On November 18, the Entrepreneurship and Private Sector Development (EPSD) Program at IPA (formerly the SME Program) will co-host its 12th annual working group with Columbia University’s Center for Development Economics and Policy (CDEP) at the Kellogg Center in New York City. This is a closed, invite-only event.As in years past, the purpose of the meeting is to convene our network of researchers and practitioners for a full day of discussions on innovative research designs, early-stage results, and new papers focused on EPSD in low- and middle-income countries.

From November 14-16, IPA held an invite-only Cross-Country Education Lab Learning Exchange in Kigali, Rwanda.

On November 14, 2022, IPA and Australia National University (ANU) co-hosted an introductory impact evaluation workshop in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.