This webinar was the fourth webinar in a series presenting innovative research on crime and violence in Latin America and the Caribbean.If you would like to receive updates via email on future webinars in this series, sign up for the series mailing list here.Neighborhoods are some of the strongest determinants of both economic opportunity and criminal activity.

On June 21, IPA Philippines presented to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Philippines Research Reference Group (RRG) meeting on Research and Experimentation on Digital Financial Inclusion.The RRG is composed of the research teams of UNDP-funded digital financial inclusion experimentation projects, which includes IPA and KindMind, and key stakeholders such as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).Nassreena Sampaco-Baddiri (Country Director, IPA Philippines) and Cesi Cruz (Assistant Professor Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia) gave an overview of the Philippines Nimble Experimentation on Digital Financial Literacy Inclusion research.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected global economic activity and continues to imperil the livelihoods of many.The effects of the pandemic on the poor in developing countries may be particularly severe, as many citizens are already vulnerable and largely without access to formal government social protection.In this context, many cost-effective and rapidly scalable mechanisms have emerged to extend social support during this crisis.