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Highlights

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EVENTS

IPA Mexico Signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Citizen Security of Mexico City
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IPA Mexico Signs a Letter of Intent to Collaborate with the Municipal Government of San Luis Potosí
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Webinar | Shifting Individual Behaviors in High Risk Settings: Lessons from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Inspired Interventions
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The Effects of Procedural Justice Training for Police Officers in Mexico City
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Redesigning Payments for Ecosystem Services in Mexico to Increase Cost-Effectiveness
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Measuring the Effectiveness of Online Skills Training for Female Microenterprises in Guatemala and Mexico
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To Stop Violent Policing, Build Effective Police Organizations
NEWS

Yale University on NORMalizing Mask Use in South Asia and Latin America

Research Findings

The Effects of Procedural Justice Training for Police Officers in Mexico City

Public insecurity and widespread mistrust of police among citizens is associated with decreased police legitimacy, which has negative consequences for effective policing. Research has demonstrated that when police officers interact with citizens following principles of procedural justice, citizens leave those interactions—even contentious ones—with an increased perception of trust in the police, which enhances legitimacy and efficacy. The question remains, however, as to how a police force can institutionalize procedural justice as an organizational capability. In this study, researchers worked with the Ministry of Public Security of Mexico City to evaluate the impact of a procedural justice training for police officers. Preliminary results suggest that the training had significant positive impacts on how individual police officers perceived and practiced the principles of procedural justice. They also help reveal the specific mechanisms through which the training achieved its effects, thus providing important insights into likely avenues for effective police reform.  

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Redesigning Payments for Ecosystem Services in Mexico to Increase Cost-Effectiveness

Deforestation is the second largest human source of carbon dioxide emissions. Mexico has a "payments for ecosystem services" (PES) program to provide economic incentives to landowners to minimize deforestation, but budget cuts have been recurring over the past years. Researchers are conducting a pilot study in one municipality of Selva Lacandona (Chiapas)  to find ways to improve the cost-effectiveness of the program.

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Demand for an Entrepreneurship Training: Experimental Evidence from Mexico

Recent studies have shown that a psychology-based entrepreneurial mindset training can have promising effects on business outcomes, but there is little evidence on how to improve the financial sustainability of these programs. Researchers are evaluating the effects of an entrepreneurial mindset training paired with business training on firm outcomes for female entrepreneurs in Mexico. They are also investigating the demand for training programs and examining whether the returns to training change depending on how much an entrepreneur is willing to pay.

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Policy Impact

Procedural Justice

An IPA evaluation found that a procedural justice training improved trust in and interactions with police. IPA Mexico is working with state and municipal governments to help their police departments integrate the training into their policies.

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Mexico

Our Team

Mexico

Our Team

Country Director, Mexico

Odette Gonzalez Carrillo

“For a long time, I have been trying to push the use of evidence to inform decisions in the government and other places.”

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Research Manager

Enrique Fernandez

Enrique is a Research Manager at the IPA Mexico. Before joining IPA, Enrique worked as an environmental economist for the UNDP and the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources in Mexico.

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Associate Research Manager

Alonso Gutierrez

Alonso is an Associate Research Manager at the IPA Mexico. Before joining IPA, Alonso worked as a consultant for both local and international organizations, conducting research and collaborating in process and impact evaluations.

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Associate Research Manager

Laura Lahoz

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Associate Research Manager

Maria Lourdes Gonzalez

Lourdes is an Associate Research Manager at IPA Mexico, supervising operational models to increase alternative justice resolutions by state-level prosecutors.

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Policy Manager

Juan Salgado Ibarra

Juan is a Policy Manager at IPA Mexico. He is responsible for evaluating a program on judicially approved communication interventions by investigative police officers in Mexican General Attorney offices.

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Field Manager

Edgar Arredondo

Edgar Arredondo is currently a Field Manager at IPA Mexco. He a holds degree in Sociology from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and with a specialty in Public Security.

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Field Manager

Mariana Elizabeth Campos Saucedo

Mariana Elizabeth is an anthropologist with a passion for qualitative studies.

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Research Associate

Ana Cedillo

Ana is a Research Associate in the Mexico City office, working on projects related to the learning processes of police organizations.

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Research Coordinator

Alexis Cherem Maus

lexis is a Research Coordinator in the Mexico City office, where she leads projects related to Procedural Justice and crime prevention. Alexis studied Political Science and International Relations at ITAM University.

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Associate Research Manager

Valeria Cuevas Zúñiga

Prior to joining IPA, Valeria worked on projects with UNFPA and IOM, focusing on issues related to security, migration, and climate change, where she contributed qualitative research approaches and mixed methodologies.

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Country Director, Mexico

Odette Gonzalez Carrillo

“For a long time, I have been trying to push the use of evidence to inform decisions in the government and other places.”

Read Full Bio

Research Manager

Enrique Fernandez

Enrique is a Research Manager at the IPA Mexico. Before joining IPA, Enrique worked as an environmental economist for the UNDP and the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources in Mexico.

Read Full Bio

Associate Research Manager

Alonso Gutierrez

Alonso is an Associate Research Manager at the IPA Mexico. Before joining IPA, Alonso worked as a consultant for both local and international organizations, conducting research and collaborating in process and impact evaluations.

Read Full Bio

Associate Research Manager

Laura Lahoz

Read Full Bio

Associate Research Manager

Maria Lourdes Gonzalez

Lourdes is an Associate Research Manager at IPA Mexico, supervising operational models to increase alternative justice resolutions by state-level prosecutors.

Read Full Bio

Policy Manager

Juan Salgado Ibarra

Juan is a Policy Manager at IPA Mexico. He is responsible for evaluating a program on judicially approved communication interventions by investigative police officers in Mexican General Attorney offices.

Read Full Bio

Field Manager

Edgar Arredondo

Edgar Arredondo is currently a Field Manager at IPA Mexco. He a holds degree in Sociology from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and with a specialty in Public Security.

Read Full Bio

Field Manager

Mariana Elizabeth Campos Saucedo

Mariana Elizabeth is an anthropologist with a passion for qualitative studies.

Read Full Bio

Research Associate

Ana Cedillo

Ana is a Research Associate in the Mexico City office, working on projects related to the learning processes of police organizations.

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Research Coordinator

Alexis Cherem Maus

lexis is a Research Coordinator in the Mexico City office, where she leads projects related to Procedural Justice and crime prevention. Alexis studied Political Science and International Relations at ITAM University.

Read Full Bio

Associate Research Manager

Valeria Cuevas Zúñiga

Prior to joining IPA, Valeria worked on projects with UNFPA and IOM, focusing on issues related to security, migration, and climate change, where she contributed qualitative research approaches and mixed methodologies.

Read Full Bio

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