INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION (EIN 06-1660068)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-11-07
IRS object ID: 201233129349300323
Schema version: 2011v1.3
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

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Timestamp	2012-11-07T09:07:05-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

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Business Name Line1	GRANT THORNTON LLP	BusinessNameLine1

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Address Line1	666 THIRD AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	NEW YORK	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	100174057	ZIPCode

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Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

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Name Name

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Business Name Line1	INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Phone	2937722216	Phone

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Address Line1	101 WHITNEY AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	NEW HAVEN	City
State	CT	State
ZIP Code	06510	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

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Name	annie duflo	Name
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Date Signed	2012-11-07	DateSigned
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Preparer Preparer

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Form 990 IRS990

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Activity Or Mission Description	IPA is DEDICATED TO DISCOVERING WHAT WORKS TO HELP THE WORLD'S POOR. WE DESIGN & EVALUATE PROGRAMS IN REAL CONTEXTS WITH REAL PEOPLE, & PROVIDE HANDS-ON ASSISTANCE TO BRING SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS TO SCALE.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
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Mission Description	INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION (IPA) IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION THAT CREATES AND EVALUATES SOLUTIONS TO SOCIAL AND DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS AND WORKS TO SCALE UP SUCCESSFUL IDEAS THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION AND DISSEMINATION TO POLICY MAKERS, PRACTITIONERS, INVESTORS AND DONORS AROUND THE WORLD.	MissionDescription
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Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	2124059	Expense
Description	1.Dispensers for Safe Water and WASH Benefits in Kenya: Our Dispensers for Safe Water program works to prevent water-borne illness and death by providing communities with the Chlorine Dispenser System (CDS), a point-of-collection water treatment technology. A randomized evaluation of the CDS in western Kenya found a six-fold increase in the number of households with detectable chlorine in their water. In western Kenya in 2011, we increased the number of people with access to safe water through our chlorine dispensers for safe water from 50,000 to 400,000 - a 700% expansion. Chlorine treatment is important, but it is also not the only option. Other research has shown that sanitation and hygiene can prevent post-treatment contamination of water, and that children under two years of age further benefit from nutritional supplements. These approaches raise questions about which intervention or combinations of programs are the most critical in improving health outcomes. Our new Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene WASH Benefits project began in 2011 and is focused on these questions.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	1881112	Expense
Description	2.Remedial Education in Ghana: 2011 marks the first full year of operation for the Teacher Community Assistant Initiative (TCAI), IPA's scale up of a tested and proven remedial education program aimed at helping low-performing elementary students succeed in school. IPA studies in Kenya and India have shown that struggling elementary students dramatically increase their reading and math skills when instruction is focused at their level, and when students in the lower half of the class are taught basic skills separately from higher-performing kids. TCAI evolved out of these findings. In Ghana, efforts to improve school enrollment have resulted in close to 100 percent of young children attending school. Yet fewer than 20 percent of Ghanaian third graders meet proficiency standards in reading, writing, and math. TCAI aims to close the gap in learning levels for these children.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	1421171	Expense
Description	3.Ultra Poor Graduation Pilots in Seven Countries: People living in extreme poverty have distinct needs from their slightly better off peers. These needs led BRAC, a Bangladeshi nonprofit, to develop the "Targeting the Ultra-Poor" (TUP) program. IPA's Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative, modeled after TUP, seeks to graduate households out of extreme poverty by providing a holistic set of services, including livelihood training, productive asset transfers, consumption support, savings plans, and health services. Early results from West Bengal, India show that this type of ultra-poor program leads to a 15-25 percent increase in household consumption in the first year after the program's completion. IPA is working to replicate the ultra-poor graduation model in India, Pakistan, Honduras, Peru, Ethiopia, Yemen, and Ghana.	Description

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1248805	RESEARCH INITIATIVES IN SIXTEEN COUNTRIES
680012	DEWORM THE WORLD INITIATIVES IN KENYA,INDIA AND NI
550771	RANGELAND MANAGEMENT IN NAMIBIA
543721	PROPERTY RIGHTS AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN MONGOL
504189	SAVINGS IMPACT STUDIES IN CHILE, MALAWI, PHILIPHI
479528	BIOMARKERS IN KENYA
467394	SANITATION IN BANGLADESH
15360594	OTHER

