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FEATURED STUDY

Forgiveness Messaging Increases Willingness to Accept Former Boko Haram Fighters Returning Home

Researchers: Graeme Blair, Mohammed Bukar, Benjamin Crisman, Anthony Etim, Chad Hazlett, Jiyoung Kim, Rebecca Littman, Elizabeth R. Nugent, and Rebecca Wolfe

How can communities be encouraged to accept former members of violent extremist groups who demobilize from conflict and begin the process of reintegration? Working in communities affected by Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, researchers found that radio-style messages from respected local religious leaders focusing on forgiveness significantly increased community members’ willingness to accept demobilized fighters back home.

Read the full summary here and the press release here.


NEW RESULTS

How Did COVID-19 School Closures Affect Male and Female Students Differently?

Researchers: TM Asaduzzaman, Sarah Baird, Nicola Jones, Shwetlena Sabarwal, Jennifer Seager, and Salauddin Tauseef

As part of the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) study, researchers conducted a panel survey (one round pre-pandemic, and two rounds during) among 2,000 students in Bangladesh to understand the differentiated impact of the pandemic on male and female adolescents. Female adolescents reported less support for education and access to learning materials, and more household and care responsibilities. They also reported a decline in their ambitions to pursue higher education.

Read the full summary here.


BLOG

RECOVR Roundup Vol. 27: Social Protection in the Time of COVID-19
By Luciana Debenedetti, Jeffrey Mosenkis, Rachel Strohm

​​​​​RECOVR Roundup Vol. 26: Social Protection in the Time of COVID-19
By Luciana Debenedetti, Jeffrey Mosenkis, Rachel Strohm
 


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EVENTS

UPCOMING

Financial Inclusion Week 2021 | Chasing Risks: Keeping Up with the Evolving Consumer Challenges in Inclusive Finance
November 1 | Webinar, United States

Financial Inclusion Week 2021 | Predicting Consumer Protection Risks through Administrative Data
November 3 | Webinar, United States

Zambia Education Evidence Summit 2021
November (date TBD) | Webinar, Zambia

RECENT

Webinar | Criminal Participation and Violence among Youth
October 26 | Webinar, United States

Webinar | Detecting Fraudulent FinTech Apps
October 20 | Webinar, United States

Ghana National Education Week: Evidence Summit 2021
September 28-30 | Conference, Ghana 

IPA Presents at 8th Annual Symposium on Competition Law and Policy
September 28-29 | Webinar, Kenya

IPA Presents at Panel on Modern Slavery Hosted by the Walk Free Foundation
September 28 | Webinar, United Kingdom

Webinar | Organized Crime and Economic Growth: Evidence from Mafia Infiltrated Municipalities in Italy
September 28 | Webinar, United States
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Webinar | Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in Brazil: Challenges to Integration and Local Impacts
September 22 | Webinar, United States

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