On October 25, IPA and J-PAL co-hosted a dissemination event titled "Gender Violence and Impact Evaluation: Translating Evidence to Public Policy” in Lima, Peru.During the event, Sergio De Marco, Deputy Director of the Regional Office of IPA for Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay, presented on interventions to prevent Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and IPA’s IPV Initiative.Afterward, representatives from Peru’s Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations (MIMP) discussed the importance of evidence to inform the design of policies aimed to reduce gender-based violence (GBV).

How do standard development programs compare to just giving people cash? What is the most effective and scalable way to address the challenge of child malnutrition?In Rwanda, an IPA research team aimed to answer these questions by setting cash grants as a “benchmark” for a nutrition and WASH program, and the landmark results were released in September.