On April 28, IPA presented at the Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) co-hosted virtual training on Consumer Protection and Financial Education for Digital Financial Services (DFS).The training included technical staff of AFI member institutions who are involved in the formulation and implementation of policies and regulations focusing on consumer protection for DFS and digital financial literacy.

On April 27, 2021, IPA presented in a joint panel at CIES 2021 titled, "What’s good enough in SEL and Soft Skills Measurement?" Smita Das (Program Manager for IPA's Social Protection Program), Catherine Honeyman (World Learning), Elizabeth Kim (International Youth Foundation), and Allyson Krupar (Save the Children US) shared each organization's soft skill measures and had a conversation discussing tough decisions and tradeoffs they made along the way in developing these measures, including responding to the COVID-19 crisis, ethical concerns, local use of measures, and locally-based development processes.

Several speakers linked to IPA presented at the Partnership for Economic Inclusion and World Bank Group's 2021 Global Learning Event from April 27-29.On April 27, Abhijit Banerjee and a diverse set of panelists kicked off the event in a global broadcast on scaling up economic inclusion through national programs, policies, and strategies. On April 28, Dean Karlan and Patrick Premand spoke on a panel on emerging evidence and Kathleen Beegle moderated a panel about addressing economic inequality among women.And researcher Angela Ofori-Atta presented an updated version of a presentation of her work studying mental health in Ghana.