63m poor benefit from ALJ poverty action lab

In fulfillment of their social responsibilities and inspired by the work of Professor Esther Duflo, winner of the Young French Economist Award 2005 and founder of a research center at the Economics Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Abdul Latif Jameel (ALJ) Company champions efforts around the globe that bring relief to the suffering of millions in the world. 

Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel, a Graduate of MIT, arranged a trip to Boston to meet Professor Duflo, essentially to learn more about her and what she was trying to achieve. His interest was raised as she declared that she wanted to seek effective solutions based on empirical research and data rather than just writing about global poverty. The words “poverty” and “action” being used together in the title of the Lab was the instrumental factor. Through rigorous analysis based on randomized trials, aid programs can in turn be evaluated, made more effective, more intelligent and less wasteful in order to really improve the lives of millions of poor people around the world.

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