Innovations for Poverty Action

Innovations for Poverty Action
Founded2002
FounderDean Karlan
TypeResearch into poverty alleviation and development programs
FocusProgram Evaluation in areas such as Microfinance
Public Health
Agriculture
Education
Location
Area served
Global
Key people
Dean Karlan, Annie Duflo
Websitepoverty-action.org

Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is an American non-profit research and policy organization founded in 2002 by economist Dean Karlan.[1] Since its foundation, IPA has worked with over 400 leading academics to conduct over 900 evaluations in 52 countries.[2] The organization also manages the Poverty Probability Index.

IPA conducts randomized controlled trials (RCTs), along with other types of quantitative research, to measure the impacts of development programs in sectors including microfinance, education, health, peace & recovery, governance, agriculture, social protection, and small and medium enterprises.[3] Its partner organizations include over 400 governments, nonprofits, academic institutions, foundations, and companies.

  1. ^ "ImpactSpace". impactspace.com. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  2. ^ "Nonprofit (New Haven): Innovations for Poverty Action". idealist.org. Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  3. ^ "Unrated Profile for Innovations for Poverty Action". Charity Navigator. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-18.