English On August 4th, IPA Paraguay and the Ministry of Education (MEC) co-hosted the event “Generating Impact: Innovation and Evidence for Public Policy in Education.” The event took place in Asunción, Paraguay.With the objective of contributing to the debate on policy decisions in education, the event presented the state of experimental evidence on education, the insights of behavioral economics applied to education, and the use and generation of evidence in the public sector. The first panel started with the presentation “Interventions in Education: Experimental Evidence—Lessons from Medium and Low-Income Countries” by Andrew Dustan (Vanderbilt University).

English On August 3rd, IPA Paraguay held an introductory impact evaluation training at Fundación Paraguaya in Asunción.The training gathered participants from various organizations and think tanks from the public, private and nonprofit sectors.Throughout the day, the training focused on giving the participants introductory knowledge on experimental methodologies of impact evaluation and how to use this to implement effective interventions. During the workshop, participants worked in groups with Andrew Dustan (Vanderbilt University), Stanislao Maldonado (Universidad del Rosario) and Sergio De Marco (Research Manager, IPA), as well as with teaching assistants from IPA.

On 28 July 2017, Peter Srouji, Research Manager for IPA Philippines, gave a presentation on evidence in agriculture during a brown bag with the Anti-Poverty Advocacies and Programs Unit of the Office of the Vice President of the Philippines.Eight OVP staff members attended.