Also Inside: Iraq Social Cohesion Study Published in Science.
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JOINT STATEMENT
Focusing on the Foundations: Education in the Time of COVID-19
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As schools reopen, governments are rightly focused on ensuring school re-entry for as many as possible. Now is a unique opportunity for governments, NGOs, and multilaterals to go a step beyond ensuring school re-entry to achieving learning for all—including the most disadvantaged. Previous research shows a central barrier to learning is that children come into classrooms at very different levels, many unable to keep up with the curriculum. As the COVID-19 crisis is expected to widen the gap between children with access to learning resources out of school and those without, teachers are likely to return to classes with an even wider range of kids’ abilities in their classrooms, making their jobs even more difficult, and risking even more children left behind. Drawing on decades of rigorous evidence and practical experience across dozens of countries, Douglas B. Marshall, Jr. Foundation
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issued a joint statement recommending two actions, in particular, to support foundational learning for all, as we head back to primary schools around the world.
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PRESS RELEASE
In Iraq, Mixed-Religion Soccer Teams Helped Build Social Cohesion, Healed Wounds after War
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Researcher: Salma Mousa
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A new study released this month in Science
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points to a way to help repair social ties and promote coexistence after war. The study, funded by IPA's Peace & Recovery Program, found that in post-ISIS Iraq, mixing Christians and Muslims on soccer teams made Christian players more tolerant toward Muslims in their league, though the sentiments did not extend to Muslims in the broader community. The findings suggest that meaningful social contact can build community-level social cohesion with peers and acquaintances after war.
Read the press release here
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the summary here.
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NEW RECOVR RESULTS
The Reach of the COVID-19 Crisis in Rwanda: Lessons from the RECOVR Survey
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By Luciana Debenedetti, Doug Kirke-Smith, and Jean Leodomir Habarimana Mfura
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Amidst the global fight against the coronavirus, Rwanda stands apart. Early and extensive measures—a strict nationwide lockdown from March 21 to May 4, pool testing, comprehensive contact tracing, and quarantining of cases—laid important groundwork for the country’s broad-based response. During the COVID-19 pandemic, countries have worked to reduce prevalence as well as to mitigate the socioeconomic impact of lockdown and other measures that have slowed down economic activity. To better understand the impact of the crisis on the Rwandan population, IPA ran the first round of our RECOVR survey in Rwanda from June 4-12.
This blog post summarizes the key findings and policy implications.
Read more in the full blog post
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BLOG
Prioritizing Evidence-Based Responses in Burkina Faso to Mitigate the Economic Effects of COVID-19: Lessons from RECOVR
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By Luciana Debenedetti, Shahana Hirji, Marius Ogoukonle Chabi, and Tessa Swigart
Using Data and Evidence to Inform School Reopening in Ghana
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By Cynthia Bosumtwi-Sam and Sarah Kabay
What Do We Really Know about Phone Surveying in Low- and Middle-Income Countries?
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By Michael Rosenbaum and Savanna Henderson
Community Monitoring Intervention Improves Headteachers’ Response to Coronavirus Pandemic
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By Sarah Kabay
The Socioemotional Toll of COVID-19 on Families in Peru
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By Juan M. Hernández-Agramonte, Claudia Paola Lisboa Vásquez, Carolina Méndez, Olga Namen, Emma Näslund-Hadley, and Luciana Velarde
IPA IN THE NEWS
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On NPR, IPA Researchers Reflect on Deworming Impacts
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Vox: IPA De-Worming Study
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Science Podcast Interviews Researcher Salma Mousa on Iraq Social Cohesion Study
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FratMat on IPA’s RECOVR Surveys in Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire
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EVENTS
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Using Evidence to Inform Social Policy in the Time of COVID-19: RECOVR Survey Results from the Philippines
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September 1 | Webinar, Philippines
Informando la política pública relacionada con el COVID-19 a través de la generación rápida de datos: Resultados y respuestas de la encuesta RECOVR en Colombia
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August 11 | Seminario, Colombia
IPA's Steven Glazerman Presents on Best Practices for Cross-National COVID-19 Phone Surveys
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July 30 | Webinar, United States
IPA Trains Government Officials from Libya, Niger, and Mali on Impact Evaluations
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July 28 | Webinar, Italy
Informing Policy on COVID-19 with Rapid Data: Results and Responses from the RECOVR Survey in Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire
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July 27 | Webinar, United States
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