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 Associate, Morocco Innovation and Evaluation Lab, J-PAL Middle East and North Africa
Kenza Sabri is a Research Associate at Morocco Innovation and Evaluation Lab (MEL) where she supports the design, implementation, and analysis of research projects aimed at enhancing evidence-based policymaking in Morocco, particularly within the education sector.
Prior to joining J-PAL in 2025, she worked as an Assistant Task Officer for the French Development Agency (AFD), focusing on development policies, and as an Assistant Policy Officer at Institut Montaigne, where she contributed to research and policy reports on various social issues.
Kenza holds a Dual Master's Degree in Global Public Policy from the London School of Economics (LSE) and Fudan University and a Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Political Science, and Data Science from University College London (UCL), where her undergraduate thesis analyzed a J-PAL-led RCT on microfinance.