IPA’s Deworm the World (DtW) initiative, a collaboration with Partnership for Child Development, has exciting news to share. DtW released a statement reporting that its support operation in the Indian state of Bihar has treated over 17 million children, making it the largest school-based deworming effort in the world’s history.
The first post in our series comes from Michael Goodwin, Project Coordinator for the Culture & Incentives Project, which, distinctively, spans several countries (Ghana, India, Philippines, Peru).
The US Household Finance Initiative (USHFI) is conducting a webinar to help potential applicants respond to its Request for Proposals for the Financial Products Innovation Fund. Funding is available under this solicitation for alpha- and beta-testing of new financial products and product features that apply insights from behavioral economics. USHFI invites proposals from any and all segments of retail and wholesale financial provision.
Hot on the heels of the recent Development Impact blogging survey of academics and economists, Dave Algoso and the Smart Aid bloggers have created a new survey to find out a bit more about all of you lovely people who read blogs.
This summer IPA held two events at Kenyan Universities as part of our goal to get research into the hands of people who can use it. Maseno University and Swarthmore University kindly hosted, giving our staff and research affiliates the opportunity to talk about their work along with government officials, bank and microfinance staff, mobile technology firms, students, and professors.
“Real World Impact of Applied Research: A Focus on New Approaches in Health Policy”, Maseno University
Just a bottle filled with water (and a bit of bleach): it's amazing how much light it appears to give off. Obviously only works during the day but for homes without electricity it can be surprisingly dark inside even in the middle of the day. I wonder how well it holds up to rainstorms though (Personally I'd aim for the peak of the roof where you could flash the sheeting to shed water away from the hole).
On June 24, 2011, IPA’s US Household Finance Initiative convened its inaugural working group meeting in New York City. This meeting brought together academics, financial institutions, nonprofits, policymakers and members of the private sector to discuss the direction of IPA’s new Financial Products Innovation Fund and to highlight needs and opportunities for innovative financial product development.
