Grant to MIT's Poverty Action Lab increases focus on working with governments
The Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives (ALJCI) has committed a substantial grant to the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT. The new funding will allow J-PAL, which champions the use of randomized controlled trials to help answer critical policy questions in the fight against poverty, to greatly expand the reach and real-world impact of its research by increasing its work with governments to scale up antipoverty policies that work. J-PAL will use this support to create the Government Partnership Initiative (GPI), which will work with governments to design, evaluate, and scale up programs that aim to reduce poverty. GPI will also provide technical support to help governments scale effective policies and further institutionalize evidence-informed policymaking. The grant from ALJCI builds upon previous significant contributions to J-PAL made by MIT alumnus Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel '78, chairman of ALJCI. “J-PAL transforms research into action, informing smart policies that have already improved...