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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (13 entries)

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dean karlan
founder, president	5.0	X	X	0	0	0
Steven Toben
director/trustee	2.0	X		0	0	0
Paras Mehta
director/trustee	2.0	X		0	0	0
Jerry McConnell
director/trustee	2.0	X		0	0	0
Jodi Nelson
director/trustee	2.0	X		0	0	0
Gregory M Fisher
director/trustee	2.0	X		0	0	0
James J Prescott
director/trustee	2.0	X		0	0	0
Kentaro Yoyama
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Ife Osaga - Ondondo
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Kathleen Viery
chief Financial Officer	40.0		X	132237	0	224
Delia Welsh
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Annie Duflo
research Director	40.0		X	95004	0	5100
John Hughes
Controller	40.0			105504	0	5364	X

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KKG Kandy Consulting Group
ICE BLDG 554/6A PERADENIYA ROADK	CE	field survey	246517
Centre for Policy Research
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Institute for Financial Mgmt Rese
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Mitra and Associates
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Mongolian Marketing Consulting Grou
SEOUL STREET 3RD KHOROO	MG		151822	ULAANBAATAR	BAYANZURKH DISTRICT

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Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

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Information Technology InformationTechnology

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Insurance Insurance

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EOY	0	EOY

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EOY	0	EOY

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EOY	0	EOY

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

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EOY	0	EOY

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EOY	0	EOY

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EOY	0	EOY

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Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilities

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BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiability

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Mort Notes Pybl Secured Invest Prop MortNotesPyblSecuredInvestProp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	9318284	BOY
EOY	9556199	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2643272	BOY
EOY	4867773	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2643272	BOY
EOY	4867773	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	11961556	BOY
EOY	14423972	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	2224501	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
Federal Grant Audit Required	true	FederalGrantAuditRequired
Federal Grant Audit Performed	true	FederalGrantAuditPerformed

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	7358104	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	14166665	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	18997069	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	26532400	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	29863735	CurrentTaxYear
Total	96917973	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	7358104	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	14166665	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	18997069	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	26532400	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	29863735	CurrentTaxYear
Total	96917973	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	21225138	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	75692835	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	7483	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	29177	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	29354	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	23203	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	25887	CurrentTaxYear
Total	115104	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	97033077	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.78007	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.72544	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmts
Held Works Of Art Amts		HeldWorksOfArtAmts
Current Year Minus3 Years		CurrentYearMinus3Years
Land		Land
Buildings		Buildings

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	9024	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	2559	Depreciation
Book Value	6465	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	305002	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	139458	Depreciation
Book Value	165544	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	183320	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	111184	Depreciation
Book Value	72136	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	244145	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Federal Income Tax Liability	0	FederalIncomeTaxLiability
Total Of Amounts	0	TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue	29710622	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	27486121	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	2224501	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	2224501	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	29889622	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	179000	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Revenue Not Rptd F990	179000	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	29710622	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	29710622	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	27665121	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	179000	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Expenses Not Rptd F990	179000	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	27486121	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	27486121	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Fin 48 Disclosure	Identifier
Explanation	IPA follows Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 740. ASC 740-10 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return, including issues relating to financial statement recognition and measurement. This section provides that the tax effects from an uncertain tax position can be recognized in the financial statements only if the position is "more-likely-than-not" to be sustained if the position were to be challenged by a taxing authority. The assessment of the tax position is based solely on the technical merits of the position, without regard to the likelihood that the tax position may be challenged. IPA is exempt from federal income taxation by virtue of being an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Nevertheless, IPA may be subject to tax on income unrelated to its exempt purpose, unless that income is otherwise excluded by the Code. The tax years ending December 31, 2009, 2010 and 2011 are still open to audit for both federal and state purposes. Management determined that there are no uncertain tax positions within its financial statements.	Explanation

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Accts Actvs Out US Table AcctsActvsOutUSTable (7 entries)

RegionRegion	Number Of OfficesNumberOfOffices	Number Of EmployeesNumberOfEmployees	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConducted	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvided	Total ExpendituresTotalExpenditures
Central America and the Caribbean	0	1	Program Services	impact evaluation	101325
East Asia and the Pacific	2	17	Program Services	impact evaluation	1948523
Middle East and North Africa	1	6	Program Services	impact evaluation	719481
North America	1	6	Program Services	impact evaluation	791773
South America	1	8	Program Services	impact evaluation	979382
South Asia	1	11	Program Services	impact evaluation	3292681
Sub-Saharan Africa	8	123	Program Services	impact evaluation	17285269

