IPA Uganda held a successful dissemination event at the Kampala Serena Hotel on Wednesday, August 9th, 2017.At this event, Pia Raffler and Melina Platas, principal investigators of the Meet the Candidates project, disseminated the project's findings.Preliminary findings from the project suggest that watching video interviews of parliamentary candidates during party primary and multiparty elections increases knowledge about the candidates and increases the likelihood that voters change away from their intended vote choice on Election Day.The audience at the event included political party representatives, members of the electoral commission, government officials, academics, and members of the press.

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.