New Directions in Anti-Poverty Research Conference
Innovations for Poverty Action, the Trinity Impact Evaluation Unit, the Gender Innovation Lab at the World Bank, and Concern Worldwide hosted a two-day conference on the latest findings in research on multifaceted anti-poverty programs. The conference highlighted research on anti-poverty programming with innovations targeting mental wellbeing, gender, household risk and resilience, climate and environmental outcomes.
Presentations
Monday, December 5, 2022
Panel A: New Directions
01. The Impact of a Graduation Program on Livelihoods in Refugee and Host Communities in Uganda
Dean Karlan
02. Graduation Gender Targeting and Transformative Couples Training: Evidence from Malawi
Michael King
03. Pathways out of Extreme Poverty: Tackling Psychosocial and Capital Constraints with a Multi-faceted Social Protection Program in the Sahel
Patrick Premand
Panel B: Mental Wellbeing
04. Mental Health Therapy as a Core Strategy for Increasing Human Capital: Evidence from Ghana
Dean Karlan
05. Personal initiative or interpersonal initiative: Psychosocial mechanisms and women's economic inclusion in Niger
Thomas Bossuroy
06. Improving Women's Mental Health during a Pandemic
Michael Vlassopoulos
Panel C: Gender
07. Supporting Women's Livelihoods at Scale: Evidence from a Nationwide Multi-Faceted Program
Gareth Roberts
09. Multifaceted Programs Targeting Women in Fragile Settings: Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo
Manuela Angelucci
Round Table: Gender and Economic Inclusion and Innovation
10. Roundtable Presentation: Gender, Economic Inclusion, and Innovation
Michael O'Sullivan
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Panel D: Household Risk and Resilience
11. Ultra-poor graduation and environmental shocks: Evidence from the 2019 Malawian floods
Tara Bedi
12. Adaptation to Climate Change in Pakistan: Impacts on Disaster Preparedness and Resilience
Alexandra Avdeenko
13. Anticipatory cash transfers in climate disaster response
Ashley Pople
Panel E: Environmental Outcomes and Anti-Poverty Projects
14. Conditional cash transfers to alleviate poverty also reduced deforestation in Indonesia
Rhita Simorangkir
16. Can Reminders of Rules Induce Compliance: Experimental Evidence from a Common Pool Resource Setting
Sabrina Eisenbarth
Round Table: Climate
17. Climate Change and Economic Inclusion
Colin Andrew