On December 2, Living Goods organized a stakeholder meeting in Kampala to disseminate the findings of IPA’s Community Health Delivery study.The project’s principal researcher, Jakob Svensson (IIES, Stockholm University and Center for Economic Research) presented the study’s findings, titled “The Effect of a Micro-Entrepreneur Based Community Health Delivery Programme on Under Five Mortality.” Event attendees included representatives from the Ugandan Ministry of Health, IPA, BRAC Uganda, UNICEF, Marie Stopes Uganda, CARE, Jhpiego, and FHI 360, as well as Ugandan local district leaders. The event included a panel discussion on achieving high-impact community health care.The panel was moderated by Dr.

This event brought together all NGOs that are implementing cash transfers in Myanmar to share experiences of implementing pilot-scale cash transfer programs.The event was attended by the Ministry of Social Welfare and Resettlement, which will start piloting maternal cash transfer program in the Chin State of Myanmar.

On December 1, 2016, IPA Kenya and the Vision 2030 Secretariat hosted a Policy Forum at the Windsor Hotel and Golf Club in Nairobi, Kenya.The theme of the forum was “Better Evidence, Better Policies, Better Lives: 10 Years of Research in the Agricultural Sector.”  The forum brought together 60 researchers, policymakers, and implementing partners.