Articles by Pooja Wagh
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Guest Articles
Monday
September 26
2016What We’ve Got Here is a Failure to Communicate: Three Ways to Bridge the Academic/Practitioner Gap
Evidence-based policymaking requires a collaborative relationship between the worlds of research, policy and practice. But productive three-way communication between these actors is difficult, as vague prejudices can limit each side's ability to listen and learn. As every failure to communicate is a missed opportunity, Innovations for Poverty Action explores some ways to improve learning and communication.
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- Finance, Social Enterprise
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Tuesday
November 4
2014Beniamino Savonitto / Pooja Wagh
Financial Capability + Savings: IPA explores their impact on school performance and other areas
The theory behind financial education is that by learning financial concepts from an early age, children will make welfare-enhancing financial decisions when they grow up. But does it work? Innovations for Poverty Action runs down the results of programs in Uganda and beyond that are offering savings accounts, financial capability training or a combination of the two.
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- Education
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Wednesday
September 11
2013Beniamino Savonitto / Pooja Wagh
Soap Operas and Cell Phones: Riding on technological channels to impact financial capability at scale
The South African soap opera, Scandal!, shows the promise of technology and out-of-the-box thinking to improve financial behaviors of households around the world. A World Bank report, summarizing the outcome of five years of testing and experimentation on financial education, confirms that there’s still a lot of work to do to understand the scope and limitations of different interventions and delivery mechanisms.
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- Education