Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a research and policy non-profit that discovers and promotes effective solutions to global poverty problems. IPA brings together researchers and decision-makers to design, rigorously evaluate, and refine these solutions and their applications, ensuring that the evidence created is used to improve the lives of the world’s poor.
Innovations for Poverty Action – Kenya, recently concluded the first ever impact evaluation of a micro-franchising program. The Girls Empowered by Microfranchsing (GEM) program that was run by the International Rescue Committee connects unemployed participants with local business franchisors and provides mentoring and startup capital for participants to launch businesses
