On July 7th, Dean Karlan was the guest speaker at the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) Foundation, Inc’s learning session, “Walang Maiiwan sa Laylayan” (Leaving No One Behind in the Margins).This was attended by high-level staff from BPI and other banks in the Philippines.

Also on July 7th, Dean Karlan, David Sutherland, and James Choi presented the Transform program’s preliminary results at a session hosted by the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) and ICM in Makati City, Philippines.

On July 7th, the Philippines Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) hosted International Care Ministries (ICM) and IPA Philippines to present preliminary results of IPA’s impact evaluation of ICM’s “Transform” program.This program provides a values, health, and livelihood intervention training program to Filipino ultra-poor households.Dean Karlan presented preliminary results along with David Sutherland, CEO of ICM.