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Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research centre aiming to reduce poverty through evidence-based policy. With over 290 affiliated professors and 8 offices worldwide, J-PAL conducts randomised impact evaluations to inform policies that have reached over 600 million people. In 2019, J-PAL’s co-founders Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee, and affiliate Michael Kremer won the Nobel Prize for Economics.

Impact since 2003

600M
people reached
96
countries reached
290
affiliated professors
180K
learners
4700+
evaluations
36
government partnerships

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