Community Participation

Community-based programs seek to empower local communities to identify and implement the projects they most need. IPA's research on this topic has included evaluating of a government-implemented community driven development program in the Philippines, a community sanitation project in Bangladesh, and a community-based anti-poverty project in Ghana.

What We Can Learn about Epidemic Response from the 2014-15 Ebola Crisis in Sierra Leone

New findings related to the 2014-15 Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone have implications for health systems in the current COVID-19 crisis.

Bolstering Coverage of Improved Sanitation in Bangladesh

Poor sanitation is estimated to cause 280,000 deaths per year worldwide, despite the existence of simple, effective solutions.

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