How do we give youth the skills to succeed in life? It’s a universal question, but one that has particular relevance in sub-Saharan Africa, where high school graduates face very limited formal job opportunities and often aren’t equipped with the relevant skills and knowledge to start their own businesses.Women face particular challenges in the educational, economic, and social spheres.One way to address these challenges may be to teach students the hard and soft skills required to be successful in their future work and lives.

On January 15, IPA Peru Deputy Country Director, Sergio de Marco presented on "Effective Approaches to Improve Financial Inclusion in Vulnerable Groups" at a workshop co-organized by the World Bank and Peru's Comisión Multisectorial de Inclusión Financiera.

The Supreme Court of the Philippines invited IPA for a courtesy call with the newly appointed Chief Justice of the Philippines, Honorable Diosdado M.Peralta, to introduce IPA and to provide a briefing on the ongoing IPA Supreme Court engagement.Court Administrator Jose Midas P.Marquez and Deputy Clerk of Court and Judicial Reform Program Administrator Attorney.Laura del Rosario was also in attendance.Country Director Nassreena Sampaco-Baddiri, Research Coordinator Heather Richmond, and researchers Aniceto Orbeta Vicente Paqueo presented on IPA, M&E engagement work, the research designs with preliminary findings, and opportunities for future work.