On February 1-3, IPA Philippines led a workshop with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Manila. Participants defined learning goals and developed a robust and right-fit monitoring, evaluation, and learning plan for two DSWD Projects: a disaster relief emergency transfer, and a transfer for vulnerable elderly persons.

From November 14-17, IPA's Financial Inclusion Program, in collaboration with the University of Indonesia, hosted a workshop for financial service providers on using Human Centered Design methodology to create gender-inclusive products.