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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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Pedro Carneiro

Pedro Carneiro is a Professor of Economics at the University College London. He is also a Research Economist at the Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice and a research fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. His research interests include labor economics and education in developed and...
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Susan W. Parker

Susan W. Parker serves as a Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. She is also the Associate Director of the Maryland Population Research Center. Susan’s research centers on education and health, particularly the evaluation of public policies in developing countries.
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Manuel Bagues

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Raymond Guiteras

Raymond Guiteras is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at North Carolina State University.
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Saumitra Jha

Saumitra Jha is an Associate Professor of Political Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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Sarah Cohodes

Sarah Cohodes is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.
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Orla Doyle

Orla Doyle is a Professor of Economics at the University College Dublin (UCD) School of Economics and a Research Associate at the Geary Institute for Public Policy.
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Anant Sudarshan

Anant Sudarshan an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick and a Senior Fellow at the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC). His research spans several aspects of energy and environment policy, including the design of environmental regulation, reducing air...
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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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Arun Chandrasekhar

Arun Chandrasekhar is a Professor in the Economics Department at Stanford University. His research focuses on development, social networks, and econometrics.
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David Autor

David Autor is Ford Professor of Economics at MIT and Director of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)'s Disability Research Center.
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Ben Olken

Benjamin A. Olken is the Jane Berkowitz Carlton and Dennis William Carlton Professor of Microeconomics at MIT. His research focuses on the public sector in developing countries, including work on social safety nets, taxation, and governance. He has worked extensively in Indonesia for over 20 years...
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Karen Macours

Karen Macours is a Professor at the Paris School of Economics and researcher at INRA and Co-Chair of J-PAL's Health sector. Her current research focuses on conditional cash transfer programs, early childhood development, rural poverty, and agriculture. Karen earned her PhD from the University of...
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Edward Miguel

Edward Miguel is the Distinguished Professor of Economics, and the Oxfam Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics at the University of California at Berkeley. His work focuses on the provision and the impact of public goods on the poor in sub-Saharan Africa, notably in Kenya and Tanzania...
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Dean Yang

Dean Yang is a Professor at the Ford School of Public Policy and Department of Economics at the University of Michigan. His areas of interest include international migration and remittances, technology adoption, microfinance, human capital, disasters, international trade, and crime and corruption...

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