Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
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Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center that conducts randomized evaluations to inform and promote evidence-based policies aimed at reducing poverty.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab canonical | 6 |
| J-PAL | 1 |
| Jameel Poverty Action Lab | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T184159 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Context triple: [MIT Department of Economics, collaboratesWith, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab]
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A.
Economist Educational Foundation
The Economist Educational Foundation is a charitable organization that develops resources and programs to help young people engage critically with current affairs and global issues.
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B.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a major private philanthropic organization known for funding creative individuals and institutions through initiatives in areas such as social justice, climate solutions, and the arts.
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C.
Banting Research Foundation
The Banting Research Foundation is a Canadian organization that funds early-career health and biomedical researchers, established to honor and continue the scientific legacy of insulin co-discoverer Sir Frederick Banting.
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D.
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation is a research and policy center at Harvard focused on strengthening democracy, improving public governance, and fostering innovative solutions in the public sector worldwide.
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E.
Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies is a Harvard research center that investigates global population health, demographic change, and social determinants of health to inform policy and improve well-being worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Target entity description: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center that conducts randomized evaluations to inform and promote evidence-based policies aimed at reducing poverty.
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A.
Economist Educational Foundation
The Economist Educational Foundation is a charitable organization that develops resources and programs to help young people engage critically with current affairs and global issues.
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B.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a major private philanthropic organization known for funding creative individuals and institutions through initiatives in areas such as social justice, climate solutions, and the arts.
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C.
Banting Research Foundation
The Banting Research Foundation is a Canadian organization that funds early-career health and biomedical researchers, established to honor and continue the scientific legacy of insulin co-discoverer Sir Frederick Banting.
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D.
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation is a research and policy center at Harvard focused on strengthening democracy, improving public governance, and fostering innovative solutions in the public sector worldwide.
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E.
Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies is a Harvard research center that investigates global population health, demographic change, and social determinants of health to inform policy and improve well-being worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
nonprofit organization
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policy research organization ⓘ research center ⓘ |
| activity |
capacity building
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design randomized evaluations ⓘ disseminate research findings ⓘ implement randomized evaluations ⓘ policy outreach ⓘ |
| affiliation | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| approach |
evidence-based policy design
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rigorous impact evaluation ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
NGOs
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academic institutions ⓘ governments ⓘ international organizations ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| field |
development economics
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impact evaluation ⓘ poverty alleviation ⓘ |
| focusArea |
crime and violence
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education ⓘ environment and energy ⓘ finance ⓘ gender ⓘ governance ⓘ health ⓘ labor markets ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Abdul Latif Jameel ⓘ |
| hasNetwork |
global network of affiliated professors
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regional offices ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Abdul Latif Jameel ⓘ |
| nonProfitStatus | nonprofit ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Africa
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Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| purpose |
inform evidence-based policy
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promote evidence-based policymaking ⓘ reduce global poverty ⓘ |
| researchMethod |
randomized controlled trials
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randomized evaluations ⓘ |
| sector |
international development
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public policy research ⓘ |
| shortName |
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
J-PAL
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| website | https://www.povertyactionlab.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Description of subject: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a global research center that conducts randomized evaluations to inform and promote evidence-based policies aimed at reducing poverty.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
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shortName
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Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
J-PAL
this entity surface form:
Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Esther Duflo (honorary doctorate, not student)
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coFounded
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Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
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subject surface form:
Esther Duflo
subject surface form:
Esther Duflo