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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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Francisco Gallego

Francisco Gallego is a Full Professor at the Economics Institute of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC) and Co-Scientific Director of J-PAL Latin America & the Caribbean (LAC). His areas of interest are development economics, political economy, and the economics of education. He has...
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Sohini Mookherjee

Sohini Mookherjee is a Senior Training Manager at J-PAL South Asia. She works with various stakeholders like the government (central and state level), civil society, donors and multilateral organisations to build a strong monitoring and evaluation ecosystem in South Asia.
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Buhat Yulianto

Buhat Siswi Yulianto is an Associate Director of Finance and Operations at J-PAL Southeast Asia.
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Gianmarco Leon-Ciliotta

Gianmarco León-Ciliotta is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Business at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. León-Ciliotta’s research focuses on political and organizational economics in developing countries and explores questions related to the selection and incentives of public...
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Alexia Delfino

Alexia Delfino is an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at Bocconi University.
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Shyamal Chowdhury

Shyamal Chowdhury is the Rajiv Gandhi Chair of South Asian Economics at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, where he also leads the Australia South Asia Research Centre (ASARC).
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Eric Maurin

Eric Maurin is a Professor of Economics and the Director of Research, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) at the Paris School of Economics. His research focuses on education, labor, and econometrics.
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Clare Hofmeyr

Clare Hofmeyr is Associate Director of Education & Training at J-PAL Africa. She leads J-PAL Africa’s training activities as well as the drive to increase the representation of African researchers within J-PAL’s network and experimental economics.
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Naretta Veronica

Naretta Veronica is a Research Associate at J-PAL Southeast Asia, where she currently works on the disaster index insurance project in Nusa Tenggara.
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Marouchka Viola

Marouchka Viola is a Research Associate at J-PAL Europe for the Innovation, Data, and Experiments in Education (IDEE) programme.
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Gaby Bustamante

Gaby Bustamante is a Senior Policy and Communications Associate at J-PAL LAC where she works to effectively communicate policy projects as well as important achievements and milestones of the office.
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Ariel Zucker

Ariel Zucker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research interests include health and environmental conditions in low- and middle-income countries. She is also interested in studying behavioral biases in personal decision-making.
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Jeffrey Rodrigo Flores García

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Aishwarya Patil

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Anitha Eswari

Anitha is a Research Associate with J-PAL South Asia, where she is working on the 'Providing Girls Another Chance at Education India: Enablers and Barriers' study to evaluate Pratham’s Second Chance Program starting in May 2024

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