What does innovation for poverty action do?

Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a research and policy nonprofit that creates and shares evidence, while equipping decision-makers to use evidence to reduce poverty.

Will Sims Innovations for Poverty Action?

Will Sims serves as Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Associate with IPA’s Right-Fit Evidence Unit. He previously worked as a Strategy Consultant with Accenture, supporting clients across the healthcare, energy, and consumer goods industries.

Who is Annie Duflo?

Annie Duflo is responsible for leading the strategic directions of IPA, the implementation of its strategic plan and the day to day operations. Previously, Annie served as IPA’s Research Director where she managed IPA’s research network, staff capacity-building, and new project development.

Who is eligible for innovations for Poverty Action?

Innovations for Poverty Action is an EO Employer-M/F/Veteran/ Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected class.

How does Eigen innovations solve complex manufacturing problems?

Assessing and defining the core problem. Installing hardware to capture high resolution image data. Labelling image data to determine quality thresholds. Training and fine-tuning models to detect defects and trigger actions. Deploying the trained model with continual monitoring to account for process variation.

What kind of company is the Eigen company?

Eigen is an AI enabled IoT Software company that focuses on making factories of the future a reality today.

How does IPA help in the fight against poverty?

“IPA has played a critical role in scaling the use of randomized evaluations in fighting poverty.” We discover and promote effective solutions to global poverty problems. We create high quality evidence and work to ensure that decision-makers use it. We focus our work in 21 countries throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America.