Based at the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) in Chennai, J-PAL South Asia is one of the regional hubs of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), a global research centre that designs and evaluates anti-poverty and development programs using rigorous methods.

This grant supports research on community-based mental health interventions for elderly women with depression in Tamil Nadu, India. The project will also assess life satisfaction and explore potential spillover effects on family members.

The project is led by Professor Esther Duflo, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at MIT’s Department of Economics, and co-founder and co-director of J-PAL.

This is a matched co-funding initiative with the Agency Fund.