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| 2003 || {{Dtsdts|June 14}} || Domain || The domain <code>poverty-action.org</code> is registered.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=poverty-action.org|title = Showing results for: POVERTY-ACTION.ORG|accessdate = November 26, 2017}}</ref>

| 2003 || {{dts|September 12}} || Domain || The domain <code>povertyactionlab.org</code> of the sister organization, the {{w|Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab}} at MIT, is registered.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=povertyactionlab.org|title = Showing results for: POVERTYACTIONLAB.ORG|accessdate = November 26, 2017}}</ref> This also matches the approximate founding date for the Poverty Action Lab.<ref name=history/>

| 2011 || || || IPA begins testing a teaching assistant model in {{w|Ghana}} through a randomized evaluation in 500 schools across 42 districts, before scaling the program nationally. The model is an adaptation of the Pratham program in India, and adapted to the Ghanaian context after IPA introduced Ghanaian policymakers to the people who manage the Indian program.<ref name="Education"/>|-| 2011 || {{dts|November}} || Recognition || Charity evaluator {{w|GiveWell}} publishes a review of IPA<ref>{{cite web|title=Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)|url=https://www.givewell.org/international/charities/ipa|website=givewell.org|accessdate=8 April 2018}}</ref> and lists it among six standout organizations<ref>[http://givewell.org/charities/top-charities GiveWell list of top-rated charities] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211051418/http://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities |date=2012-12-11 }}</ref> along with {{w|GiveDirectly}}, {{w|KIPP}} ({{w|Houston}} branch), {{w|Nyaya Health}}, {{w|Pratham}}, and {{w|Small Enterprise Foundation}} but below the two top-rated charities {{w|Against Malaria Foundation}} and {{w|Schistosomiasis Control Initiative}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Charities|url=https://www.givewell.org/charities/top-charities|website=givewell.org|accessdate=8 April 2018}}</ref>|-| 2012 || {{dts|May}} || || {{w|Good Ventures}} makes a US$50,000 grant to Innovations for Poverty Action to "support IPA’s efforts to research what works in developing world aid and advocate for the use of evidence in decision-making". This is part of a set of similarly sized grants to a number of "standout charities" identified by charity evaluator GiveWell, that works closely with Good Ventures.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.goodventures.org/our-portfolio/grants/innovations-for-poverty-action-general-support-may-2012|title = Innovations for Poverty Action — General Support|date = May 1, 2012|accessdate = November 26, 2017|publisher = Good Ventures}}</ref>|-| 2012 || {{dts|May 12}} || || IPA, together with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and the Ghana Education Service (GES), bring together 174 researchers and education decisionmakers from across Africa to hear evidence on demonstrated approaches to improving education outcomes.<ref name="Education">{{cite web|title=Education|url=https://www.poverty-action.org/sites/default/files/publications/ipa_2012_annual_report.pdf|website=poverty-action.org|accessdate=8 April 2018}}</ref>|-| 2012 || || || IPA forms the Quipu Commission in {{w|Peru}} with the plan to generate innovative proposals and empirical evidence that the Peruvian government can use to answer key policy questions and design and implement better public policies. In cooperation with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), [[w:Ministry of Economy and Finance (Peru)|Peru’s Ministry of Economics and Finance]] (MEF), and the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS), the Quipu Commission convenes government representatives and development researchers.<ref name="2013 Annual Report"/>|-| 2013 || || Program || IPA launches a new evaluation to test whether pairing rainfall-index insurance with agricultural inputs, such as enhanced seeds or agricultural extension training, increases profits for smallholder farmers in {{w|Northern Ghana}}.<ref name="2013 Annual Report">{{cite web|title=2013 Annual Report|url=https://www.poverty-action.org/sites/default/files/publications/ipa_2013_annual_report.pdf|website=poverty-action.org|accessdate=7 April 2018}}</ref>|-| 2017 || || || IPA, along with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, receive a US$16 million grant from the United Kingdom {{w|Department for International Development}} to research policies that promote peace and support communities in areas recovering from conflict.<ref>{{cite web|title=IPA and J-PAL Announce $16 Million Grant From UK Government to Fund New Research on Solutions to Challenges in Governance, Crime and Conflict, and Peace and Recovery|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/world/ipa-and-j-pal-announce-16-million-grant-uk-government-fund-new-research-solutions|website=reliefweb.int|accessdate=8 April 2018}}</ref>|-| 2018 || April 2 || Grant || the UK Department for International Development awards the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) a joint grant of US $16 million to research policies that focus on good governance and tackling violent crime.<ref>{{cite web|title=Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT receives $16million grant from UK government to fund new research|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/story/Abdul_Latif_Jameel_Poverty_Action_Lab_at_MIT_receives_16million_grant_from_UK_government_to_fund_new_research-ZAWYA20180402124445/|website=zawya.com|accessdate=20 April 2018}}</ref>|-