Random Update | June 2022
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LATEST RESEARCH & NEWS
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NEW RESULTS
New Survey Shows Garment Workers’ Income Rebounded Quickly after the Pandemic
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Researchers: Atonu Rabbani, Hannah Uckat, and Christopher Woodruff
The ready-made garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh is the main source of formal wage employment for women, which accounts for most of its 4 million workers. The results of a new survey conducted as part of the Women's Work, Entrepreneurship, and Skilling (WWES)
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initiative show that RMG workers experienced sharp reductions in economic well-being at the beginning of the pandemic, but their incomes rebounded quickly. However, participants’ levels of stress increased towards the end of 2020.
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NEW STUDY
Satellite Technologies Can Be Used to Reduce Illegal Mining
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Researcher: Santiago Saavedra
In Colombia, researchers used satellite technology and artificial intelligence to locate possible illegal mines. Researchers then disclosed the mines' locations to local and national authorities. This led to an 11 percent reduction in illegal mining in the sites and surrounding areas. Although illegal mining increased in areas not targeted by the intervention, the positive effect of the intervention was sustained, as the presence of illegal mines in both targeted and non-targeted areas decreased by 7 percent.
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BLOG
RECOVR Roundup Vol. 38: Social Protection in the Time of COVID-19
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By Jeffrey Mosenkis and Gabriel Olila
WhatsApp Surveys: An Innovative and Low-Cost Solution for Remote Data Collection
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By Sofía Granados, Alejandra Rivera, and Laura Vargas Rueda
RECOVR Roundup Vol. 37: Social Protection in the Time of COVID-19
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By Jeffrey Mosenkis and Gabriel Olila
Can You Spot a Scam? Putting Fraud Attempts to the Test in Kenya
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By Elif Kubilay, Eva Raiber, and Lisa Spantig
IPA IN THE NEWS
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Vox Highlights IPA Research on Ultra Poor Graduation
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In The Guardian, The Life You Can Save Highlights IPA Study
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Nature News on Social Protection Trials
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Upworthy: IPA Research in Liberia Finds Cash and Therapy Aid in Crime Reduction
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Inside Philanthropy on Grants to Evidence-Informed Clean Water
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Nigeria's Business Day on IPA Digital Financial Product Costs
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EVENTS
UPCOMING
IPA to Co-Host 2022 Researcher Gathering
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October 12-14 | Evanston, Illinois, United States
RECENT
IPA-RTA Conference on Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking
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June 27-29 | Webinar, United States
Warriors and Vigilantes as Police Officers: Evidence from a Field Experiment with Body Cameras in Rio de Janeiro
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May 27 | Webinar, United States
The Psychosocial Value of Work: Evidence from Refugee Camps in Bangladesh
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May 24 | Webinar, United States
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