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  • About

    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.

    • Overview

      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.

    • Affiliated Professors

      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.

    • Invited Researchers
    • J-PAL Scholars
    • Board
      Our Board of Directors, which is composed of J-PAL affiliated professors and senior management, provides overall strategic guidance to J-PAL, our sector programs, and regional offices.
    • Staff
    • Strengthening Our Work

      Our research, policy, and training work is fundamentally better when it is informed by a broad range of perspectives.

    • Code of Conduct
    • Initiatives
      J-PAL initiatives concentrate funding and other resources around priority topics for which rigorous policy-relevant research is urgently needed.
    • Events
      We host events around the world and online to share results and policy lessons from randomized evaluations, to build new partnerships between researchers and practitioners, and to train organizations on how to design and conduct randomized evaluations, and use evidence from impact evaluations.
    • Blog
      News, ideas, and analysis from J-PAL staff and affiliated professors.
    • News
      Browse news articles about J-PAL and our affiliated professors, read our press releases and monthly global and research newsletters, and connect with us for media inquiries.
    • Press Room
      Based at leading universities around the world, our experts are economists who use randomized evaluations to answer critical questions in the fight against poverty. Connect with us for all media inquiries and we'll help you find the right person to shed insight on your story.
  • Offices
    J-PAL is based at MIT in Cambridge, MA and has seven regional offices at leading universities in Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, North America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
    • Overview
      J-PAL is based at MIT in Cambridge, MA and has seven regional offices at leading universities in Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, North America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
    • Global
      Our global office is based at the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It serves as the head office for our network of seven independent regional offices.
    • Africa
      J-PAL Africa is based at the Southern Africa Labour & Development Research Unit (SALDRU) at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
    • Europe
      J-PAL Europe is based at the Paris School of Economics in France.
    • Latin America and the Caribbean
      J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean is based at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
    • Middle East and North Africa
      J-PAL MENA is based at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.
    • North America
      J-PAL North America is based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States.
    • South Asia
      J-PAL South Asia is based at the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) in India.
    • Southeast Asia
      J-PAL Southeast Asia is based at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Indonesia (FEB UI).
  • Sectors
    Led by affiliated professors, J-PAL sectors guide our research and policy work by conducting literature reviews; by managing research initiatives that promote the rigorous evaluation of innovative interventions by affiliates; and by summarizing findings and lessons from randomized evaluations and producing cost-effectiveness analyses to help inform relevant policy debates.
    • Overview
      Led by affiliated professors, J-PAL sectors guide our research and policy work by conducting literature reviews; by managing research initiatives that promote the rigorous evaluation of innovative interventions by affiliates; and by summarizing findings and lessons from randomized evaluations and producing cost-effectiveness analyses to help inform relevant policy debates.
    • Agriculture
      How can we encourage small farmers to adopt proven agricultural practices and improve their yields and profitability?
    • Crime, Violence, and Conflict
      What are the causes and consequences of crime, violence, and conflict and how can policy responses improve outcomes for those affected?
    • Education
      How can students receive high-quality schooling that will help them, their families, and their communities truly realize the promise of education?
    • Environment, Energy, and Climate Change
      How can we increase access to energy, reduce pollution, and mitigate and build resilience to climate change?
    • Finance
      How can financial products and services be more affordable, appropriate, and accessible to underserved households and businesses?
    • Firms
      How do policies affecting private sector firms impact productivity gaps between higher-income and lower-income countries? How do firms’ own policies impact economic growth and worker welfare?
    • Gender
      How can we reduce gender inequality and ensure that social programs are sensitive to existing gender dynamics?
    • Health
      How can we increase access to and delivery of quality health care services and effectively promote healthy behaviors?
    • Labor Markets
      How can we help people find and keep work, particularly young people entering the workforce?
    • Political Economy and Governance
      What are the causes and consequences of poor governance and how can policy improve public service delivery?
    • Social Protection
      How can we identify effective policies and programs in low- and middle-income countries that provide financial assistance to low-income families, insuring against shocks and breaking poverty traps?
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Arya Gaduh

Arya Gaduh is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. His published research revolves around the empirical microeconomics of development, with particular focuses on human/social capital and urban economics.
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Melissa Kearney

Melissa S. Kearney is the Neil Moskowitz Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland. Kearney's research focuses on issues of social policy, poverty, and inequality and her work examines the effect of government programs and economic conditions on the behaviors and outcomes of economically...
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David Yang

David Yang is a Professor of Economics at Harvard University. He studies political economy, behavioral and experimental economics, economic history, and cultural economics. In particular, David studies the forces of stability and forces of changes in authoritarian regimes, drawing lessons from...
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Dayanand Manoli

Dayanand Manoli is an Associate Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. Dayanand’s research focuses on empirical analyses to document and improve the impacts of government policies. His research interests include social security and retirement policy, income tax...
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Joseph Doyle

Joseph Doyle is the Erwin H. Schell Professor of Management and a Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Co-Chair of J-PAL's Health sector.
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Bridget Long

Bridget Terry Long is the Dean and the Saris Professor of Education and Economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research focuses on the transition from high school to higher education and beyond, and she examines the impact of factors such as affordability and academic preparation...
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Christopher Walters

Christopher Walters is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. His research covers topics in labor economics, education, and applied econometrics. His current work focuses on school choice, school effectiveness, and early childhood interventions, with...
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Lisa A. Gennetian

Lisa Gennetian is Professor of Public Policy and the Pritzker Professor of Early Learning Policy Studies at Duke University.
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Firman Witoelar Kartaadipoetra

Firman Witoelar Kartaadipoetra is an Associate Professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australia National University. Firman’s research interests are microeconomics of development: health behavior and outcomes, economics of aging, education and labor market outcomes, consumption and...
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Alicia Sasser Modestino

Alicia Sasser Modestino is an Associate Professor with appointments in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and the Department of Economics at Northeastern University, where she also serves as the Research Director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy. Her current research...
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Simon Quinn

Simon Quinn is an Associate Professor at the Imperial College Business School. Simon studies development economics with a focus on firms. Currently, Simon is researching entrepreneurship and networks, youth unemployment and labor market access, novel models of microfinance, and community...
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Susanna Berkouwer

Susanna Berkouwer is an Assistant Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy and the Robert J. Aresty, W’63 Faculty Scholar at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Rachid Laajaj

Rachid Laajaj is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Universidad de Los Andes. His primary areas of research are technology adoption in agriculture, corruption, and human capital. He studies these issues from a micro-development perspective, paying particular attention to the role of...
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Nicolas Ajzenman

Nicolás Ajzenman is an assistant professor of economics at McGill University.
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Felix Masiye

Felix Masiye is the Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zambia and an Affiliate Assistant Professor at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. His research interests span health program evaluation, health financing...

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