Partners

Our work would not be possible without the close collaboration and dedication of many partners. Together we are driven by a shared belief in the power of scientific evidence to understand what really works in the fight against poverty.

We work closely with Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), a non-profit research organization with programs and offices around the world. Other partners are:

  • Implementing organizations like governments, NGOs, multilateral organizations, and businesses who run programs that our affiliated professors evaluate, use our policy lessons from research, and scale up programs that are proven effective.
  • Donors including foundations and bilateral organizations who provide funding for evaluations, scale-ups, and research initiatives.
  • Research centers and organizations that run the randomized evaluations of our affiliated professors, including the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) at the University of California, Berkeley, the Center for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP), the Crime Lab at the University of Chicago, Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) at Harvard Kennedy School, and IFMR Lead.

Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF)

JSDF was established by the Government of Japan and the World Bank as an untied mechanism for providing direct assistance to the poorest and most vulnerable groups in World Bank member countries.

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), or Gakushin for short, is an independent administrative institution, established by way of a national law for the purpose of contributing to the advancement of science in all fields of the natural and social sciences and the humanities.

Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society (JSLPS)

The Rural Development Department of Government of Jharkhand (GoJ) has established a separate and autonomous society named as “Jharkhand State livelihood Promotion society”(JSLPS) which works as a nodal agency for effective implementation of livelihood promotion in the state.

Jharkhand State Nutrition Mission

The Jharkhand State Nutrition Mission is responsible for innovations in nutrition programs in Jharkhand, India.

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world, and has supported numerous J-PAL endeavors to promote health, education and agriculture throughout the world.

John Fell Fund

An internal research fund at Oxford University.

John Templeton Foundation

The John Templeton Foundation serves as a philanthropic catalyst for discoveries relating to the Big Questions of human purpose and ultimate reality by supporting scientific research on subjects ranging from complexity, evolution, creativity, forgiveness, love, and free will.

Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health

The Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health was founded in May of 2006 as a unique collaboration between all of the Johns Hopkins University schools that harnesses the expertise of its dedicated health and medical professionals to address a myriad of global health challenges: HIV/AIDS, malaria...

Joint Center for Poverty Research (JCPR)

JCPR is a national and interdisciplinary academic research center, based out of Northwestern University and the University of Chicago that seeks to advance understandings of what it means to be poor in America.

JPMorgan Chase Foundation

JPMorgan Chase works with community partners to create pathways to opportunity by supporting workforce development, financial capability, small business development and community development in the regions where we do business.

Junta Nacional de Auxilio Escolar y Becas (JUNAEB)

The division of the Chilean Department of Education in charge of most of the non-teaching programs implemented in Chilean schools.

Kalimajari

Kalimajari, an Indonesian-based NGO, has worked with J-PAL to study the production methods of seaweed farmers in Indonesia's Bali Province.

Kamukunji Jua Kali Association

Kamukunji Jua Kali Association is an association of approximately 4,000 workers from the region of Kamukunji, in Nairobi (Kenya).

Kandy Consulting Group

Kandy Consulting Group based in Kandy Sri Lanka is a Company Incorporated under the Companies Act of Sri Lanka, with its main object of conducting Socio Economic Research. KCG was established in 2005 out of the growing research and development needs in the local business sector, but also having an...

Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF)

Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) is the second largest co-operative milk producers federation in India and selling milk and milk products under the brand name “Nandini”.

KAS Foundation

The KAS Foundation provides financial services to groups in both rural and urban parts of Orissa.

Katwe Small Scale Industries Association (KASSIDA)

JPAL researchers partnered with KASSIDA, an association comprised of members from nine informal industry sectors, to deliver two training programs to small-scale business owners and workers operating on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda.