J-PAL on What Research Reveals About Media's Impact on Voter Behavior
Media Coverage
May 28, 2019
In light of the increased role of media in India's 2019 Lok Sabha elections, J-PAL South Asia's Vidita Priyadarshini and Shagun Sabarwal write about what research in the U.S. and Sierra Leone 
Burkina Faso's L'Economiste on IPA's Crop Insurance Research
Media Coverage
February 11, 2019
L'Economiste du Faso features evidence from an IPA study on marketing rainfall insurance to the urban relatives of rural farmers to increase uptake for the latter's benefit.
L'Economiste du Faso on Local Governance Study
Media Coverage
June 04, 2018
Burkina Faso's L'Economiste features an article about a study done by Malte Lierl and IPA Burkina Faso evaluating the effect of local elections on corruption, social norms, and civic enagement. (Note: in French).
A Simple Change in Timing Helps Farmers Invest More
Media Coverage
February 22, 2018
Burkina's Information Agency interviews Estelle Plat, IPA Country Director Burkina Faso and Mali. She explained IPA’s findings that simply changing the timing of when farmers are offered the opportunity to buy seeds and fertilizer can make a difference in whether they do: "If we approach producers when they have liquidity in hand [right after the previous harvest], they are able to pay for the inputs and invest them.
IPA Peace & Recovery Program Launches First Call for Expressions of Interest
Announcement
August 15, 2017
The Peace & Recovery (P&R) Program at Innovations for Poverty Action is launching its first request for proposals, through an Expression of Interest (EOI) Form available now. Expressions of Interest are due on September 15, 2017. The P&R Program is designed to support field experiments and related research in several broad areas:
Influencing Policy During Institutional Transitions
July 26, 2016

By Arthur Sagot-Duvauroux

It takes time for an organization to influence policy decisions. It requires rigorous work to be trusted as a professional and high-quality organization. Relationships need to be established and expanded to the point that decision makers listen and solicit your opinion.

How can you secure such relationships when in just over a year the country goes through a popular uprising, a transitional government, a coup d’état, and democratic elections?
L'Economiste du Faso on the Impact of Voters Knowing the Candidates
Media Coverage
July 05, 2016
Rachel Glennerster writes in Burkina Faso's L'Economiste about her research with IPA in Sierra Leone on how knowledge of candidates affects voters. (Note: in French)
L'Economiste on preventing child deaths
Media Coverage
May 05, 2016
Burkina Faso's L'Economiste has a feature article about Brown University economist and IPA researcher Anja Sautmann's research into ways to better detect and treat childhood illnesses and prevent deaths in Mali.
Annie Duflo in L’Economiste du Faso
Media Coverage
September 03, 2015
IPA Executive Director Annie Duflo spoke with Burkina Faso's L’Economiste du Faso about how to improve the quality of teaching and ultimately pupils learning performances. They discussed IPA's reasearch in Ghana using out of class tutors to improve student classroom performance, which you can read about here. The full article is here (PDF).
IPA, randomized controlled trials and researcher Lori Beaman in Burkina Faso news
Media Coverage
April 09, 2015
Burkina Faso's Tribune profiles PI Lori Beaman and the role of randomized controlled trials in development using the project Agricultural Microfinance in Mali as an example. 
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CREDIT: 
Nolwenn Gontard
What happens when a revolution breaks out during your study
March 19, 2015
By Nolwenn Gontard
 
Editor’s note: in October 2014 IPA’s West Africa programs director woke up at 5AM to his cell phone ringing and a staffer reassuring him “the Parliament is on fire, but don’t worry, everybody’s fine, we’re going to work from home today.” In a blog post below, intern Nolwenn Gontard from our Burkina Faso office writes about what it’s like when a revolution breaks out during your study.
 
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Quality education for all in Francophone West Africa
Esther Duflo
August 04, 2014
 
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The Road to Understand How Farmers Manage Risk in Rural Areas
Clara Delavallade, Felipe Dizon
September 27, 2013
Editor’s note: This guest posting is by IPA intern Ali Ouedraogo.