On May 8, IPA presented at the results dissemination event for the Lively Minds project, which evaluated the impacts of a low-cost, play-based learning program that engaged both teachers and parents on early childhood cognitive development.

Re-integrating former members of armed groups into communities is a growing global policy challenge.In places like northeastern Nigeria, where the extremist group Boko Haram is active, the combination of large-scale campaigns of violence against civilians and radicalization by insurgent groups leads to intense anger and increases mistrust and wariness that members have been irrevocably changed.  Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is supporting research that examines if these barriers can be overcome to pave the way for reintegration.