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.
Research Operations Manager, J-PAL Middle East and North Africa
Nada Esmaeil is a Research Operations Manager at J-PAL Middle East and North Africa. Since joining J-PAL in 2021, she's worked on the evaluation of the impact of subsidizing access to nurseries and improving employment services on mothers' labor market outcomes and early childhood development. The program is implemented by the Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity. Nada is also currently working on evaluating the impact of a number of complementary services on irregular migration in Egypt, in collaboration with the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (MSMEDA).
Prior to joining J-PAL, she worked as an Educational Supervisor at Kheir Wa Baraka Association in the Ministry of Social Solidarity’s Early Childhood Development project. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Public Policies and Evaluation of Development Projects at Assiut University.