Random Update | April 2021
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IPA Random Update
LATEST RESEARCH & NEWS
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NEW EVIDENCE BRIEF: COVID-19
Increasing Immunization in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
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By Savanna Henderson and Shana Warren
For the public health sector, the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines presents new challenges—a rapid timeline, targeting of adults, and, given limited initial supply, prioritization of high-risk populations. It also presents well-known challenges in building acceptance and achieving high uptake. Research on these challenges in the context of childhood immunization has shed light on the barriers and enablers to vaccination. Evidence from decades of global efforts to immunize children offers important lessons to inform COVID-19 vaccination rollouts. As a part of our work contributing to the pandemic response, IPA's Path-to-Scale Research team has compiled evidence from demand-side interventions to increase vaccination in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to help inform COVID-19 vaccination programming and save lives.
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NEW RESULTS
Asset-based Finance Helped Microenterprises—and Households—in Pakistan
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Researchers: Faisal Bari, Kashif Malik, Muhammad Meki, and Simon Quinn
Lack of access to finance limits small business growth—a problem that is exacerbated for Muslim business-owners, many of whom do not take out traditional loans for religious reasons. IPA supported research in Pakistan on a lease-based product that features more flexible repayment schedules, allows businesses to share risk with a large microfinance institution, and complies with local Islamic financial norms. Participating clients were more likely to remain self-employed, and had larger businesses, better business management practices, and better business performance. These positive results also extended to households, with incomes rising by 8 percent and monthly spending by 6 percent.
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Register for the webinar on this study and related research here
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NEW RESULTS
Gambling in Uganda: Are Large Expenses and Financial Constraints Driving the Popularity of Sports Betting?
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Researcher: Sylvan Herskowitz
Sports betting has emerged as one of the fastest-growing forms of gambling, with new technologies facilitating its rapid spread into new markets in developing countries. What explains the persistent popularity of sports betting despite such a low rate of return from participation? While many people assume that gamblers are motivated by fun or a poor understanding of odds, this research explores another theory in Uganda: that a need for large amounts of cash without access to savings or affordable credit is contributing to its popularity. Using reported expenditures and betting behavior, a savings intervention, and two “lab-in-the-field” exercises, this research suggests that financial constraints contribute to the demand for betting, adding to the evidence on the motivation behind gambling.
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FEATURED BLOG POST
IPA’s Commitments to Increasing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Where Are We and Where Are We Heading?
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By Annie Duflo and Radha Rajkotia
In 2020, IPA began a process to strengthen diversity and inclusion within our organization and our work. Like many others in the research and international development field, we felt compelled to look closely at our own organization to assess where we might do more. We spent six months looking at data, engaging with staff globally at all levels of the organization, and debating where we can and should initially focus our efforts. We collected information through an anonymous all-staff survey, and held focus groups in 22 country offices. In addition, we analyzed internal data on demographics, recruitment, retention, pay equity, promotion, benefits, and reviewed our research network and engagement practices. Here's what we found, and where we're going from here.
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BLOG
RECOVR Roundup Vol. 14: Social Protection in the Time of COVID-19
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By Luciana Debenedetti, Jeffrey Mosenkis, and Rachel Strohm
Mitigating the Impacts of COVID-19 in Zambia: Insights from RECOVR 2
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By Tamara Billima-Mulenga, Elliott Collins, and Luciana Debenedetti
The Reach of the COVID-19 Crisis in Rwanda: Lessons from Round 2 of the RECOVR Survey
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By Elliott Collins, Luciana Debenedetti, and Jean Leodomir Habarimana Mfura
RECOVR Roundup Vol. 13: Social Protection in the Time of COVID-19
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By Luciana Debenedetti, Jeffrey Mosenkis, and Rachel Strohm
IPA IN THE NEWS
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BBC Podcast: What Can Bikes Do for Rural Zambians
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Dean Karlan on NPR: The Impact of Living Unbanked in the U.S.
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In Project Syndicate, the Ultrapoor Graduation Model and What's Needed Now
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BBC Podcast: Getting Cash to Vulnerable People in Togo
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In Kenya, Citizen TV on Diana Warira, Winner of the Africa Evidence Leadership Award
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EVENTS
UPCOMING
Poverty Traps and Microenterprises: How to Catalyze Asset Accumulation for Entrepreneurs
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May 18 | Webinar, United States
RECENT
RECOVR Webinar Series | Informing Health, Social, and Economic Policy on COVID-19 in Sierra Leone, Côte d’Ivoire, and Burkina Faso
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April 29 | Webinar, United States
Brokering Truces Between Gangs in Latin America: New Evidence on the Effects on Communities
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April 27 | Webinar, United States
Rich Remote Data: How to Run Your Social Science Research from Afar
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April 14 | Webinar, United States
Supporting Adolescent Girls in the Time of COVID-19: Evidence and Policy for Bangladesh
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April 8 | Webinar, United States
Combating Violence Against Women through State Institutions: Emerging Evidence and Implications for Practice
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April 2 | Webinar, United States
Criminal Leviathans: How Prison Gangs Organize Crime and Threaten the State from Behind Bars
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March 31 | Webinar, United States
RECOVR Webinar Series | Informing Health, Social, and Economic Policy on COVID-19 in Zambia and Rwanda
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March 29 | Webinar, Rwanda
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