INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION
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Organizations Filed Purposes: INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION DISCOVERS AND PROMOTES EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL POVERTY.

PEACE & RECOVERY: IPA'S WORK IN THE SECTOR OF PEACE & RECOVERY AIMS TO BUILD RIGOROUS EVIDENCE ON EFFECTIVE WAYS TO BUILD PEACE AND STABILITY IN CONFLICT AND CRISIS-AFFECTED CONTEXTS. IN 2019, IPA'S MAJOR WORK AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE PEACE & RECOVERY SECTOR INCLUDED FUNDING RESEARCH PROJECTS THROUGH A COMPETITIVE FUND, INCLUDING SOLUTIONS TO REFUGEE CRISES IN BANGLADESH AND JORDAN, AS WELL AS RESEARCH ON HOW TO REDUCE CRIME IN COLOMBIA.OTHER MAJOR WORK IN THIS SECTOR FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING AND TESTING WAYS TO IMPROVE SECURITY IN MEXICO CITY AND ON PROVIDE TIMELY DATA AND EVIDENCE ON THE FORCED DISPLACEMENT AND MIGRATION OF ROHINGYA REFUGEES INTO BANGLADESH. ON THE MEXICO PROJECT, IPA AND AFFILIATED RESEARCHERS FROM YALE WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY OF MEXICO CITY AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY COMMISSION TO TEST HOW TO MAKE POLICE ORGANIZATIONS IN MEXICO CITY MORE EFFECTIVE, RESILIENT, AND TRUSTED, AND WE RELEASED PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE STUDY. FOR THE STUDY IN BANGLADESH, RESEARCHERS FROM THE MACMILLAN CENTER AND YALE UNIVERSITY WORKED WITH IPA TO COLLECT DETAILED SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND HEALTH DATA FROM PREVIOUSLY ARRIVED REFUGEES, RECENTLY ARRIVED REFUGEES, AND BANGLADESH NATIONALS IN SOUTHERN BANGLADESH TO EXPLAIN THE IMPACT OF THE RECENT LARGE REFUGEE FLOW ON THE HOST ECONOMY. THE FIRST ROUND OF RESULTS WAS POSTED ON IPA'S WEBSITE.

HEALTH: IPA HAS A STRONG AND EXPANDING BODY OF RESEARCH IN THE AREA OF HEALTH, WITH MORE THAN 100 EVALUATIONS, EITHER COMPLETED OR IN PROGRESS, THAT MEASURE THE IMPACT OF HEALTH-RELATED INTERVENTIONS. AMONG PREVIOUS KEY FINDINGS, IPA STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT SIMPLE APPROACHES, SUCH AS INSTALLING CHLORINE DISPENSERS AT WATER SOURCES AND PROVIDING FREE MALARIA BED NETS, CAN HAVE DRAMATIC IMPACTS ON HEALTH, PARTICULARLY FOR CHILDREN. IN 2019, THE MAJORITY OF OUR SPENDING ON HEALTH PROJECTS WAS FOCUSED ON A LARGE RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL THAT FOCUSED ON THE QUALITY OF CARE AT PRIVATE CLINICS IN KENYA. IN THIS STUDY, KNOWN AS THE AFRICAN HEALTH MARKET FOR EQUITY STUDY, IPA-AFFILIATED RESEARCHERS FROM UC BERKELEY AND UC SAN FRANCISCO EVALUATED THE IMPACT OF A MULTI-PRONGED PRIVATE HEALTHCARE INITIATIVE ON HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION, QUALITY OF CARE, CLINIC FINANCIAL OUTCOMES, AND CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES IN KENYA. RESULTS WILL BE RELEASED IN 2020.

SOCIAL PROTECTION: IPA'S SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAM WORKS WITH GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER PROGRAMS WORKING TO MOVE HOUSEHOLDS OUT OF EXTREME POVERTY BY CREATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE POOR. IPA HAS A GROWING BODY OF RESEARCH ON IDENTIFYING AND SCALING EFFECTIVE SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING CASH TRANSFERS, GRADUATION PROGRAMS, AND JOB TRAINING. IN 2019, OUR PRIMARY WORK IN SOCIAL PROTECTION FOCUSED ON RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT OF CASH TRANSFERS AND THE IMPACTS OF DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE GRADUATION APPROACH, A HOLISTIC LIVELIHOODS PROGRAM. ONE MAJOR STUDY BENCHMARKED CASH GRANTS TO AN EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM IN RWANDA. ANOTHER EVALUATED THE IMPACTS OF A UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME IN KENYA. PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM BOTH STUDIES ARE EXPECTED IN 2020. IN ADDITION, IPA IMPLEMENTED AN EVALUATION IN GHANA THAT IS LOOKING AT THE IMPACTS OF THE GRADUATION APPROACH AND IS COMPARING THE MODEL TO CASH TRANSFERS.

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