This resource is intended to help researchers better understand IPA's functional departments and who you should contact for assistance.
- Development
- Finance
- Global Research & Data Support
- Grants
- Grants Financial Management
- Human Resources
- Legal
- Management Information Systems Technology
- Programs (Global & Country)
- Policy & Communications
- Security & Incident Reporting
- Program Areas
- Poverty Probability Index (PPI®)
- Stewards all individual (non-institutional) donors to IPA and works with strategic institutional donors to raise unrestricted and strategic funds for IPA.
Contacts
- Contact our Development team with questions about fundraising or individual donations.
- Monitors IPA’s financial health
- Establishes the financial management systems necessary for overseeing donor funds and reporting
Contacts
- Most project-related financial matters are the responsibility of Country Program Management and, as such, they should be contacted as a first resort if questions arise.
- apinbox@poverty-action.org - requests for payments of invoices or contracts
- controller@poverty-action.org - For general inquiries related to IPA’s finance policies
GLOBAL RESEARCH & DATA SUPPORT
- Research Resources & Research Quality
- Develop IPA's research quality protocols, and monitor research project compliance with those protocols
- Build resources and software related to research and questionnaire design, as well as for data collection, management, quality, and analysis
- Provide specialized guidance and services in research methods, data publication, and data science
- Research Training & Capacity Building
- Host the IPA/J-PAL flagship training program, Global Research Staff Training
- Provide online learning opportunities, including through asynchronous e-learning, live trainings, and global peer networks
- Provide special staff development and mentorship opportunities, including through collaborative coding and specialized skills-building summits
- Research Coding Services & Support
- Respond to research support requests, including troubleshooting for coders
- Provide on-demand hourly coding services to projects and PIs, including basic services (e.g. survey programming, data flow, data cleaning and analysis) and advanced services (e.g. data visualization, manuscript preparation and analysis, web and application development, machine learning applications)
Contacts
- researchsupport@poverty-action.org - When in doubt, email this inbox with any questions related to research or data at IPA, and we will answer or connect you to the right person! The team specializes in survey design and programming, data quality and management, data science, and software development. You can also request direct coding services or troubleshooting support.
- researchsupport+training@poverty-action.org - questions about Global Staff Trainings and capacity building activities
- humansubjects@poverty-action.org - questions about the IPA Institutional Review Board (IRB); staff submission of NIH Human Participant Protections Education Certificate of Completion
- researchreview@poverty-action.org – questions about and submissions to the IPA Research Review Committee (RRC)
- transparency@poverty-action.org - questions about publishing replication data, registering trials, or any other topic related to open science
- Works with researchers, country teams, and donors to negotiate, oversee, and manage compliance, reporting and deliverables for all of IPA's grants around the world.
Contacts
- Please contact grants@poverty-action.org with questions related to grants administration. Grants@poverty-action.org is also used as IPA’s official point of contact for IPA’s funder agreements.
- In coordination with finance, supports grant financial reporting and donor invoicing. Please contact gfmreporting@poverty-action.org.
- Establishes and oversees policies and procedures around recruitment, onboarding, performance management, staff development; compensation and staffing structure design, employee relations, employee benefits, immigration/visa sponsorship, and safety and security
Contacts
- hr@poverty-action.org - requests for support or clarification on HR policies
- jobs@poverty-action.org – inquiries related to jobs
- Negotiates, drafts and reviews agreements such as MOUs, grants and contracts
- Creates legal templates; Addresses intellectual property concerns
Contacts
- legal@poverty-action.org – all legal matters, including contract review, registration (country, corporate and charitable), local retainers, foreign and domestic compliance concerns (i.e., employment, tax, visas), lease agreements, delegations and board resolutions, records retention, corporate and international insurance, and any other general legal concerns.
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY
- Computer, software, and IT setup for new staff
- General IT troubleshooting; Procurement support for IT-related goods
- Helpdesk: support.poverty-action.org
- Provides the resources for external audiences and raises our global profile through the IPA website, mass emails, publications like the annual report, and media coverage.
Contacts
- comms@poverty-action.org – communications and outreach questions, including writing, branding, website, project summaries, media and social media, and publications
- webmaster@poverty-action.org - send corrections and/or updates to the IPA website here
- Works to set a common vision and agenda for IPA’s geographic and sector and thematic work
- Oversees and supports the functioning of IPA’s Country Programs worldwide
- Supports Country Programs to develop project concepts and partnerships
- Establishes standards, core tools and resources related to overall policy objectives, as well as research and administration in coordination with IPA’s functional departments
Contacts
- pd@poverty-action.org - project development inquiries
- Country Office Contacts
- security@poverty-action.org – to report security concerns and for inquiries related to safety and security.
- Agriculture: ngoldberg@poverty-action.org; IPA also collaborates with J-PAL and CEGA's Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative (ATAI): atai@povertyactionlab.org.
- Education: skabay@poverty-action.org (Program Director: Sarah Kabay)
- Entrepreneurship & Private Sector Development (EPSD) Program: epsd@poverty-action.org
- Financial Inclusion Program: financialinclusion@poverty-action.org – Inquiries on any of the work of the Financial Inclusion Program or general queries about evaluations/interventions in the financial inclusion space
- Governance: dparkerson@poverty-action.org | IPA also collaborates closely with J-PAL's Governance Initiative (GI@povertyactionlab.org)
- Intimate Partner Violence Initiative (Health): ipvinitiative@poverty-action.org
- Peace & Recovery Program: peace@poverty-action.org – inquiries on partnering with the Peace & Recovery Program. Email this address if you wish to receive funding opportunities related to the program.
- Social Protection Program: socialprotection@poverty-action.org
POVERTY PROBABILITY INDEX (PPI)
As of July 2016, IPA is the organizational home of the Poverty Probability Index (PPI®). The PPI is a poverty measurement tool for organizations and businesses with a mission to serve the poor. The PPI is statistically-sound, yet simple to use: the answers to 10 questions about a household’s characteristics and asset ownership are scored to compute the likelihood that the household is living below the poverty line. With the PPI, organizations can identify the clients, customers, or employees who are most likely to be poor, integrating objective poverty data into their assessments and strategic decision-making. Learn more about the PPI at www.povertyindex.org, and contact the PPI Team at ppi@poverty-action.org.
