Deworm the World was featured at at a World Economic Forum event in Davos in January 2012.The press conference highlighted key achievements of this Young Global Leader initiative and featured exciting new commitments from partners to improve the lives of millions of children through school-based deworming. We are in a thrilling new era for neglected tropical diseases.

On January 19-21, 2012, Innovations for Poverty Action and Strathmore University hosted a three day workshop for approximately 20 African researchers on experimental research design in savings and payments.Participants traveled from 9 countries across Africa to participate in the Nairobi event, which was the first of a series of workshops to be conducted by IPA over the coming three years as part of the Savings and Payments Research Fund, under the Financial Inclusion Program.The workshop focused on both the conceptual and practical aspects of designing a rigorous field experiment in the area of savings and payments.

University of California, Washington Center 1608 Rhode Island Ave, NW Washington, DC 20036 (map) 9:00 am - 12:30 pm Which programs work to improve educational outcomes?  Education experts from UC San Diego, Harvard, University of Texas, and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) will share the results from rigorous evaluations of education programs in India and Africa.