【可持續發展相關新聞：數據和實驗有助制定更好的國際發展政策】
Innovations for Poverty Action（IPA）是美國一所著名專門研究脫貧項目的非牟利機構。
通過在當地收集數據、提供激勵措施和進行隨機對照試驗(Randomized Control Trial)，此機構的研究成果成功解決了
世界各地的貧窮難題。IPA 的執行董事Annie Duflo 認為很多的非牟利機構缺乏資源和資金去當地進行科學研究，而這卻是決定政策成敗的主要關鍵。這個狀況亦導致很多政府和捐助者浪費了資金在無效的方案上。
通過在當地收集數據、提供激勵措施和進行隨機對照試驗(Randomized Control Trial)，此機構的研究成果成功解決了世界各地的貧窮難題。IPA 的執行董事Annie Duflo 認為很多的非牟利機構缺乏資源和資金去當地進行科學研究，而這卻是決定政策成敗的主要關鍵。這個狀況亦導致很多政府和捐助者浪費了資金在無效的方案上。
一些IPA的突破性研究：
在水源附近放置免費的氯分配器能解決因腹瀉致死的個案。在貧窮國家，提供簡易方案比培訓市民更有效。此研究成果成功讓肯尼亞、烏干達及馬拉維的水源更潔淨
。
微型信貨在貧窮國家裏不是萬能的方案—它能確保小型企業的所有權，但不能確保市民的收入會有所提升及減少不平等。
醫療保健服務和
廣泛職業培訓亦十分重要。提供
激勵措施是十分有效的機制去改變市民的行為。例如，通過提供小扁豆以換取市民打疫苗，在印度烏代浦的疫苗接種率提升了六倍
。[Sustainable Development Related News: Data and Experiments Help Produce Better Policies for International Development]
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a well-known Non-Profit Organization specializing in poverty alleviation projects in the United States. By collecting data locally, providing incentives and conducting randomized controlled trials, the research findings of this institution have successfully tackled poverty issues around the world. Annie Duflo, the Executive Director of IPA, believes that many Non-Profit Organizations lack the resources and funds to conduct scientific research locally, and this is the key to determining the success or failure of policies. This situation has also caused many governments and donors having wasted funds on ineffective programs.
By collecting data locally, providing incentives and conducting randomized controlled trials, the research findings of this institution have successfully tackled poverty issues around the world. Annie Duflo, the Executive Director of IPA, believes that many Non-Profit Organizations lack the resources and funds to conduct scientific research locally, and this is the key to determining the success or failure of policies. This situation has also caused many governments and donors having wasted funds on ineffective programs.Some breakthrough research findings from the IPA: Placing free chlorine dispensers near the water source can solve deaths caused by diarrhoea. In poor countries, providing easy solutions is more effective than training citizens. The results of this research have successfully made the water sources in Kenya, Uganda and Malawi cleaner .Micro-credit is not a panacea in poverty-ridden countries —it can ensure the ownership of small businesses, but it cannot ensure that citizens’ income will increase and that inequality will be reduced. Health care services and extensive vocational training are also crucial.Providing incentive measures is a very effective mechanism to change the behavior of citizens. For example, by providing lentils in exchange for citizens to vaccinate, the vaccination rate in Udaipur, India has increased by six times.