More Evidence, Less Poverty SARAH DE TOURNEMIRE Innovations for Poverty Action

$1.00 $1.00

Which would you buy?

$100 School Uniforms

$100 Deworming Children

Which would you buy?

Source: Poverty Action Lab. Numbers are for total additional years, not per child.

Additional Years of Schooling

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School Uniforms

Kenya

School-based

Deworming -

Kenya

OUR MISSION To discover and promote effective

solutions to global poverty problems.

OUR VISION More evidence, less poverty

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We help turn that evidence

into better programs and

policies for the poor.

We create high-quality

evidence.

The Problem

Our Solution

Academics e.g. MIT, Harvard,

Yale, University of

Ghana

Service

providers e.g. CARE, Oxfam, &

local nonprofits

Government

agencies e.g. Ministry of

Education, Ghana &

Ministry of Health,

Zambia

Funders e.g. Gates

Foundation,

USAID, Hewlett

Foundation

Extensive Collaboration

IPA’s Comparative Advantage

• Research for impact: We make research results actionable.

• Experts in evaluation: We are the largest implementer of

randomized evaluations in the development field.

• Deep local presence: Allows us to cultivate deep

relationships needed for policy and research oversight.

• Long term partnerships: We bring together researchers and

decisionmakers to create and utilize innovative solutions that

are relevant to the needs of the poor and based on evidence.

Our 10 years have taught us… • Reliable, relevant evidence

requires local research

infrastructure.

• Providing direct services at scale

can conflict with our role.

• Influencing practice and policy

requires more than

communications.

• It requires deep relationships

and understanding of local

programs and context.

• Making practical

recommendations requires

translating results to different

contexts and understanding

challenges of operating at scale.

Policy Influence

• Large-scale influence

• Evaluation partners

make decisions based

on study results

• Other organizations

adapt evidence

• Global debates are

influenced

• Evidence-based

decision making culture

or institutions Over 40 million children dewormed

In the News

IPA “has succeeded in bringing complex issues in aid and development to the forefront of global development media coverage.” - The Guardian

Questions? comms@poverty-action.org