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.
Senior Research Associate, Morocco Innovation and Evaluation Lab, J-PAL Middle East and North Africa
Najiba El Amrani Mida is a Senior Research Associate at the Morocco Innovation and Evaluation Lab where she collaborates with researchers, organizations, and policymakers to promote evidence-based policymaking in Morocco, particularly in the education sector.
Prior to joining the MEL in 2024, she worked as a Project Manager on various Randomized Controlled Trials in the education sector across Spain, with a special focus on vulnerable populations, she served as a Research Assistant at the Bank of Spain, where she worked on one of the major national representative survey, the Spanish Household Financial Survey.
Najiba holds a Master of Research in Economic Analysis from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Almeria.