Data, Economics, and Development Policy (DEDP) master’s program.
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[Registro] Promoviendo el Desarrollo Infantil Temprano en Guatemala: ¿Cómo participar en el programa PROSA?

Farmer harvesting maize in Uganda
Evaluation

The Impact of Quality Upgrading and Market Access on Farmers’ Productivity and Profits in Uganda

In western Uganda, researchers conducted a series of randomized evaluations that assessed the impact of introducing a combination of post-harvest services, training on agricultural best practices, and access to a market for high-quality maize on farmers’ productivity and profits. Researchers found that the extension services only intervention had little to no impacts on productivity and farmer profits.
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Update
J-PAL Updates

July 2023 Newsletter

J-PAL introduces a new cohort of Middle East/North Africa scholars and a new public policy track in the DEDP MicroMasters program. We also shine a spotlight on J-PAL Affiliated Professor, Raquel Bernal, and discuss findings related to improving mental health and low- and middle-income contexts.

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