On September 22, IPA participated in the third webinar in the series, Building the Evidence on Forced Displacement: From Research to Policy Making, to discuss findings from the latest research on forced displacement.This webinar focused on the economic and social impact of Venezuelan refugees migrating to Brazil.As of October 2020, there were 261,441 Venezuelan nationals living in Brazil, representing the largest share of Brazil’s 1.3 million refugees and migrants population.While the economic gains of immigration are well documented in the literature, the evidence on the impacts of forced displacement is mixed and focused mainly on high-income countries.

On August 25, IPA Philippines presented the results of the pre-pilot study of the mEducation program at the virtual Research O’clock 2021: Evidence on Learning Continuity.The session focused on research presenting evidence on pedagogical practices in distance education.Rene Marlon Panti (Senior Research Associate, IPA Philippines) gave a presentation of the mEducation project, a mobile-phone-based intervention implemented in partnership with Young1ove and DepEd.

On August 19, Ricardo Morel, IPA's Peace and Recovery Program Director, and Aprille Knox, Policy Manager at J-PAL, joined USAID's Center for Democracy, Human Rights and Governance (DRG) Community of Practice to present emerging evidence on interventions aimed at reducing or preventing the violent behavior of individuals in high-crime or conflict setting.The session provided a snapshot of different interventions in the U.S., Liberia, and Mexico, with a special focus on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) inspired programs as an approach for shifting individuals’ decision-making processes and behaviors.