Also Inside: How IPA is Adapting to COVID-19

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LATEST RESEARCH & NEWS

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FEATURED BLOG POST

COVID-19: How IPA is Responding, Adapting—and Preparing

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By Annie Duflo

As COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly across the globe, we at IPA—like all of you—have been closely monitoring this rapidly evolving situation and adapting our lives and our work as a result. In addition to the first and most urgent priority of protecting health and safety, we feel it is our responsibility to adapt during this time so that we can contribute meaningful data, evidence, and analysis to the response to this crisis. Our research and programs teams are already exploring ways that we can adapt our work and leverage our institutional comparative advantage and staff in 22 country offices to support the response effort.

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Learn about IPA's Research for Effective COVID-19 Responses (RECOVR) Initiative.

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FEATURED BLOG POST

What We Can Learn about Epidemic Response from the 2014-15 Ebola Crisis in Sierra Leone

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An interview with Oeindrila Dube

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"The first lesson I think that’s directly relevant to us now is about trust and testing. We’re seeing with COVID-19 how important it is to test and identify carriers and put in measures to prevent the spread. What we learned in Sierra Leone was that in a time of danger and uncertainty, trust between people and their health providers saved lives. More people got tested and that meant more people could get treated."

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and the summary of the study.

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FEATURED NEWS ITEM

Practicing Social Distancing, While Softening the Economic Blow

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By Susan Athey and Dean Karlan

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People are starting to practice not only social distancing but also economic distancing, which leaves a lot of people—especially the most economically vulnerable—in the lurch. It’s easy to feel powerless watching the human toll mount. In this opinion piece in the Washington Post, IPA founder Dean Karlan and board member Susan Athey talk about how we can make a difference when we’re stuck at home, disconnected both socially and economically.

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FEATURED NEWS ITEM

Global Research Funders Need to Commit to Full Flexibility. Now.

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By Ruth Levine

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In this article, Ruth Levine, a policy fellow at Stanford's Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, addresses research funders on the Center for Effective Philanthropy blog on facing the COVID-19 pandemic. Levine, who previously worked at the Hewlett Foundation and several multilateral agencies, explains why funders need to act immediately to ensure their previous investments are protected by shepherding their grantees through this crisis. She gives several tips, including making their funding flexible, so grantees have the leeway to pivot to tackling the crisis.

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IPA IN THE NEWS

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Researchers Share Lessons from the 2014 Ebola Outbreak

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IPA Evaluation of Uganda Secondary Education Skills Program in Brookings Blog

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Kenya's The Standard on Digital Consumer Protection Study

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Côte d'Ivoire's Abidjan.net Covers Local Youth Employment Workshop

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Côte d'Ivoire's FratMat on IPA Co-Hosted Youth Employment Workshop

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Côte d'Ivoire's Linfodrome on Local Youth Employment Event

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EVENTS

RECENT

Webinar: When and How Rigorous Research Can Be Successfully Incorporated into Financial Product Delivery

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March 27 | Webinar, United States

IPA Peru Co-Hosts Dissemination Event on Scaling Financial Education through Technology

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February 18 | Lima, Peru

IPA Executive Director Annie Duflo Featured at Yale Philanthropy Conference

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February 14 | New Haven, CT, United States

IPA Presents on Midline Results of Nutrition in Burkina Faso at the European Union

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February 12 | Brussels, Belgium

IPA Co-Hosts First Forum for the Design of Public Policies Based on Evidence

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February 4 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

IPA Philippines Presents at Two Forums on K-12 Education Curriculum

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January 29 - February 6 | Manila, Philippines

IPA Peru Presents on Results of Gender-Based Violence Study

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January 30 - February 1 | Armayari and Lima, Peru

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