AdLAB – Adolescent Learning, Action, and Benchmarking – is an initiative for learning and action focused on adolescent health and wellbeing. Created by the Global Financing Facility and the Development Economics Research Group at the World Bank, AdLAB is aimed to strengthen the evidence base on what works for adolescents, how to use this evidence effectively, and how to redefine the way we measure and understand adolescent health in a comprehensive, holistic way.

AdLAB is supported by a multidisciplinary team of health researchers, implementation scientists, economists, and youth advocates. Our team brings a wealth of expertise in adolescent health, implementation and evaluative research, and policy analysis. AdLAB operates through four key functions:

• Priority Setting: Identifying country driven evidence needs and Implementation science priorities

• Evidence Generation: Conducting implementation research

• Evidence Dissemination and Translation: Supporting the sharing and understanding of the evidence

• Evidence Use: Supporting the use of evidence in policies and programs

AdLAB Activities

• Implementation and evaluative research

• Evidence synthesis and design support using an implementation research lens

• Capacity building for implementation research

• Stakeholder engagement through implementation research

• Dissemination and uptake of implementation research findings

AdLAB’s Priority Thematic Areas

Get in Touch with Us

adlab [at] worldbank.org

Resources

• AdLAB Community of Practice - Coming Soon!
• GFF Adolescent Health Analysis

Overview of Ongoing Projects – Coming Soon!