Training & Mentoring

Training and mentoring is an effective way to teach possible solutions, and for trainees to gain hands-on experience. Increasing financial awareness, building economic and social empowerment among women, and decreasing youth unemployment are just a few areas where IPA incorporates training and mentoring as a way to solve these issues.

Cash and Microenterprise Support for the Ultra-Poor in Uganda

Poverty is a staggering problem, with 46 percent of the world’s population living on less than 5.50 USD per day.

Returns to Apprenticeship Training in Ghana

Youth unemployment and underemployment are pressing policy challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa and job-training programs have not proven to be effective (or cost-effective) at improving youth labor...

Boosting Firms’ Productivity in Mexico with Consulting Services

Compared to their counterparts in high-income countries, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in low-and-middle-income countries, are often less productive, grow slower, and hire fewer workers.

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Religious Leaders Can Motivate Men To Cede Power And Reduce Intimate Partner Violence: Experimental Evidence From Uganda	Cognitive Behavior Therapy Reduces Crime and Violence over 10 Years: Experimental Evidence
Youth Employment and Productivity: Medium-term Experimental Evidence from Rwanda	Cash-Plus: Poverty Impacts of Transfer-Based Intervention Alternatives
Formación de jóvenes en música y emprendimiento para estimular el desarrollo profesional en Colombia	, The Impact Of A Multi-Faceted Government-Led Program on Poor Households in Niger
Are Training Programs Better Than Cash Transfers At Improving The Lives Of Poor And Underemployed Young People? Evidence From Rwanda	Liberia Country Brief
MIDLINE: Using Household Grants to Benchmark the Cost Effectiveness of a USAID Workforce Readiness Program	Unpacking a Multi-Faceted Program to Build Sustainable Income for the Very Poor
Can Community Policing Improve Police-Community Relations in an Authoritarian Regime? Experimental Evidence from Uganda	Public Trust, Policing, and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from an Electoral Authoritarian Regime
, Peace & Recovery Program Brief	Community Policing Does Not Build Citizen Trust in Police or Reduce Crime in the Global South
The Impact of Variations of Ultra-Poor Graduation Programming in Uganda	Experimental Evidence on Alternative Policies to Increase Learning at Scale

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To Stop Violent Policing, Build Effective Police Organizations	Weathering the Storm: Navigating Political Transitions During a Research Project
The Perils and Promises of Listening to Parents: Encountering Unexpected Barriers to Improving Preschool in Ghana	Evaluating Ways to Improve Early Education in Ghana
CREDIT: Tugela Rid Three Experts Look into the Future of Digital Finance	A how-to on developing livelihoods for the ultra poor
Soap Operas and Cell Phones: Riding on technological channels to impact financial capability at scale	CGAP Blog: Social Inclusion Cannot be Achieved Without Financial Inclusion
New Results: After War, Investing in Women	Policy R&D for Better Management Training in the Developing World
Moving Beyond Access for Meaningful Financial Inclusion: Targeting investments to improve financial capability	Ex-combatant reintegration: cash or training?
Context Matters… More Than We Might Think? Busara Center for Behavioral Economics Opens in Kenya	Me, You, Together, Build: Helping Zambian girls negotiate better futures
Do you know better than the experts?	Notes from the field: Street youth rehabilitation in Liberia

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Village Enterprise CEO Cites IPA Study in NextBillion	Nature News on Social Protection Trials
Vox Highlights IPA Research on Ultra Poor Graduation	IPA Ultra-Poor Graduation Model Research in Stanford Social Innovation Review
Forbes Covers IPA Study on Training and Tech Jobs Program in Kenya	In Project Syndicate, the Ultrapoor Graduation Model and What's Needed Now
Abhijit Banerjee in Medium on IPA Study of Graduation Model	L'Economiste du Faso Recaps Training Event on Youth Program Evaluation
Francophone West Africa's Jean Afrique Covers Youth Apprenticeship Project Evaluated by IPA	IPA & Graduation Model Featured on PBS NewsHour
The Chicago Booth Review Features IPA Research on Debt Traps	In Vox, IPA’s Research Comparing Giving Cash to the Graduation Model for the Ultra Poor
Vox on IPA's Work Comparing Cash to Ultra Poor Graduation Programs	Vox Reports on IPA’s 9-Year Follow-up From a Cash Transfer Study in Uganda
NPR on IPA's Work Improving Ghana's Early Childhood Education	Village Enterprise Representative Blogs on IPA Collaboration

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IPA Co-Hosts Training on the Evaluation of Youth Employment Programs in the Sahel	IPA Associate Director of Business and Program Development Joins Panel at Columbia University's African Economic Forum
Adolescent Girls Programming in Humanitarian Settings: Evidence, Learning, and Best Practice	Village Enterprise Impact Evaluation in Uganda: Alleviating Poverty with an Integrated Microenterprise Graduation Program (Kampala)
Village Enterprise Impact Evaluation in Uganda: Alleviating Poverty with an Integrated Microenterprise Graduation Program (Washington, DC)	IPA Rwanda Presents at the Economic Policy Research Network (EPRN) Conference
IPA Rwanda Co-Organizes Workshop on Financial Education through SACCOs Program	Evidence in Financial Inclusion III: New Findings and their Applications
Dean Karlan Presents Transform at Asian Institute of Management	Evidence in Financial Inclusion II: New Findings and their Applications
IPA Peru Presents Preliminary Results to Peruvian Government	IPA Builds MoH High Level Staff Capacity in Rwanda
Evidence in Financial Inclusion I: New Findings and their Applications	Panel as the Implementation of Poverty Graduation Programs event CREDIT: Suleiman Asman Evidence of Impact and Lessons learned: Implementation of Poverty Graduation Programs in Kenya and the Drylands of Africa
Training, Cash or Microfranchising: What Works in Improving Youth Employment Outcomes	Evidence Showcase: Innovations in Financial Capability and Financial Services for the Poor

Providing Entrepreneurship Training and Cash Business Grants to Venezuelan Migrants in Peru	A Faith-based Couples' Counseling Program Reduced Intimate Partner Violence in Uganda
The Long-Term Impact of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Cash Transfers on High-Risk Young Men in Liberia	Youth Music and Entrepreneurship Training to Stimulate Career Development in Colombia
Are Training Programs Better Than Cash Transfers At Improving The Lives Of Poor And Underemployed Young People? Evidence From Rwanda	Does additional labor benefit microenterprises? Evidence from Sri Lanka
The Impact of Training and Cash Grants on Female-owned Businesses in Sri Lanka	The Impact of Tech-Training and Job Referrals for Youth in Kenya
Addressing Bias by Promoting Women to Management Positions in Bangladesh	Formal Vocational Training Schools and Employment in Mongolia
The Impact of Employment on High-Risk Men in Liberia	Girl Empowerment in Rural Liberia
Cash and Microenterprise Support for the Ultra-Poor in Uganda	The Impact of Community Policing on Citizen Trust, Police Performance, and Crime in Uganda
The Importance of Management Support for Teacher-Led Targeted Instruction in Ghana	The Impact of Debt Relief in India and the Philippines

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