Board Members

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Our Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors, which is composed of J-PAL 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 takes decisions on behalf of the full Board on an ongoing basis.

David Atkin
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Co-Chair, J-PAL's Firms sector

Abhijit Banerjee
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Director, J-PAL
Scientific Director, J-PAL Africa
Member, Executive Committee
Mary Ann Bates

Mary Ann Bates
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Executive Director, J-PAL North America

Marianne Bertrand
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Co-Chair, J-PAL's Labor Markets sector
Member, Executive Committee

Chris Blattman
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Co-Chair, J-PAL's Crime, Violence, & Conflict sector

Nicholas Bloom
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Co-Chair, J-PAL's Firms sector

Shawn Cole
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Co-Chair, Research, Education, and Training
Member, Executive Committee

Bruno Crépon
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Co-Chair, J-PAL's Labor Markets sector
Iqbal Dhaliwal

Iqbal Dhaliwal
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Executive Director, J-PAL
Scientific Director, J-PAL South Asia
Member, Executive Committee

Joseph Doyle
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Co-Chair, J-PAL's Health sector

Esther Duflo
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Director, J-PAL
Scientific Director, J-PAL South Asia
Member, Executive Committee

Pascaline Dupas
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Co-Chair, J-PAL's Health sector
Member, Executive Committee

Claudio Ferraz
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Scientific Director, J-PAL LAC

Amy Finkelstein
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Scientific Director, J-PAL North America
Member, Executive Committee

Francisco Gallego
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Scientific Director, J-PAL LAC

Hélène Giacobino
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Co-Executive Director, J-PAL Europe

Michael Greenstone
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Co-Chair, J-PAL's Environment and Energy sector

Marc Gurgand
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Scientific Director, J-PAL Europe

Rema Hanna
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Scientific Director, J-PAL Southeast Asia

Kelsey Jack
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Co-Chair, J-PAL's Environment & Energy sector

Seema Jayachandran
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Chair, J-PAL's Gender sector
Headshot of Dean Karlan

Dean Karlan
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Chair, J-PAL's Finance sector
Member, Executive Committee

Lawrence Katz
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Scientific Director, J-PAL North America

Jens Ludwig
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Co-Chair, J-PAL's Crime, Violence, & Conflict sector

Karen Macours
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Co-Chair, J-PAL's Health sector

Lina Marliani
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Executive Director, J-PAL Southeast Asia

Craig McIntosh
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Co-Chair, J-PAL's Agriculture sector

Shobhini Mukerji
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Executive Director, J-PAL South Asia

Karthik Muralidharan
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Co-Chair, J-PAL's Education sector

Benjamin Olken
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Director, J-PAL
Scientific Director, J-PAL Southeast Asia
Co-Chair, J-PAL's Political Economy & Governance sector
Member, Executive Committee

Philip Oreopoulos
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Co-Chair, J-PAL's Education sector

Rohini Pande
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Co-Chair, J-PAL's Political Economy & Governance sector

William Parienté
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Co-Chair, Research, Education, and Training

Paula Pedro
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Executive Director, J-PAL Latin America and the Caribbean
Laura Poswell headshot

Laura Poswell
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Executive Director, J-PAL Africa

Anna Schrimpf
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Co-Executive Director, J-PAL Europe

Tavneet Suri
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Scientific Director, J-PAL Africa
Co-Chair, J-PAL's Agriculture sector