Jonathan Weigel is an Assistant Professor in the Business and Public Policy Group at the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley. His research interests are at the intersection of political economy, development, and public economics. His research explores the role of state...

Michael Best is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Columbia University. His research focuses on improving government effectiveness in low- and middle-income countries, particularly by improving tax compliance and bureaucratic performance.

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

Nathan Fiala is an Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut.

Sarah Eichmeyer is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Bocconi University.

Ray Kluender is an Associate Professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and the Berol Corporation Fellow at Harvard Business School. His research focuses on how innovation, private markets, and public policy should function to improve the well-being of American households with a particular...

Erwin Bulte is a Professor of Development Economics at Wageningen University.

Gianmarco León-Ciliotta is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Business at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. León-Ciliotta’s research focuses on political and organizational economics in developing countries and explores questions related to the selection and incentives of public...

Aya Essam is a Policy, Training, and Events Associate in J-PAL Middle East and North Africa based at the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development under the Egypt Impact Lab. In this role, she is supporting the firms, finance, and governance sectors by translating evidence into action and...

Nariman Fahmy is a Policy and Training Associate at J-PAL MENA, where she designs and delivers training programs on impact evaluations with a particular focus on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for government and non-government partners.