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.
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.
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.
Our research, policy, and training work is fundamentally better when it is informed by a broad range of perspectives.
رئيس مشارك, Political Economy and Governance
J-PAL Affiliated Professor
Professor of Economics
University of California, Berkeley
Frederico Finan is a Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley and Co-Chair of J-PAL's Political Economy and Governance Sector and Governance Initiative. His research focuses on a broad range of economic topics in the areas of economic development and political economy, with a regional focus on Latin America. He holds a PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from UC Berkeley and has held faculty positions at UCLA and Stanford GSB. He is a recipient of a Sloan Research Fellowship.
He is a Co-Director of Berkeley’s Center for Economics and Politics and CEGA’s Initiative on Economic Development and Institutions.
In addition to his role as Co-Chair of J-PAL's Political Economy and Governance Initiative (GI), Frederico serves on the GI review board.