Random Update | December 2021
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IPA Random Update
LATEST RESEARCH & NEWS
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From December 14-15, IPA hosted a virtual workshop on locally-grounded research. Opening the event, Professor Leonard Wantchekon (African School of Economics) shared this picture from his primary school in Benin. You can read a summary of the main takeaways from this event in this tweet thread
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FEATURED EVENT
Promoting Locally-Grounded Development Research
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More needs to be done to expand the engagement of researchers from low- and middle-income countries in development research. In partnership with the African School of Economics (ASE), the University of Nairobi, and the Université Norbert Zongo, last December IPA hosted a virtual workshop to share experiences and learnings to promote locally-grounded research. The event brought together people from various universities, research and policy institutions, and funding organizations.
Read more on the event page here
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FEATURED BLOG
How IPA Peru is Building a More Inclusive Workforce
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By Ronny Condor, Sergio De Marco, Juan Manuel Hernández-Agramonte, Kelly Montaño, and Jessica Tollette
What Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) mean depends heavily on the local context. After an assessment of our offices in Peru, we learned that most of our staff come from private universities that offer the research training needed for the jobs, but also serve higher-income students. We have taken three low-cost measures that have enabled us to increase the proportion of public universities' staff to 51 percent.
Read the full blog post here
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Show Your Support and Vote for IPA
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Peter Singer has won the Berggruen Prize
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for advancing ideas that shape the world. He plans to distribute $100,000 of the prize money to three of The Life You Can Save's recommended charities
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based on a public vote. IPA is honored to be considered among other amazing organizations.
Please consider voting for IPA here
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BLOG
How Can We Deepen Transparency in Nigeria's Digital Financial Services?
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By William Blackmon and Brian Mwesigwa
New Consumer Protection and Competition Policies Are Needed for Kenya’s Digital Credit Market
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By William Blackmon, Rafe Mazer, Ninette Mwarania, and Daniel Putman
IPA IN THE NEWS
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IPA's Radha Rajkotia in Vox on Effective Giving
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IPA Ultra-Poor Graduation Model Research in Stanford Social Innovation Review
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The Yale School of Management on Growing Efforts to NORMalize Mask-Wearing
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In International Business Times, IPA Evidence on Surgical Mask Use
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EVENTS
UPCOMING
Zambia Education Evidence Summit 2021
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January 10 | Webinar, Zambia
Socioemotional Skills Development and School-Based Violence Reduction in Central America
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January 25 | Webinar, United States
RECENT
SME 11th Working Group Meeting
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December 15 | Online, United States
Locally-Grounded Research: Strengthening Partnerships to Advance the Science and Impact of Development
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December 14-15 | Virtual Workshop, United States
Pay Me Later: How the Timing of Wage Payments Impacts Worker Financial Health
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December 9 | Webinar, United States
Remittance Flows and the COVID-19 Pandemic
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December 8 | Webinar, United States
Supporting Women’s Work, Entrepreneurship, and Skills Development in the Time of COVID-19: Evidence and Policy for Bangladesh
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December 7 | Webinar, Bangladesh
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