Letter from the Global Executive Director
The past year made it clear that we need to learn to live with this pandemic but not its terrible impact. As vaccines rolled out, field research began to resume and demand soared for evidence-based policy solutions to help people recover from the unprecedented economic shocks of Covid-19.
About J-PAL: 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 260 affiliated researchers at universities around the world, J-PAL conducts randomized evaluations to answer critical questions in the fight against poverty.
Innovative Research: Evaluating cutting-edge policies and programs
Investing in rigorous research is essential to finding solutions to the world’s greatest challenges. Our growing network of researchers work with local partners across the globe to conduct randomized evaluations to identify the most effective approaches to fight poverty and climate change.
The King Climate Action Initiative: Solutions at the nexus of climate change and poverty
Climate change disproportionately affects people experiencing poverty and threatens to reverse decades of progress in global poverty alleviation. In partnership with King Philanthropies, our King Climate Action Initiative (K-CAI) drives evidence generation for effective and equitable climate action.
Capacity Building: Growing a pipeline of researchers generating rigorous, policy-relevant evidence
We invest in building the capacity of government officials, policymakers, practitioners, and researchers worldwide to catalyze data-driven decision-making, equipping professionals with practical tools to become better users and producers of scientific evidence.
Globally Informed, Locally Grounded: Strategic efforts and key priorities of our regional offices
Our local grounding is critical to the success of our work. Based at leading universities on five continents, J-PAL’s seven regional offices anchor our research, policy engagement, and capacity building work around the world.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Our work is fundamentally better when it is informed by diverse perspectives. We are taking action to address the lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field of economics and in our field of work and have made strong progress on the goals we set in 2020.
J-PAL Leadership
Our Board of Directors, which is composed of affiliated professors and senior management, provides overall strategic guidance to J-PAL, our sector programs, and regional offices. The nine-member Executive Committee of the Board makes decisions on behalf of the full Board on an ongoing basis.
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