Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)

Esther Duflo, the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at MIT, was named the winner of the 2010 John Bates Clark medal.

Esther Duflo wins Clark medal

MIT’s influential poverty researcher heralded as best economist under age 40.

April 23, 2010

Indonesian village residents participating in a field experiment on direct democracy.

Democracy put to the test

MIT field experiment asks: What happens when people gain the ability to govern themselves?

February 8, 2010

Poverty's researcher

MacArthur Foundation "genius" Esther Duflo, PhD '99, field-tests aid programs to find out which ones work-and why.

January 5, 2010

Initiative targets poor farmers in Africa

By understanding why Africa has not yet adopted technologies and practices that can dramatically boost productivity, researchers hope to improve farmers’ lives.

December 1, 2009

Indian women and children wait at a clinic where J-PAL researchers investigate a better way to bring medical treatment to developing areas.

Data points of light

MIT’s undergraduates fight poverty one statistic at a time, thanks to coordination between the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab.

November 2, 2009

Lab-grade economics

Can economists conduct studies with solid scientific foundations? Professor Joshua Angrist explains how to carry out 'natural experiments' with numbers.

September 28, 2009

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