This webinar was the second 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.From Brazil to El Salvador, prison gangs have transformed the state’s disciplinary institutions into headquarters for their criminal activities.At the same time, they govern—providing order and physical safety for millions of low-income residents across vast informal peripheries neglected by governments.

This webinar is part of IPA's RECOVR Webinar Series: Bringing Evidence to COVID-19 Policy Responses in the Global South.Together with our partners, we are using this series to rapidly share what we are learning with the policy and research community to support evidence-informed response efforts.

On March 18, IPA and J-PAL co-organized a closed-door roundtable discussion in Kenya, as inputs to the Population Policy for National Development, which is currently being revised.The event was co-hosted with the National Council for Population Development, the agency spearheading the policy revisions and that will have oversight over its implementation.