The ASPIRE Fellows program offers young professionals with two to five years of experience the opportunity to work with J-PAL South Asia’s network of researchers, government partners and civil society organizations, embedding evidence-based approaches at scale within government systems.

The Alliance for Scaling Policy Impact through Research and Evidence (ASPIRE) is a coalition of governments, philanthropic organizations, civil society groups, and research institutions hosted by J-PAL South Asia. ASPIRE is working to scale up effective programs that tackle some of India’s biggest...

J-PAL Africa, based at the University of Cape Town, leads J-PAL’s work in sub-Saharan Africa. J-PAL Africa conducts randomized evaluations, builds partnerships for evidence-informed policymaking, and helps partners scale up effective programs.

J-PAL Africa is a growing office with a fun, diverse and inclusive team. We have offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Nairobi and Accra. Learn more about our current team members. If you would like to receive notifications about open positions, please sign up for our jobs newsletter.

The J-PAL Africa research team conducts randomized evaluations on social programs and policies in South Africa. We have hubs in Cape Town and Johannesburg, and work in partnership with local and international researchers, government bodies and NGOs across South Africa. Our work covers a wide variety...

The J-PAL Africa policy team works with governments, researchers, and NGOs to increase evidence use by bridging the gap between rigorous research and action in sub-Saharan Africa to improve lives at scale. Based all over the continent, our policy staff work on a wide variety of topics. We have...

Africa will experience transformative population growth from approximately 1.4 billion today to 3.3 billion in 2075. Job creation and access to decent work pose immense challenges. Currently, 85 percent of employment in sub-Saharan Africa is informal, and 82 percent of tertiary educated young...

In March 2025, J-PAL Africa and the Ministry of Development and Coordination of Government Action (MDC) launched a multi-year partnership to support the generation and use of evidence in public policy across Benin. The collaboration builds on the country’s growing commitment to evidence-informed...

J-PAL Africa’s Education and Gender Portfolio works to strengthen education systems across sub-Saharan Africa by ensuring that policy and practice are grounded in rigorous evidence. We focus on advancing learning for students, with a strong emphasis on gender equity in education and girls...

A J-PAL Africa portfolio advancing evidence-based solutions to expand access to safe drinking water.