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Number Of Offices	14	SubtotalNumberOfOffices
Subtotal Number Of Employees	172	SubtotalNumberOfEmployees
Total Number Of Offices	14	TotalNumberOfOffices
Total Number Of Employees	172	TotalNumberOfEmployees
Subtotal Amount Spent	25118434	SubtotalAmountSpent
Total Amount Spent	25118434	TotalAmountSpent
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorp
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrust
Own Foreign Corp	false	OwnForeignCorp
Passive Foreign Invest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestCo
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnership
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountries

Form990 Schedule F Part V Form990ScheduleFPartV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Schedule F, Part I, Column F	Identifier
Explanation	All expenditures reported in Column F are accounted for using the accrual method (the same method used for the organization's financial statements and Form 990).	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (4 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Process used to review form 990	Form 990, Part VI, section B, line 11	The Form 990 was prepared by a nationally renowned accounting firm in conjunction with the organization's financial department. A copy of the draft Form 990 was circulated electronically to the full Board of Trustees for discussion and comment. Each Board Member was provided ample opportunity to comment on the information contained in the 990 prior to its filing with the Internal Revenue Service. Conflict of interest policy monitoring & enforcement form 990, part VI, section B, line 12 The organization has a conflict of interest policy in place. All new employees and board members are asked to review and acknowledge their compliance with the conflict of interest policy on an annual basis. The organization distributes an annual questionnaire to all employees (including executives) and Board of Trustees Members. The Board of Directors is tasked with reviewing any potential conflicts of interest and determining compliance with the organization's policy. Process for determining compesation Form 990, part VI, section B, line 15 The organization undertakes a thorough process for determining the compensation of its executive officers, (and uses the same process for all employees. The organization relies on market analysis to determine compensation across all levels, using similarly sized organizations as a benchmark. The organization hired a nonprofit professional advisory group to perform the specific analysis, as well as to search for the chief financial officer. It should be noted that the President and ceo is also the founder of the organization. The President draws no salary from Innovations for poverty action.
Availability of the documents to the public	Form 990, Part VI, section C, line 19	The organization's audited financial statements, Form 990 and annual summary are posted on the organization's website and are available at the address listed on page 1 of the Form 990. The Form 990 is, likewise, published on www.guidestar.org. The organization's governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available upon request and at management's discretion. They are often picked up for other charity evaluation websites such as charity navigator.
Other program services	Form 990, part III, line 4d	The Organization undertook the following other programs in 2011: 4.Research Initiatives in Sixteen Countries: IPA research initiatives are focused portfolios of research projects designed in concert to provide actionable answers to the questions of policymakers and practitioners working in specific fields. Each initiative focuses on a persistent problem which the poor face around the world. The Global Financial Inclusion Initiative seeks to help the poor manage and grow their money through understanding what kinds of innovative financial services are most effective. Our Small and Medium Enterprise Initiative seeks to help entrepreneurs and small business in the developing world overcome the unique challenges they face to growing their businesses. Our US Household Finance Initiative is working to build better markets for personal finance in the United States by using insights from the social sciences to develop, test, and refine innovations that benefit both users and suppliers of financial products and services. IPA's Post-Conflict Initiative is conducting some of the first rigorous randomized evaluations of projects focused on peace-building and the unique set of challenges facing post-conflict and fragile states. 5.Deworm the World Initiative in Kenya, India, Liberia and Nigeria: The Deworm the World Initiative helps governments launch, strengthen, and sustain regional and national school-based deworming programs. In 2011, through our collaboration with the government of Bihar, India, 17 million children received deworming medication-85 percent of all school-aged children in the state. This brings the total number of children we have helped reach to 37 million. The Deworm the World Initiative provides technical assistance directly to Ministries of Education and Health to help them develop, implement, and monitor programs over the long term. We coordinate strategic support, such as donated medicine from our pharmaceutical industry partners, and program financing from donors. We also advocate for large-scale programs with global, regional, and country leaders. 