Random Update | August 2022
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LATEST RESEARCH & NEWS
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NEW RESULTS
New Study Shows that Both Skills Training and Cash Transfers Programs had Positive Impacts
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Researchers: Craig McIntosh and Andrew Zeitlin
Both a workforce readiness/skills training and unconditional cash transfer program had positive short-term and long-term effects on various outcomes, and approximately half of the benefits observed after 18 months of implementation were still present more than three years later, according to a new study led by researchers from Georgetown University and the University of California, San Diego. Due to the fading impacts, it is impossible to determine whether the Huguka Dukore program was better than cash transfers in the long run. However, the evidence shows that cash had greater benefits in the short term, especially in terms of income, consumption, and subjective well-being.
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NEW REPORT
Breakthrough to Policy Use: Reinvigorating Impact Evaluation for Global Development
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By Julia Kaufman, Amanda Glassman, Ruth Levine, and Janeen Madan Keller
COVID-19 has demonstrated the cost in lives and livelihoods when policymakers make decisions based on incomplete or outdated evidence. A new report from the Center for Global Development, featuring IPA's work on evidence generation and policy partnerships, investigates how to make impact evaluations better and more useful.
Photo courtesy of Yagazie Emezi/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment. Some rights reserved.
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In the Philippines, Chatbots Help Consumer Voices Be Heard by Financial Institutions
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By Yuna Liang, Marieliz Maines, and Rafe Mazer
Buy Now Pay Later: Smooth Consumption or Debt Production?
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By Lauren Perlik and Tanvi Jaluka
IPA IN THE NEWS
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Project Syndicate Features IPA Evidence on Universal Basic Income in Kenya
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In the Conversation, IPA Research on Technology in Education
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Corporate Compliance Insights Cites IPA Study on Job Discrimination in the U.S.
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El Independiente on Pilot Program Using Robots in Early Education
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EVENTS
UPCOMING
IPA to Co-Host 2022 Researcher Gathering
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October 12-14 | Evanston, Illinois, United States
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Q&A Session | Human Trafficking Research Initiative Request for Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for Full Research Funding
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June 30 | Webinar, United States
IPA-RTA Conference on Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking
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June 27-29 | Webinar, United States
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