FEATURED BLOG
By Radha Rajkotia
 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 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.
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NEW RESULTS
Researchers: Elisabetta Aurino, Edward Tsinigo, and Sharon Wolf
 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 and the working paper to learn more.
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FEATURED BLOG
By John Branch, Shahana Hirji, and Bethany Park
 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.
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Webinar: From Research to Policy in Youth Employment: Rigorous Evidence from Randomized Evaluations
April 30 | Webinar, United States
Webinar: When and How Rigorous Research Can Be Successfully Incorporated into Financial Product Delivery
March 27 | Webinar, United States
IPA Presents at Workshop on Gender and the Digital Divide in Washington
March 26 | Washington, DC, United States
IPA Presents at Impact Evaluation Training & Matchmaking Workshop in Ghana
March 24-27 | Accra, Ghana
IPA Myanmar Co-Organizes Workshop on Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
March 10-14 | Yangon, Myanmar
IPA Kenya Hosts Four Workshops on Results of Study on Novartis Access Program
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
March 3-5 | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
IPA Philippines Co-Hosts Three Workshops on Impact Evaluations
March 3-5 | Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
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