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Photo: Attendees at IPA's Consumer Protection Innovation Exchange in Nairobi, Kenya. © 2024 IPA

We're Expanding Our Financial Consumer Protection Work. Here's Why.

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Author: William Blackmon

In February 2020, IPA officially launched our Consumer Protection Research Initiative, with the goal of generating cutting-edge research to better understand and mitigate consumer risks for digital finance users in emerging markets. Now, IPA is launching a four-year, $7.8M extension of the initiative, redoubling our efforts to work with government and private sector partners to monitor for emerging risks and test solutions to address challenges.

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A meeting with the Mexican police during fieldwork. © 2022 IPA

IPA Launches the Rule of Law Initiative

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Authors: Christopher Blattman, Rodrigo Canales, Ricardo Morel, and Paulina Ornelas

IPA recently launched the Rule of Law Initiative to strengthen evidence addressing crime and violence. With guidance from prominent researchers in the sector, this initiative aims to empower policymakers and practitioners to craft programs that promote justice reform and civilian security. Through knowledge sharing, agenda building, evidence synthesis, and investing in innovations, this initiative represents a robust effort to disrupt cycles of poverty and violence.

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Research Highlight

Promoting Call-in Health Services to Improve Women's Health Knowledge and Practices in Uganda

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Photo: A woman receiving health treatment. © IPA 2024

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Researcher: Günther Fink

In sub-Saharan Africa, health information is often shared in mass media campaigns, but it doesn’t always reach all households. Leveraging high cell phone ownership in Uganda, researchers found that women who received personalized introductions, calendars, and cell phone reminders to use a health hotline boosted their sexual and reproductive health knowledge and behaviors and usage of vital iron supplements during pregnancy. This innovative approach holds promise for improving knowledge in contexts where cell phone usage is high but access to information is limited.

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Policy Insight

mEducation: Cost-Effective Mobile Tutoring in the Philippines

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Photo: Mobile tutoring in the Philippines. © Ivan Lonan / Shutterstock

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Researchers: Micheal Ainomugisha, Noam Angrist, Sai Pramod Bathena, Peter Bergman, Colin Crossley, Claire Cullen, Thato Letsomo, Moitshepi Matsheng, Rene Marlon Panti, Shwetlena Sabarwal, and Timothy Sullivan

IPA led an evaluation of mEducation, a phone-based tutoring program in the Philippines developed by Youth Impact. The intervention was highly cost-effective with a significant 40 percent increase in children’s math skills at around US$12 per student. IPA has since been collaborating with Youth Impact and the Department of Education (DepEd) to implement the intervention with schools across the country, reaching 90 schools, 256 teachers, and 1,015 students during the first round. After encouraging results from this round, DepEd has announced

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Strategic Impact Evaluation and Learning

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UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FDCO) has launched

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the Strategic Impact Evaluation and Learning Programme (SIEL), a major new initiative aimed at embedding rigorous evidence into development and foreign policy decisions. SIEL is a six-year partnership led by FCDO's Evaluation Unit in collaboration with IPA and J-PAL.

USAID Launches New Collaboration with Leading Evidence Organizations to Improve Agency Cost-Effectiveness

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USAID, IPA, and other global leading research institutions announced

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a $75 million partnership, Promoting Impact and Learning with Cost-Effectiveness Evidence (PILCEE), that will contribute vital evidence to USAID over the next five years, dramatically improving the cost-effectiveness of its efforts to fight global poverty and promote economic growth.

Soft Skills for Entrepreneurship and Workforce Development | IPA Announces New Research Funding Opportunity in Collaboration with J-PAL

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With new research funding, IPA and J-PAL seek to improve evidence at the intersections of soft skills, effective workforce development and entrepreneurship policies, and economic outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. The new effort builds on existing evidence, including the impact of soft skills training, one of IPA’s Best Bets

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, or emerging opportunities for impact at scale.

Reducing Violence Against Women in Peru Through Evidence-Based Policies

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A recent World Bank blog on addressing gender-based violence in Peru notes ongoing efforts with organizations including IPA to scale up "Leaders in Action

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." This program utilizes community leaders as role models and disseminators of prevention strategies.

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Events



IPA Embedded Evidence Labs Program Hosts Latin America Learning Exchange in Peru

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December 11-12



How Do Instant Payment Systems Transform Modern Economies?

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December 10



IPA Participates at the UNICEF and WFP Global Impact Evaluation Forum

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December 2



2024 Ghana National Education Week and Evidence Summit

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November 18-22



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IPA in the News

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IPA Researchers in VoxEU on Digital Agriculture in East Africa

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Ghana News Agency Covers IPA-Evaluated Right to Play Project

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Philippines Department of Education on the Positive Impacts of IPA's mEducation Program

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Employment Opportunities

Advisor, Right-Fit Evidence | Francophone West Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, or Uganda

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Provide MEL guidance to partners, strengthen data-driven decision-making, and enhance program effectiveness



Country Director |

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Zambia

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Set the strategic direction for IPA in Zambia and oversee multiple simultaneous impact evaluations in a variety of sectors



Advisor, Right-Fit Evidence | Uganda

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Strengthen partner capabilities, manage stakeholder relationships, and support new project development across a diverse portfolio



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