Figuring out how to deal with today's critical economic problems is perhaps the great challenge of our time.Issues like immigration and inequality, globalization and technological disruption, slowing growth, accelerating climate change, etc. are all sources of great anxiety across the world.

On November 21, the Ministry of Women of Peru hosted a dissemination event where Ursula Aldana (Instituto de Estudios Peruanos) presented the design of “Leaders in Action” a program that trains local leaders to become community health volunteers and raise awareness of gender-based violence (GBV) in their villages, to a policy audience at the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations (MIMP).The presentation also introduced the design of a new arm of the intervention based on group treatment in community meetings to discuss topics related to GBV.This arm will include a qualitative analysis of the study.

On November 20-21, the Centro de Estudios Monetarios Lationamericanos (CEMLA) and Banco de México (Mexico's Central Bank) co-hosted the XI Conference of Financial Education and Inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean.The event convened representatives from education ministries, treasuries, banking regulators, commercial banks, multilateral organizations, and cooperation organizations in the hemisphere.