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Emily Breza is the Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics at Harvard University Department of Economics and Co-Chair of J-PAL's Finance sector. Her...

An evidence-based family planning campaign delivered via mass media was scaled up across Burkina Faso, reaching 80 percent of the country’s population, and...

Jishnu Das is a Distinguished Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. His work focuses on the delivery of basic services,...

Emanuele Colonnelli is a Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

The Crime and Violence Initiative (CVI) fosters experimental research on crime and social and political violence. By providing targeted funding for rigorous...

Nov 13, 2025 - Abdul Latif Jameel Finance and Ant International have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly explore opportunities in the financial technology...

With fewer resources available, the bar is even higher for deciding which social sector and development programs to invest in. Evidence can help governments,...

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

J-PAL’s Gender and Economic Agency (GEA) Initiative funds randomized evaluations of strategies to enhance women’s economic agency.  

Frederico Finan is a Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on a broad range of economic topics in the areas of...

J-PAL North America's November newsletter features a new blog post on interpreting results from the Baby's First Years study, a feature on our 2025...

The J-PAL Africa training team organises in-person trainings, online courses and customised workshops for researchers, policymakers and program implementers on...

The J-PAL Africa policy team works with governments, researchers, and NGOs to increase evidence use by bridging the gap between rigorous research and action in...

In a series of 12 iterative A/B tests, researchers compared two versions of our tutoring program in Botswana to see which performed better. At the end of...

Launched in 2019, J-PAL’s European Social Inclusion Initiative (ESII) aims to generate and share widely applicable lessons about promoting social inclusion...

Jul 1, 2025 - Almar Water Solutions recently hosted Fady Jameel, Vice Chairman, International, Abdul Latif Jameel during his first visit to one of their flagship projects,...

J-PAL’s Urban Services Initiative (USI) seeks to identify and rigorously evaluate innovative methods designed to improve the welfare of the urban poor in...

Iqbal Singh Dhaliwal is the Global Executive Director of J-PAL since January 2018. He works with the Board of Directors to develop the organization’s...

The IKEA Foundation is supporting the J-PAL and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) to generate and share new evidence on the impacts of livelihoods programs...

Dec 19, 2025 - Jameel Motorsport returns as a founding partner of the Esports World Cup 2025 with immersive gaming experiences. Read more here.

Seema Jayachandran is a Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University and Co-Chair of J-PAL's Gender sector. Her research focuses on...

Eliza leads J-PAL's external communications, including strategic planning and development of editorial content, message guidance, innovative web...

Michael Kremer is the Gates Professor of Developing Societies in the Department of Economics at Harvard University. He is the Co-Recipient of the 2019 Nobel...

Lina Marliani is the Executive Director of Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) Southeast Asia, which is hosted by the Institute for Economic and...

Dan Levy is a Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is currently involved in evaluations of a...

Researchers in the J-PAL network have been using randomized evaluations to learn how to help people get jobs and how to help businesses grow for over two...

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Dec 19, 2025 - Jameel Motorsport, part of Abdul Latif Jameel, makes history as the first Saudi team to win FIA Extreme H World Cup, leading hydrogen racing innovation.

The UM6P-J-PAL Applied Lab for Agriculture (UJALA) aims to generate rigorous, policy-relevant evidence to answer critical questions around small-scale...

Shobhini Mukerji is the Executive Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)’s South Asia regional center, hosted by the Institute for...

J-PAL North America, based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, catalyzes randomized evaluations, builds partnerships for evidence-informed...

This is the second blog post in a series highlighting how UNICEF and J-PAL are working together to strengthen evidence use in education. The first blog post...

Karen Macours is a Professor at the Paris School of Economics and researcher at INRA and Co-Chair of J-PAL's Health sector. Her current research focuses...

Oeindrila Dube is the Philip K. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at the University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy. She studies poverty...

J-PAL North America’s Education team works to catalyze randomized evaluations and disseminate evidence on innovative tactics to improve student learning and...

Our mission is to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. We do this through research, policy outreach, and training.

Aug 9, 2021 - In our new thought leader series, 'Spotlight', Fady Jameel considers the challenges we face & examines the policies, technologies, approaches...

Rachel Glennerster is an Associate Professor of Economics in the Division of Social Science at the University of Chicago and currently serves as the President...

Edward Miguel is the Distinguished Professor of Economics, and the Oxfam Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics at the University of California at...

J-PAL Southeast Asia, based at the University of Indonesia, leads J-PAL’s work in the Southeast Asia region.

With fewer resources available, the bar is even higher for deciding which social sector and development programs to invest in. Evidence can help governments,...

J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), based at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, leads J-PAL’s work in the LAC region. J-PAL LAC conducts...

Esther Duflo is the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute...

J-PAL’s Government Partnership Initiative (GPI) ran from 2015-2018 to build and strengthen partnerships between governments and J-PAL affiliates and J-PAL...

J-PAL Africa, based at the University of Cape Town, leads J-PAL’s work in sub-Saharan Africa. J-PAL Africa conducts randomized evaluations, builds...

Almar Water Solutions, the dedicated water solutions unit of Abdul Latif Jameel Energy, has signed an agreement with the digital transformation company...