J-PAL Acronyms Guide

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) uses many acronyms in our work. Depending on the work you are involved in, some of these may be part of your daily usage, while others are more rare and unknown. To support newer staff in understanding the language we use - as well as providing a resource for current staff, this acronym guide has been put together.

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aQ1SwLqPwLVN1ThYXBiwlT4QVjto9L0j/edit

As language constantly evolves, new acronyms may be added to J-PAL staff usage while others change or fall out of use. Please feel free to flag missing or outdated acronyms to the HR team or onboarding working group.

Note that additional acronyms may be used throughout MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) that are not captured here.