Also Inside: Addressing COVID-19's Economic Impacts
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IPA Random Update
LATEST RESEARCH & NEWS
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ANNOUNCEMENT
IPA Launches RECOVR Research Hub
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As part of Research for Effective COVID-19 Responses (RECOVR), a major new effort at IPA, we have launched the RECOVR Research Hub. The hub is a resource for researchers and decision-makers working to document or learn about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in low- and middle-income countries. The hub documents active studies taking place—and results as they come in—on COVID-19’s socio-economic impacts
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, lists survey instruments
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that are being developed by IPA and others, and shares funding opportunities
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with the research community.
Read IPA Executive Director Annie Duflo's blog post about How IPA is Pivoting with RECOVR.
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FEATURED BLOG
A Race Against Time: Why We Need Innovation and Evidence to Address COVID-19's Economic Impacts
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By Radha Rajkotia
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The last few weeks have brought a slew of dire economic projections across the globe as a result of the spread of the coronavirus. In the World Bank’s baseline scenario, almost 24 million fewer people will escape poverty
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in 2020 due to the economic impact of the pandemic. We are now in a race against time. Living in the U.S. or Europe, we recognize the costs of policy action through social distancing and containment, as well as the fatal costs of inaction. But we now have the limited luxury of time until the virus spreads more aggressively across less developed countries. And it is at this time that we need to re-tool our policy prescriptions.
Read the full blog post.
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NEW RESULTS
Short Spells of Food Insecurity Had Negative Effects on Early Childhood Development in Ghana
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Researchers: Elisabetta Aurino, Edward Tsinigo, and Sharon Wolf
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Household food security, defined as stable access to sufficient and nutritious food, is critical in the early years to meet a child’s developmental needs. In Ghana, researchers used longitudinal data on preschool-aged children and their households to investigate how household food insecurity was associated with early childhood development outcomes across three years. Children that experienced spells of household food insecurity had lower literacy, numeracy, and short-term memory on average.
Read the full summary
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and the working paper
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to learn more.
FEATURED BLOG
The Demand Side of COVID-19 Research: What Governments Need From Researchers for Effective Crisis Response
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By John Branch, Shahana Hirji, and Bethany Park
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Many of the countries where we work are still bracing for the worst of the pandemic’s impacts, and early action is critical for saving lives and livelihoods. Our partnerships with policymakers have allowed us to see how the impacts of the pandemic will be interpreted and addressed by decision-makers globally—from strains on health systems to the economic impacts of social distancing and business closures, to the education challenges arising from shutting down schools. In the first post of a series, about how our government partners are responding to COVID-19 and the data and evidence they need to make effective decisions in addressing these challenges, we discuss policy priorities we’ve been working with our partners to address in Ghana, Rwanda, and Bangladesh.
Read the full blog post
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BLOG
Research During a Pandemic: Leaner and Faster Poverty Measurement in the Time of COVID-19
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By John Branch and Elliott Collins
Development Funders: Are Your Grantees Pivoting to COVID-19 Response? Here’s How They Should Pivot Their M&E
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By Laura Sofia Castro Fonseca, Ben Tan, and Loïc Watine
IPA IN THE NEWS
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In Foreign Policy: Social Distancing Will Have to Look Very Different in Poor Countries
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In Dhaka Tribune: How Bangladesh Will Have to Respond to the Pandemic
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EVENTS
RECENT
Webinar: From Research to Policy in Youth Employment: Rigorous Evidence from Randomized Evaluations
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April 30 | Webinar, United States
Webinar: When and How Rigorous Research Can Be Successfully Incorporated into Financial Product Delivery
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March 27 | Webinar, United States
IPA Presents at Workshop on Gender and the Digital Divide in Washington
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March 26 | Washington, DC, United States
IPA Presents at Impact Evaluation Training & Matchmaking Workshop in Ghana
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March 24-27 | Accra, Ghana
IPA Myanmar Co-Organizes Workshop on Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
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March 10-14 | Yangon, Myanmar
IPA Kenya Hosts Four Workshops on Results of Study on Novartis Access Program
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March 10-13 | Nyeri, Kakamega, Narok, and Kwale counties, Kenya
IPA Presents at Workshop on Partnerships for Impact Evaluations of Youth Employment Projects in the Sahel
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March 3-5 | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
IPA Philippines Co-Hosts Three Workshops on Impact Evaluations
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March 3-5 | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
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