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.

Indonesian National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K)

The Indonesian National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K) helped J-PAL affiliates implement an evaluation of three different methods of targeting poor households eligible for government cash transfer programs in Indonesia.

Indus Earth Trust

Indus Earth Trust (IET) is a Pakistan based, not-for-profit organization working in the area of sustainable development.

ING Group

We, as ING Group, offer service to our individual and corporate customers in 40 countries in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia, with more than 53 thousand employees. Through the "Think Forward" approach we adopt as our global strategy, we aim to enable our customers to be always...

Inner City Youth Empowerment, LLC

Inner City Youth Empowerment, LLC, a private entity formed by Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Mark and Kimbra Walter, gave a two-year, $10 million gift to the city of Chicago to triple the size of the program known as “One Summer Chicago Plus” and provide 5,000 summer jobs for young people at risk of...

Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a nonprofit organization that creates and evaluates solutions to social and development problems,and works to scale up successful ideas through implementation and dissemination to policymakers, practitioners, investors, and donors.

Insaf Network Pakistan

Insaf Network Pakistan (INP) is a network of local organizations that work on the provision of basic rights and justice. INP has local level social mobilizers who work with marginalized communities on ensuring access to basic rights across Pakistan.

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)

L'Institut de recherche pour le développement's mission is to lead research on the South, for the South, and with teh South. Their researchers are dedicated to answering the biggest global questions: climate change, emerging diseases, biodiversity, access to water, migration, poverty, and world...

Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Economique (INSAE)

The Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Economique collects data for the country of Benin and has collaborated with J-PAL on evaluating voting behavior.

Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Economiques et Démographiques (INSEED)

The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies collects, analyses and disseminates information on the French economy and society.

Institut National de l’information Géographique et Forestière (IGN)

The French Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière (IGN) (or in English, National Institute of the Geographic and Forest Information) has collaborated with J-PAL on evaluating voter political involvement in Benin. Previously known as Institut Géographique National.

Institut Nationale de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)

Created in 1964, Inserm is a public organization operating under the dual auspices of the French Ministry of Health and the French Ministry of Research, in charge of the strategic, scientific and operational coordination of biomedical research.

Institut pour la Recherche, le Développement Socio-économique et la Communication (IRESCO)

The mission of IRESCO is to contribute to the improvement of the lives of Africans, by promoting behavioral sciences as the basis for any sustainable and participatory development initiative. In brief, it consists of using data from socio-behavioral research to implement projects related to health...

Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR)

One of India’s top-rated B-schools, IFMR is a non-profit organization focused on contributing to growth and development efforts in India with an emphasis on finance and research.

Institute for Money, Technology, and Financial Inclusion

Established in 2008, the Institute for Money, Technology, and Financial Inclusion is housed in the School of Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Its mission is to support research on money and technology among the world's poorest people. The Institute seeks to create a community...