6.Rangeland Management in Namibia: IPA is conducting an impact assessment of the Community Based Rangeland and Livestock Management (CBRLM) program in Namibia. This program is part of a larger set of interventions in the agricultural sector designed to reduce poverty among the population of the northern regions of the country. Many people in the area rely on cattle production for their economic livelihoods, however overuse of the communal grazing areas and suboptimal grazing practices threaten the long-term viability of the land and contribute to persistent poverty. The evaluation is designed to test the impact of the various activities within the CBRLM intervention on household income, cattle productivity, and the condition of the rangeland. The intervention targets both inadequate information about appropriate cattle production practices and the social or other behavioral preferences of farmers. 7.Property Rights and Vocational Education in Mongolia: The urban property rights evaluation focuses on the land titling component of the project known as the Privatization and Registration of Ger Area Land Plots Activity in Mongolia, which will provide direct assistance to 75,000 households seeking to privatize and register land plots in urban ger areas. A subset of eligible houses in the area was randomly chosen to receive door-to-door assistance with the registration process. This assistance included support for both the necessary paperwork as well as the registration fees. Researchers will evaluate the program's impact on access to credit, investment in land and housing, property values, labor market outcomes, and household income using both household level surveys and aggregate institutional data. The vocational education study explores whether or not vocational education increases the wages of poor Mongolians through an evaluation of a project designed to improve technical skills and productivity to meet labor market demand in key industries (including, among others, construction, mining, electronics, mechanics, and transport). 8.Savings Impact Studies in Chile, Malawi, Philippines and Uganda: Savings Impact is IPA's four-site replication of a promising pilot study in Kenya which found that access to savings accounts can improve business investments while preserving household finances, especially for women. The follow-up field experiments focus on giving people access to savings accounts at a formal or semi-formal institution that are free or nearly free to use. The aim is to understand the causes and consequences of the lack of access to banking services in a variety of contexts. The study's sites in rural Uganda, Malawi, Chile, and the Philippines marked many successes in 2011, the second year of operations for the study. Three of the four sites recruited over six thousand participants, half of which were offered fee-free savings accounts. The final site in the Philippines developed institutional partnerships and implemented a pilot project, the outcomes of which will be evident in 2012. 9.Biomarkers in Kenya: This evaluation tested two interventions to reduce risky sexual behavior: training teachers on the existing HIV curriculum, and reducing the costs of schooling by providing free uniforms. The 328 study schools were randomly assigned to one of four groups of about 82 schools. Each of the four groups of schools received a different set of programs: group 1 schools received the teacher training program only, group 2 schools received the uniforms program only, group 3 schools received both programs, and group 4 received no program at all. Training teachers on how to implement the national HIV/AIDS curriculum greatly increased the likelihood that teachers teach about HIV in the classroom. However, the intervention did not reduce childbearing rates among girls, suggesting that it did not decrease the likelihood that girls engage in unprotected sex. Free school uniforms led students to stay enrolled for significantly longer, and reduced the incidence of teen marriage and teen pregnancy. In schools that received both free uniforms and teacher training on the HIV/AIDS curriculum, the reduction in drop-outs and teenage pregnancy among girls was lower than that observed in schools that received free uniforms only. On the other hand, the two programs combined led to a significant reduction in the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STI) whereas the other programs did not reduce the incidence of STI after 6-7 years. 10.Sanitation in Bangladesh: The sanitation project tests different strategies to market toilets in an environment where the decisions to invest in the new technology may be closely inter-linked across households. The study is designed to examine whether the low investment in improved sanitation in rural areas is due to a coordination failure, in which it is not sensible for one household to spend money unilaterally on a toilet when others around them are still practicing open defecation, and as a result, all kids are getting sick anyway. The large scale of the project in one rural Bangladeshi district also allows the researchers to study spillover effects of sanitation investments on the local community, including changes in the behavior of local politicians and changes in wages and other labor market effects on masons who manufacture toilet parts. In 2011, IPA had over 230 projects completed or underway in more than 40 countries around the world. These projects are designed to ameliorate the conditions of the poor throughout the world. For more information about the many different projects the organization operated in 2011, please go to http://www.poverty-action.org. For more information about the organization, iTs activities and its programs, please review the annual report at http://www.poverty-action.org/annualreport2011.
Schedule O, Part V, Line 4b		The Organization also has foreign bank accounts in the following jurisdictions: Bangladesh and Zambia.