Salma Salem

Salma Salem is a Senior Research Associate at J-PAL Middle East and North Africa. She is currently working on two RCTs; one is for an edutainment project conducted by UNFPA Egypt, that aims to identify how effective media and social mobility interventions are in shifting attitudes and behaviors related to gender norms in Egypt. The other RCT is conducted by the National Council for women, and assess the impact of digital village savings and loans associations (VSLAs) on the livelihoods and investment behavior of women in rural communities in Egypt.

Salma is a holder of an Masters degree in Applied Development Economics from the London School of Economics, after being awarded the Chevening Scholarship by the British government. She also holds two bachelor’s degrees in economics and political science, with a minor in statistics, from Cairo University.

Before working with J-PAL, she worked for four years with refugees in Save the Children and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.