Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)

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 (IPA) generates and applies research to help people living in poverty thrive. Our global IT function supports approximately 450 staff across 20 country offices, hundreds of field-based data collectors, and a distributed workforce operating in varied connectivity environments. The IT team of six, supplemented by external consultants, manages a data-intensive, integration-heavy technology environment built primarily on SaaS platforms and Microsoft Azure.