On August 30, 2017, IPA Liberia presented preliminary results of the first year of the Partnership Schools for Liberia (PSL) study to the President of Liberia and the Cabinet.Under the Partnership Schools for Liberia (PSL) program, the Government of Liberia delegated management of 93 public schools to eight operators: BRAC, Bridge International Academies, Youth Movement for Collective Action2, More than Me, Omega Schools, Rising Academies, Stella Maris, and Street Child.

Innovations for Poverty Action Zambia co-presented with the Varkey Foundation on August 23-24th in Lusaka.

IPA Philippines conducted workshop entitled "Introduction to Theory of Change" for the Policy Research and Development Division (PRD) of the Department of Education of the Philippines on August 15, 2017.PRD is tasked with promoting evidence-based decision-making and developing evaluation standards across the Department of Education.The workshop focused on how to use the development of a theory of change as a tool for monitoring and evaluation.