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3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(244 total reviews)
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56% positive business outlook

Innovations for Poverty Action has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 244 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Innovations for Poverty Action employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the ONG y Organizaciones sin fines de lucro industry (3.7 stars).

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244 reviews
4.0
Jul 18, 2013
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Pros

There is much room for creativity and self-determination in managing projects-- in fact, you're basically on your own out there! (You have to find your own housing, set up your own work structure and office, and troubleshoot problems great and small.) The emphasis is on results. There are high standards in adhering to experimental protocols for projects.

Cons

Little professional support; either unresponsive or demanding project investigators; field staff often taken for granted by HQ heads. Compensation is barely enough to live by. Be prepared, if working in the field, to live humbly. "Too much intellect, not enough heart" when it comes to projects.

4.0
Jun 24, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

time flexibility, huge independence, important people and professors behind, good probabilities to keep working with IPA and JPAL in the future, strong quantitative and qualitative research methods, life experience, extremely useful for a career in the field of research (PhD), easy to meet the right people in the office and outside

Cons

the remuneration covers the basic need, if you work in the field you must be very independent to overcome the lack of instructions and attention from HQ and central country office.

3.0
May 5, 2013

Meh

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Pros

You get to see deep inside the RCT world. That can be a good thing and a bad thing.

Cons

Zero work-life balance. Everyone's so busy that not always worried about quality of interview work, etc.

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