On May 23, a panel sponsored by IPA and J-PAL LAC convened the Secretaries of Security from Colombia's three largest cities—Bogotá, Medellín, and Cali—and Universidad EAFIT economist Catalina Goméz Toro to discuss and debate policy strategies for public safety.Sebastian Chaskel, Director of IPA's Peace and Recovery program, moderated the discussion. The panel was convened as part of the LACEA Network on Inequality and Poverty's America Latina Crime and Policy Network workshop.

On May 20, IPA Peru and J-PAL LAC co-hosted a dissemination event where researchers Erica Field (Duke University) and Ursula Aldana (Instituto de Estudios Peruanos) presented baseline findings from “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).

On Wednesday, May 15, during the Child Labor Coalition's quarterly meeting, Dr.Eric Edmonds presented the results of his and Dr.