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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 1,100 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 1,100 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 130 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.
      • Leadership
      • 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
    • Europe
    • Latin America and the Caribbean
    • Middle East and North Africa
    • North America
    • South Asia
    • Southeast Asia
  • 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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Bonnyface Ndung'u

Bonnyface Ndung’u is a Policy Manager at J-PAL Africa, where he spearheads efforts to increase access to and use of water treatment products. He works with J-PAL Africa’s Health Lead and Scientific Director Pascaline Dupas and the Rwandan Biomedical Center to design, pilot, and scale a chlorine...
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The Evidence Effect

A smarter way to reduce violence? Teach yourself to think differently

Training people to think differently in challenging situations can reduce violence and make communities safer.
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The Evidence Effect

High-impact tutoring to help students catch up

Tutoring programs in the United States consistently lead to large improvements in learning outcomes across a range of school grades and educational settings.
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The Evidence Effect

Summer jobs, better futures

Paid summer jobs programs level the playing field for young people from low-income communities, raising summer employment rates and income and reducing involvement with the criminal legal system.
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The Evidence Effect

Encouraging government innovation through policy labs

Evidence-informed policy labs in governments help agencies pilot, test, and scale effective solutions for priority issues while also strengthening data and evidence use capacity.
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Blog

Researcher Spotlight: Harini Kannan on partnering with government to scale evidence-informed programs across India

In this episode of the Researcher Spotlight Series, host Sambhav Choudhury speaks with Harini Kannan, research scientist at J-PAL South Asia. Harini shares her journey from being inspired by budget speeches as a child to pursuing a career in development economics.
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J-PAL South Asia: The Alliance for Scaling Policy Impact through Research and Evidence (ASPIRE)

The Alliance for Scaling Policy Impact through Research and Evidence (ASPIRE) is a coalition of governments, philanthropic organizations, civil society groups, and research institutions hosted by J-PAL South Asia. ASPIRE is working to scale up effective programs that tackle some of India’s biggest...
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ASPIRE Our Work Scaling Impact MP Police

Evidence shows that police reform—providing gender sensitization training to officers and introducing dedicated help desks for women at police stations—can shift police attitudes, making them more responsive to women’s security needs.
Four panelists seated on stage during Charcha 2022, with a large screen behind them displaying the ASPIRE logo and the text “Hosted by J-PAL South Asia.”
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ASPIRE at Charcha 2022

At Charcha 2022, J-PAL South Asia’s ASPIRE team partnered with the Veddis Foundation to organize three high-impact sessions, marking ASPIRE’s first public introduction. Anchored in the event's themes of livelihoods and entrepreneurship, the sessions explored strategies to strengthen government...
launching the Satat Jeevikoparjan Yojana Playbook, Going the Last Mile: Lifting ultra-poor households out of extreme poverty in Patna, Bihar.
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Going the Last Mile: Lifting Ultra-Poor Households Out of Extreme Poverty

The Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (JEEViKA), in collaboration with Bandhan-Konnagar and J-PAL South Asia, hosted the launch of a new playbook capturing five years of learnings from Satat Jeevikoparjan Yojana (SJY)—the world’s first government-led scale-up of the Graduation Approach. The...
Exclusive roundtable with MoRD, J-PAL South Asia
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Reimagining Poverty Alleviation in India: An Expert Dialogue With Abhijit Banerjee

On July 11, 2024, J-PAL South Asia hosted an exclusive roundtable in New Delhi with Nobel Laureate and J-PAL Co-Founder Professor Abhijit Banerjee, bringing together senior leaders from government, philanthropy, and civil society to reimagine how India can tackle extreme poverty through scalable...
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ASPIRE Events

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Rakean Radya Al Barra

Rakean is a Research Associate at J-PAL Southeast Asia, where he currently works on projects related to social protection for poverty reduction and is also assisting the urban transportation project.
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Ketki Girish Moghe

Ketki Moghe is a Research Associate at J-PAL South Asia, currently working on the Remote Tutoring: Ganita Ganaka project in Bengaluru, India.
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Event

Learn New Skills this Fall with Online DEDP MicroMasters Courses

Join the course team for a live webinar to explore the Data, Economics, and Design of Policy MicroMasters program. Learn how this flexible, online graduate-level program—taught by MIT faculty—can help you build practical skills in data analysis, economics, and policy design.

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