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EVENTS

Embedded Lab Inception Workshop: Building a Culture of Evidence-Based Decision Making in Collaboration with Rwanda Ministry of Education to Improve Learning Outcomes
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PUBLICATIONS

Recruitment, Effort, and Retention Effects of Performance Contracts for Civil Servants: Experimental Evidence from Rwandan Primary Schools
PUBLICATIONS

Youth Employment and Productivity: Medium-term Experimental Evidence from Rwanda
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IPA Rwanda & Uganda Host Policymaking Workshop

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Are Training Programs Better Than Cash Transfers At Improving The Lives Of Poor And Underemployed Young People? Evidence From Rwanda

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Finding effective measures to integrate young people into productive adult life is crucial, especially given Africa's growing youth population. However, the evidence surrounding various policy alternatives is mixed, and there is no clarity on the long-term impact and cost-effectiveness of the various alternatives. In Rwanda, researchers conducted a cash benchmarking evaluation, — a direct comparison of in-kind to cash transfer programs — of a workforce readiness and skills training program called Huguka Dukore. Both the Huguka Dukore program and cash transfers had a positive impact in the short and long term. However, the long-term effects faded by about half compared to the short-term.

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Is A Pay-For-Performance Model For Teachers Effective In Improving Educational Outcomes? Evidence From Rwanda

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The ability to recruit, elicit effort from, and retain civil servants is a central issue for any government. Can pay-for-performance contracts successfully maintain a skilled and motivated workforce? In Rwanda, researchers partnered with the Rwanda Education Board to design a pay-for-performance contract for teachers and measure its impact on both the composition of recruited teachers and their performance. The results showed that pay-for-performance contracts had no negative impact on teacher recruitment and had a positive impact on teacher performance, especially in classroom presence and pedagogy, as well as on student learning.

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Benchmarking a WASH and Nutrition Program to Cash in Rwanda

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How do standard development programs compare to just giving people cash? In Rwanda, an IPA research team rigorously evaluated the impact of unconditional cash transfers,1 compared to an integrated nutrition and WASH program, on the following main outcomes: household dietary diversity, child and maternal anemia, child growth (height-for-age, weight-for-age, mid-upper arm circumference), value of household wealth, and household consumption. After approximately one year,2 the nutrition and WASH program had a positive impact on savings, a secondary outcome, but did not impact any main outcomes. An equivalent amount of cash (a cost to USAID of $142 per household with $114 being transferred) allowed households to pay down debt and boosted productive and consumption asset investment, but had no impact on child health indicators.  A much larger cash transfer—of more than $500 per household—had a wide range of benefits: it not only increased consumption, house values, savings, and assets, but improved household dietary diversity and height-for-age, and decreased child mortality.

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IPA Rwanda, Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development and Evaluation (gui2de), and Rwanda Education Board founded the Rwanda Embedded Lab to support evidence-driven education policy. Its main objective is to support data-driven teacher recruitment and management.

 

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Our Team

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Our Team

Country Director, Rwanda & Uganda

Patrick Nalere

Patrick Nalere provides overall strategic leadership, management, and coordination of the development and implementation of country office strategies and projects.

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Deputy Country Director

Cassien Havugimana

Cassien Havugimana is the Deputy Country Director for Rwanda & Uganda, for Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), based in Kigali. Cassien worked as the Regional Coordinator in Rwanda and Eastern DR Congo for the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH).

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Research and Policy Manager, Rwanda

Jean Leodomir Habarimana Mfura

“At IPA, it is not routine work. There are always things to learn, and there are always new ideas to explore.”

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Associate Research Manager

Baba Ali Mwango

Baba is an Associate Research Manager at IPA Rwanda, having previously served as a Senior Research Associate.

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Advisor

Cody Costakis

Cody is a Right-Fit Evidence Advisor at IPA Rwanda, working primarily on education and early childhood programs.

