Economic Growth Center at Yale University
The Economic Growth Center, since its founding in 1961 by faculty in the Economics Program at Yale University, has had the objective of studying and promoting understanding of the economic development process within low-income countries and how development is affected by trade and financial relations between these countries and those that developed earlier. The Center facilitates and coordinates the research and training of its faculty who have diverse scholarly specialties and interests. .

Duke University

Financial Access Initiative
The Financial Access Initiative is a consortium of leading development economists focused on substantially expanding access to quality financial services for low-income individuals. Launched with a $5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in late 2006, the Initiative is housed at the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University. The Initiative is directed by Jonathan Morduch (New York University), Dean Karlan (Yale University), Sendhil Mullainathan (Harvard University), and led by Managing Director Christina Barrineau (New York University).

Harvard University

IIM Calcutta

Innovations for Poverty Action
Innovations for Poverty Action is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating, evaluating, and replicating innovative solutions to poverty and policy problems. Combining technical rigor, immediate policy interest, and solid grounding in the needs of poor, IPA partners with frontline organizations to conduct randomized evaluations of development programs. IPA works to facilitate the integration of the evaluation process into the day-to-day operation of development organizations, leaving practitioners with the evaluation tools necessary to better allocate their resources and improve their operations. A critical component of IPA’s mission is to disseminate the results of successful evaluations to development practitioners and policymakers and to replicate and scale successful projects. IPA is driven by the belief that innovative action centered on scientific evidence of what works will accelerate the eradication of global poverty.

MIT

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) serves as a focal point for development and poverty research based on randomized trials. The objective is to improve the effectiveness of poverty programs by providing policy makers with clear scientific results that help shape successful policies to combat poverty. J-PAL works with NGOs, international organizations, and others to evaluate programs and disseminate the results of high quality research. We work on issues as diverse as boosting girls' attendance at school, improving the output of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, racial bias in employment in the US, and the role of women political leaders in India.

Sa Dhan
Sa-Dhan’s mission is to build the field of community development finance in India to help its member and associate institutions to better serve low-income households, particularly women, in both rural and urban India, in their quest for establishing stable livelihoods and improving quality of life.

Stanford University