Founded | June 2003 |
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Type | Academic center |
Focus | Randomized impact evaluation in areas including Microfinance, Public Health, Agriculture, and more; training and capacity building; policy outreach |
Location | |
Origins | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Area served | Global |
Key people | Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee, Benjamin Olken, Iqbal Dhaliwal |
Website | www |
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. J-PAL conducts randomized impact evaluations to answer critical questions in the fight against poverty, and builds partnerships with governments, NGOs, donors, and others to generate new research, share knowledge, and scale up effective programs.[1]