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The Evidence Effect: How LMIC governments drive and scale effective poverty reduction policies
Most LMIC governments invest far more in their own social programs—which include health care, education, and social safety nets—than all foreign aid combined. While foreign assistance has been in the spotlight this year, LMIC governments are the ones that make financial commitments, set priorities...
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The Evidence Effect: Smarter development starts with evidence
Policymakers are facing a steep challenge: They need to address urgent development priorities with shrinking resources.
Policy insight
Improving sanitation access with subsidies, loans, and community-led programs
Programs involving community behavior-change campaigns and subsidies to boost toilet construction can improve people’s access to and use of improved sanitation facilities. However, evidence on the downstream health impacts of common sanitation programs in low- and middle-income countries has been...
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Workplace interventions to improve worker well-being
Firm-level interventions aimed at improving the well-being of workers have led to safer workplaces, greater worker health, higher job satisfaction, and lower turnover. In some cases, these programs also increased workers’ productivity, which benefited their employers.