In VoxDev, Does Bottom-Up Accountability Work?
Media Coverage
July 25, 2019

Researchers Doug Parkerson (IPA), Pia Raffler (Harvard University), and Daniel Posner (UCLA) write in VoxDev on an evaluation of Uganda's Accountability Can Transform (ACT) Health program, which mobilizes community members to monitor healthcare service delivery. The study found that while this participatory approach marginally improved the delivery of healthcare services, its effects have significant limitations.
In Quartz – Improving Education Around the World
Media Coverage
May 28, 2019

Researchers David Evans and Fei Yuan review evidence from around the world showing that there is no need to focus just on girls’ education. Most interventions that improve education for girls also help boys. They cite an IPA study in Kenya in which providing scholarships to high-performing sixth-grade girls helped classroom performance in general, not just for girls.
Modern Man project
The Road to Testing Innovations in Behavior Change and Gender Norms: How Can We Leverage Mobile Phone Technology to Reach and Engage Men to Reduce Violence Against Women?
May 23, 2019

Co-authored by Ellen Bates-Jefferys and Shirin Ahmed

Editor's note: This cross-posting is the second in a series on the International Rescue Committee and IPA's Modern Man Challenge study. The first part is available here, and the third detailing our final preparation for a rigorous trial is available here.

Photo: Ellen Bates-Jefferys.


In recent years, there has been a communications boom in mobile phone technology in Sub-Saharan Africa. Formerly hard-to-reach populations are getting connected to the grid through mobile phones,...
Modern Man Challenge
Intimate Partner Violence Initiative: Why, What, and How to Help
April 24, 2019

Enumerators working with the IPV Initiative's Modern Man Challenge project. Photo: Ellen Bates-Jefferys.

 

Jeannie Annan is Chief Scientist at the International Rescue Committee and academic lead of IPA's Intimate Partner Violence Initiative. Ellen Bates-Jefferys is a Senior Program Associate with the Initiative.

Globally, about one in three women will experience intimate partner violence (IPV) in their lifetimes.1 Certain regions of the world are “hotspots,” with IPV rates over 70%.2 Innovations for Poverty Action’s IPV Initiative exists to create stronger...
Vox on Using Media to Combat Domestic Violence in Uganda
Media Coverage
February 11, 2019

Vox reports on research research with IPA intervention in Uganda to reduce intimate partner violence through a series of locally produced videos shown during movies. The campaign reduced reported incidents of violence against women, apparently not through changes about attitudes toward it, but beacuse of perceived changes in social norms surrounding talking about and reporting it.
Uganda's New Vision on IPA Research Showing Reduction in Infant Mortality
Media Coverage
January 03, 2019

New Vision highlights the work of a network of community health promoters (CHPs) delivering vital products and services that have helped reduce child mortality. The CHP program was evaluated by IPA in 2013 and has since been replicated in other districts of Uganda.
Sveriges Radio on Rwanda Cash Benchmarking Study
Media Coverage
November 27, 2018

Sweden's Sveriges Radio reports on an IPA study on cash benchmarking in Rwanda as both a news and feature piece. The evaluation compared how a standard WASH, hygiene, and nutrition program compares to just giving people cash, measuring impacts on indicators of poverty and malnutrition. (Note: in Swedish).
Planet Money Takes a Lesson on Behavior Change from IPA's Intimate Partner Violence Research in Uganda
Media Coverage
November 26, 2018

In NPR's Planet Money podcast about rules of office behavior, Alice Evans highlights an IPA intervention in Uganda to reduce violence against women as an example of how to sometimes the best way to change behavior is more subtly.
USAID on Cash Benchmarking in Rwanda
Media Coverage
October 24, 2018

In an op-ed featured in Devex, Melissa Patsalides, a deputy assistant administrator for USAID writes on an IPA cash benchmarking study in Rwanda, reflecting on what it means for the aid agency's views on testing effectiveness of programs around the world.
The Washington Post on Cash Benchmarking in Rwanda
Media Coverage
September 27, 2018

In an op-ed for the Washington Post, Christine Emba writes on an IPA cash benchmarking study in Rwanda, connecting it to a broader debate on the most effective methods to reduce poverty
Vox on IPA Cash Benchmarking in Rwanda
Media Coverage
September 26, 2018

Vox's Dylan Matthews covers an IPA cash benchmarking study in Rwanda and the context around it, including interviews with Berk Özler of the World Bank and Amanda Glassman of the Center for Global Development.
Wired Covers Rwanda Cash Benchmarking Study
Media Coverage
September 25, 2018

Wired reports on an IPA study on cash benchmarking in Rwanda. The evaluation compared how a standard WASH and nutrition program compares to just giving people cash, measuring impacts on indicators of poverty and malnutrition.
The Atlantic Features Research on Cash Benchmarking in Rwanda
Media Coverage
September 25, 2018

GiveDirectly co-founders Michael Faye and Paul Niehaus write about a cash benchmarking evaluation in Rwanda. This IPA study compared a standard nutrition and WASH program to cash transfers.
NPR's All Things Considered on Cash Benchmarking Study in Rwanda
Media Coverage
September 25, 2018

NPR's All Things Considered features an IPA study on cash benchmarking in Rwanda. The study compared a standard nutrition and WASH program to cash transfers.
Quartz on IPA’s Cash Benchmarking in Rwanda
Media Coverage
September 25, 2018

Quartz’s technology and science reporter, Michael Coren, reviews IPA’s cash benchmarking study in Rwanda.

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