On November 30, IPA Myanmar hosted its second of a series of roundtables to discuss the potential use of impact evaluations for programming and policy across various sectors in Myanmar.For this roundtable, Alexandra Hartman, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at University College London, presented a case study of how a top-down alternative dispute resolution intervention changed how local institutions functioned in post-conflict rural Liberia.

On November 26th, Financial Inclusion Program (FIP) Manager, Nellie Moore, presented at the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) and Reserve Bank of Fiji’s Conference on Smart Policies for Green Financial Inclusion.She shared a synthesis of and relevant examples from the existing evidence on how financial services can build resilience to climate change, as well as knowledge gaps to prioritize for future research.

Globally, almost one-third of women report experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) at some point in their lives.Nearly 40 percent of all homicides of women are committed by an intimate partner.Yet little is known about how to reduce IPV.On November 14, 2018, IPA hosted a breakfast and discussion on a joint IPV initiative with the International Rescue Committee (IRC).IPA Executive Director Annie Duflo introduced the program.Research lead Jeannie Annan (IRC, University of Chicago) provided an overview of this initiative and current work in Liberia and Uganda to identify and test methods for reducing IPV.