Event Name: Impact and Policy Conference: Evidence in Governance, Financial Inclusion, and Entrepreneurship
Event Location: The Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
Event Date: August 30 – September 1, 2012
Cost: For non-profit/government/academic representatives, the cost is USD 100. For-profit/donor tickets cost USD 200. There are a limited number of scholarships available to cover registration, travel and accommodations.
Summary of Event: Each day of this event will feature presentations on research results from one of the following topic areas: financial inclusion, governance and post-conflict recovery, and small and medium-sized enterprise development. A matchmaking program intended to bring together researchers and practitioners will be accompanied by the award of seed funding to selected teams.
Background on Organizers: The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a network of 66 professors united by their use of randomized evaluations (REs) to answer questions related to poverty alleviation. Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a US-based nonprofit organization that uses randomized evaluations to research the impacts of development programs in microfinance, health, agriculture, education, charitable giving and community development. Established in 1966 and headquartered in Manila, the Philippines, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a development finance institution that consists of sixty-seven members, of which forty-eight are located in the region.
Event Website: http://poverty-action.org/Singapore_August2012
For additional information, you may contact Innovations for Poverty Actions by email at events[at]poverty-action.org, +1203-772-2216.
By Webster Hughes, Research Associate
Sources and Additional Resources:
Impact and Policy Conference: Evidence in Governance, Financial Inclusion, and Entrepreneurship: “Impact and Policy Conference: Evidence in Governance, Financial Inclusion, and Entrepreneurship,” http://poverty-action.org/Singapore_August2012
MicroCapital.org story, July 12, 2012, “MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), Citi Foundation Issue Call for Financial Capability Research Funding Proposals,” https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-innovations-for-poverty-a…
MicroCapital Universe Profile: Asian Development Bank, http://microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=Asian+D…
MicroCapital Universe Profile: Innovations for Poverty Action, http://microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=Innovat…
MicroCapital Universe Profile: The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, http://microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=Abdul+L…
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