On May 4, IPA Burkina Faso appeared before the Commission for Reforms of Burkina Faso.The Commission for Reforms is charged with proposing reforms in crucial areas such as electoral law, constitution modification, media and communication regulation, and public finance.They are in the process of composing a report to serve as a road map for the next government.IPA Burkina Faso presented two proposals for public finance reforms and shared results on deworming and teaching at the right level.

Garret Christensen (Assistant Project Scientist, BITSS) represented BITSS at a conference on Reproducibility in Federal Evaluations organized by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation. Dean Karlan (Yale; President, IPA; Chair, J-PAL's Finance Program), Rachel Glennerster (Executive Director, J-PAL; IPA Affiliate), and Stephanie Wykstra (Research Manager, IPA) also participated in the conference.The conference brought together academics, contract researchers, and government sponsors of research to discuss how research transparency could become part of federal policy, and ideally lead to policies based on better evidence.