“The government expects a presentation of the findings in nine days,” we heard over a video call from one of our in-country staff members in Mexico City. He was referring to the results of the RECOVR (Research for Effective COVID-19 Response) survey, an effort we started in April in order to put IPA’s expertise at policymakers’ disposal to support them in their pandemic response.
Media Coverage
June 25, 2020
Burkina Faso's L'Economiste Du Faso profiles an IPA study in Côte d’Ivoire with Guilherme Lichand and Sharon Wolf on using SMS messages to improve outcomes in education.
June 17, 2020
June 11, 2020
How do we ensure that people who already live hand to mouth aren’t starving during lockdown? Should we even lock down? Should we reopen businesses—and how? How do we do distance learning well? Are cash transfers helping people stay home? Who needs cash transfers the most?
Media Coverage
May 28, 2020
Local news outlet Frat Mat features results from an IPA study with Guilherme Lichand and Sharon Wolf on the impact of text and audio messages on student learning outcomes, parental engagement, and teacher professional outcomes in Côte d’Ivoire.
Media Coverage
March 17, 2020
Abidjan.net recaps an IPA co-organized workshop discussing opportunities to partner on impact evaluations on youth employment projects in the Sahel region.
Media Coverage
March 17, 2020
Fratmat reports on a workshop event co-organized by IPA focused on partnerships for impact evaluations of youth employment projects in the Sahel.
Media Coverage
March 17, 2020
Linfodrome writes on a local IPA-organized workshop on partnerships for youth employment projects in the Sahel.
Media Coverage
November 22, 2019
Pan-African news magazine Jeune Afrique covers Projet Emploi Jeunes et Développement des Compétences (PEJEDEC), a youth apprenticeship program in Cote d’Ivoire. An evaluation of the program found that it increased youth participation in formal internships and participating firms hired more apprentices after the program was implemented.
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:
