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.
Policy Manager, J-PAL Southeast Asia
Muhamad Haris Zamaludin Setiadiputra (Haris) is a Policy Manager at J-PAL Southeast Asia where he works on randomized evaluations in the Education and Environment, Climate, and Energy sectors.
Prior to joining J-PAL in 2021, he worked at the University of Passau, Germany as a Research Assistant at the IndORGANIC project, a full-scale randomized evaluation study aiming to seek the impact of interventions that promote Sustainable Agricultural Practices (SAP) in Indonesia. Haris holds an MA in Governance, Development, and Public Policy from the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex with full scholarship from the Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP). Prior to that, he obtained his bachelor’s degree from Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia and completed a one semester student exchange program at Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. Haris is fluent in English, Bahasa Indonesia, and Japanese.