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Research Associate

Melissa Douce Mahoro

Melissa serves as a Research Associate at IPA Rwanda, Embedded Evidence Lab (NESA). She joined IPA in 2016 and began working in different positions.

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Senior Research Associate

Kanyonga Ingabire Evelyne

Kanyonga has been a researcher since 2011 and has experience working with several surveys and two censuses.

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Senior Field Manager

Emmanuel Kwizera

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Invoicing Manager

Delphine Nishimwe

Delphine is the Invoicing Manager based at IPA Rwanda. She previously served as Grants Finance Management Officer and Grants Coordinator.

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Field Manager

Jean De Dieu Ntivuguruzwa

Jean De Dieu Ntivuguruzwa has worked as a field supervisor in the Community Based Environmental Health Promotion Program Project within IPA from January to April, 2015. He currently works as a Field Manager for the DIME/LWH Irrigation Project, which evaluates the impact and sustainability of irrigation in Rwanda. 

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Senior Field Manager

Janvier Rurangwa

Janvier is a Senior Field Manager with experience working on the Rural Feeder Roads Development project. He graduated from the National University of Rwanda (NUR) and has been working with IPA since 2014 on several projects.

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Research & Policy Advisor

Adia Umulisa

Adia is the Research & Policy Advisor at IPA Rwanda. She is embedded in the Ministry of Education, supporting research and policy in the Policy Analysis department as well as Planning in the M&E departments.

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Country Director, Rwanda & Uganda

Patrick Nalere

Patrick Nalere provides overall strategic leadership, management, and coordination of the development and implementation of country office strategies and projects.

Read Full Bio

Deputy Country Director

Cassien Havugimana

Cassien Havugimana is the Deputy Country Director for Rwanda & Uganda, for Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), based in Kigali. Cassien worked as the Regional Coordinator in Rwanda and Eastern DR Congo for the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH).

Read Full Bio

Research and Policy Manager, Rwanda

Jean Leodomir Habarimana Mfura

“At IPA, it is not routine work. There are always things to learn, and there are always new ideas to explore.”

Read Full Bio

Associate Research Manager

Baba Ali Mwango

Baba is an Associate Research Manager at IPA Rwanda, having previously served as a Senior Research Associate.

Read Full Bio

Advisor

Cody Costakis

Cody is a Right-Fit Evidence Advisor at IPA Rwanda, working primarily on education and early childhood programs.

Read Full Bio

Research Associate

Melissa Douce Mahoro

Melissa serves as a Research Associate at IPA Rwanda, Embedded Evidence Lab (NESA). She joined IPA in 2016 and began working in different positions.

Read Full Bio

Senior Research Associate

Kanyonga Ingabire Evelyne

Kanyonga has been a researcher since 2011 and has experience working with several surveys and two censuses.

Read Full Bio

Senior Field Manager

Emmanuel Kwizera

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Invoicing Manager

Delphine Nishimwe

Delphine is the Invoicing Manager based at IPA Rwanda. She previously served as Grants Finance Management Officer and Grants Coordinator.

Read Full Bio

Field Manager

Jean De Dieu Ntivuguruzwa

Jean De Dieu Ntivuguruzwa has worked as a field supervisor in the Community Based Environmental Health Promotion Program Project within IPA from January to April, 2015. He currently works as a Field Manager for the DIME/LWH Irrigation Project, which evaluates the impact and sustainability of irrigation in Rwanda. 

Read Full Bio

Senior Field Manager

Janvier Rurangwa

Janvier is a Senior Field Manager with experience working on the Rural Feeder Roads Development project. He graduated from the National University of Rwanda (NUR) and has been working with IPA since 2014 on several projects.

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Research & Policy Advisor

Adia Umulisa

Adia is the Research & Policy Advisor at IPA Rwanda. She is embedded in the Ministry of Education, supporting research and policy in the Policy Analysis department as well as Planning in the M&E departments.

Read Full Bio