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.
Senior Research Associate, J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean
Cesar Huaroto is a Senior Policy Associate at J-PAL LAC where he works on the incubation of a public policies innovation lab within the environmental regulatory agency of Peru, OEFA. Before joining J-PAL in 2023, he worked at UDEP and PUCP teaching economics undergraduate classes, and as an Impact Evaluation Specialist in MineduLab. Cesar holds a PhD in Economics from PUC Chile.
