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Ghanaian kindergarten students break for lunch at a primary school in which IPA evaluated teacher training. © 2016 Rachel Stevenson

 
New Blog Post

IPA at 20: Reflections from Executive Director Annie Duflo

By Annie Duflo


For 20 years, Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) has created and used evidence to improve the lives of the millions of people around the world—almost nine percent of humanity—who live in poverty. Working with partners, we have asked questions and implemented rigorous research around what works, and what does not, to improve lives and ensure that investments in global development are based on more than just good intentions. We have supported the use of evidence and data in numerous countries and contexts and helped build a culture of evidence-informed decision-making across the development sector. It is conservatively estimated that IPA’s work has affected over 300 million people around the globe.

Read the full blog here.

 

Co-Created Publication

© FAO/Paballo ThekisoPrices and Farmer Investment: Evidence from Experimental Studies

By Lorenzo Casaburi, Claudia Casarotto, and Michael Podesta

IPA and the Investment Centre of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently published an Investment Brief about commodity pricing in low- and middle-income countries’ food systems. The brief assesses to what extent price changes transmit to smallholder farmers, the barriers, and how these price changes influence farmers’ investment decisions.

Read the full brief.

 

New At IPA

IPA's new websiteRedesigned Logo and Website

In case you missed it, IPA launched its new logo and website, containing new features to improve accessibility and modernize its branding. The new logo features an illustration of connected data points, evoking a sense of the evidence and relationships key to IPA's work. IPA's website has been redesigned to include a range of new features and improvements, including the addition of versions in French and Spanish and a People of IPA section to highlight colleagues across the organization.

Explore the new website.

 

Blog

Knowing the Cost: Lessons in Data Collection for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
By Shahana Hirji, Celine Hylton-Dei, and Bethany Park

Can Religious Leaders Be Agents of Change in the Fight Against Intimate Partner Violence?
By Ana Tamayo

 

IPA in the News
 
Vox Vox Cites IPA Study on Mask Wearing in Bangladesh
Yale News Mushfiq Mobarak Named Yale's Jerome Kasoff ’54 Professor of Management and Economics
Yale School of Management Researchers Jason Abaluck and Mushfiq Mobarak Honored for Masks Study

 

 
Events

RECENT

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Reduce Crime and Violence: Evidence on Long-Term Effects from Liberia

February 7 | Webinar, United States

Translating Evidence into Policy: Forced Displacement and Socioeconomic Inclusion in Colombia
January 28 | Webinar, Colombia

IPA Conducts M&E Workshop for Supreme Court of the Philippines
January 25-27 | Manila, Philippines

Leveraging the Global Findex Microdata for Policy and Research
January 12 | Webinar, United States

New Directions in Anti-Poverty Research Conference
December 5-6 | Dublin, Ireland

Strengthening Social Cohesion: Advancing Operations, Programming, and Evidence
December 5 | Webinar, United States

 

Employment Opportunities

Global Operations Director | Any IPA Location
Strengthen and support the operations of IPA's global network of Country Offices


Francophone West Africa (FWA) Associate Director of Policy | Any FWA Location
Lead IPA's policy impact in FWA, including strengthening evidence use within government in education, early childhood development, and employment

FWA ​​​Country Director | Abidjan or Ouagadougou
Oversee IPA's operations in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, and Mali as well as the implementation of projects outside of a Country Office location (e.g. in Togo, Benin, etc.)


Nigeria Country Director | Abuja
Work with IPA Global and key stakeholders to set the strategic direction for IPA in Nigeria and oversee multiple simultaneous impact evaluations in a variety of sectors

(Senior) Associate, Learning & Development | Any IPA Location
Support IPA's staff development initiatives

Philippines Research Manager | Any IPA Location
Oversee a twenty-year socioeconomic panel survey

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