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 900 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 Policy & Communications Manager, J-PAL Middle East and North Africa
Mohamed Sholkamy is a Senior Policy Manager at J-PAL MENA where he works on translating evidence from the firms, finance, and governance sectors into action and promoting a culture of evidence-informed policymaking to help governments, donors, practitioners and NGOs in applying evidence from randomized evaluations to their work.
Prior to joining J-PAL in 2023, he worked as a Research and Social Policy Consultant with UNICEF and ILO in Egypt, focusing mostly on projects related to child protection and child labour. Mohamed holds a MA in Development Studies from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex.