On June 24 - 25, 2013, the Yale Savings and Payments Research Fund, under the Financial Inclusion Program at Innovations for Poverty Action, hosted a conference around evidence on innovations in savings and payments research in Kampala, Uganda. The event showcased results from recent evaluations in Africa on child and youth savings, the impact of reducing cost barriers to saving among the poor, behavioral impediments to saving, using mobile phones for behavioral change, and the adoption and impact of mobile money.

On December 7th, 2012, a select number of practitioners attending the ninth annual Citi-FT Financial Education Summit (5-6 December 2012 in Manila) participated in a workshop on randomized evaluations to improve financial capability.