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Innovations for Poverty Action

http://www.poverty-action.org/
Last activity: 27.03.2024
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We discover and promote effective solutions to global poverty problems.
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Location
United States, District of Columbia, Washington
Employees
501-1000
Phone
+1 202-386-6200
Founded date
2002

Mentions in press and media 9

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Apr 3, 2023Robust Consumer Protection Can Support a Rights-Respecting Digital FutureThe Carnegie Endowment for International Peace released a report on March 13 on cyber vulnerabilities across Africa and the potential harm these can cause for underserved communities. It shared the experience of a woman in Nigeria whose rel...
Mar 16, 2022Togo: How AI Helped Deliver Cash Aid to Many of the Poorest People in TogoThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Governments and humanitarian groups can use machine learning algorithms and mobile phone data to get aid to those who need it most during a humanitarian crisis...
Feb 17, 2022Experts rate 12 vaccine claims by Robert Malone, the doctor catapulted to fame on Joe Rogan’s podcastDr. Robert Malone in his office on his Virginia horse farm on July 22, 2020. AP Photo/Steve Helber The scientist Robert Malone raises questions about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines. Some of what he says about mRNA vaccines is true, while o...
Jan 6, 2022How mobile phones and digital tools have helped Togo tackle COVID-19Globally, the COVID-19 disease has infected more than 290 million people, claimed well over 5 million lives, and plunged millions into extreme poverty. The pandemic has been devastating in every sense of the word, and its impact felt in Afr...
Oct 1, 2021Weekly links October 1: Indian mothers-in-law, jobs with DIME, ML vs RCT, is digital credit good value, and more…Email Share Tweet Share Comment · Video and slides are up for S Anukriti's policy research talk this week on the influence of female friends and family on female empowerment in India - Indian women are often socially isolated with spar...
Sep 2, 2021Исследовав 342 тысячи человек, ученые подтверждают: маски в самом деле тормозят распространение COVID-19Результаты масштабного исследования в Бангладеш показывают, что хирургические маски замедляют распространение COVID-19. Эффективность масок оценивалась в 600 деревнях Бангладеш, в испытаниях приняли участие 342 тыс. взрослых. Исследование п...
Jul 2, 2021Weekly links July 2: short paper options, dowry trends, a scale-up failure, what India's education system gets wrong, and more…Email Share Tweet Share Comment · NPR's Goats and Soda blog covers work by Dave Evans and Fei Yuan on how gender-neutral programs can be just as effective at improving girls' education as programs designed just for girls· Dave Eva...
Mar 15, 2021Nigerians Turn to Stablecoins for Protection Against InflationOkeke Leticia Chigozie, a 28-year-old Nigerian logistics worker, dreams of opening her own shoe store in Nigeria. Having no credit history, she does not qualify for a bank loan to fund her enterprise. Instead, she joined a traditional savin...

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FAQ about Innovations for Poverty Action

When was Innovations for Poverty Action founded?

Innovations for Poverty Action was founded in 2002.

What has the press written about Innovations for Poverty Action?

Parsers VC has collected 9 articles mentioning Innovations for Poverty Action, among them “Robust Consumer Protection Can Support a Rights-Respecting Digital Future” (Apr 3, 2023) and “Togo: How AI Helped Deliver Cash Aid to Many of the Poorest People in Togo” (Mar 16, 2022).

Is Innovations for Poverty Action still active?

Yes, Innovations for Poverty Action is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Mar 27, 2024.