On August 23rd, Ariel BenYishay presented the preliminary results of a five-year evaluation of the Philippine Community-Driven Development (CDD) program, locally known as KALAHI-CIDSS (KC).This study was done in partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to assess the impact of CDD on access to key services and quantity and quality of participation in local governance.

English   Program objectives J-PAL LAC, IPA Peru, and the Peruvian Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations (MIMP) are currently engaged in a project to institutionalize the use and generation of rigorous evidence in policy decision-making at the MIMP’s National Program against Domestic and Sexual Violence (PNCVFS) and the MIMP in general.One of the components of this project is the Impact Evaluation Incubator which included two training workshops for PNCVFS staff.This second workshop focused on the step-by-step design of a potential evaluation for the interventions managed by PNCVFS staff.

On July 26th, Christine Papai, Deputy Country Director, shared a technical case study of the malaria text message reminders study at the USAID MEASURE / Ghana School of Public Health Impact Evaluation Workshop.The audience included 22 individuals who work in or intend to do impact evaluations.