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.
Research Manager, J-PAL Middle East and North Africa
Noha Adel is a Research Manager at J-PAL Middle East and North Africa where she works on a project that evaluates the impact of various types of micro equity on the income and living standards of small farmers. Additionally, she is currently working on an evaluation that examines the effects of different interest rates on individuals' business development, decision-making, and repayment behaviors.
Prior to joining J-PAL in 2023, she worked as a research assistant to Professor Adam Osman, where she contributed to evaluating the impact of digital marketing on the growth of small and medium enterprises. Prior to that, she served as a Senior Economic Researcher at the Egyptian Center for Public Opinion Research and worked at the Technical Office of the Minister of Planning, Monitoring, and Administrative Reform.
Noha holds an Masters of Science in Economics from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, where she also earned her Bachelor of Science in Economics.