A new collaboration between the Middle East and North Africa regional office of MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab and Egypt’s Ministry of Planning and Economic Development aims to strengthen the effectiveness of Egypt’s poverty alleviation policies through rigorous evaluation and innovation. The new initiative, the Egypt Impact Lab, will connect academics with government partners to rigorously evaluate the impact of promising and innovative government programs. Results from these evaluations will inform decisions to scale up the most effective programs across the nation, potentially reaching millions of low-income people. …
