The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)

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Social Impact Organization

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United States

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 262 affiliated professors at universities around the world, J-PAL conducts randomized impact evaluations to answer critical questions in the fight against poverty.

J-PAL is based at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts 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.

J-PAL sectors guide its research and policy work by conducting literature reviews, managing research initiatives that promote the rigorous evaluation of innovative interventions by affiliates, summarizing findings and lessons from randomized evaluations, and producing cost-effectiveness analyses to help inform relevant policy debates.

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Tithee Mukhopadhyay

Deputy Executive Director

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)

Tithee Mukhopadhyay works closely with the Executive Director and the senior leadership team to set the direction of J-PAL South Asia across several dimensions, with the goal to accelerate the organization’s growth.

Iqbal Dhaliwal

Global Executive Director

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)

Iqbal Singh Dhaliwal is the Global Executive Director of J-PAL. He works with the Board of Directors to develop the organization’s strategic vision, and with the leadership of the seven regional offices to coordinate J-PAL’s worldwide research, policy outreach, capacity building, and operations.

Aparna Krishnan

Project Director, J-PAL South Asia

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)

Aparna Krishnan leads J-PAL South Asia’s Innovations in Data and Experiments for Action (IDEA) Lab, a dedicated team within J-PAL SA, with a focus on encouraging use of administrative data in research and policy.