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Leveraging Mobile Phones for Learning
Mobile phones are a scalable, low-cost platform to improve learning by engaging students, teachers, and parents in hard-to-reach settings.
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Test, learn, adapt: Impact evaluations are only as strong as their assumptions
Impact evaluations aim to answer a fundamental question: What is the causal impact of a program on an outcome of interest? To answer this, we need to try to understand what would have happened to program participants in the absence of the program.
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How can we reduce crime, violence, and conflict?: Insights from the latest GCCI Evidence Wrap‑Up
Researchers are studying programs like policing reforms, justice provisions, peacebuilding programs, and more. Over two decades, they’ve built a growing body of evidence on programs that work, and the conditions that maximize their potential.
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Cash for conservation: Climate action on a budget
Payments for Ecosystem Services can protect nature, reduce carbon emissions, and decrease local pollution at a low cost. But success depends on getting the scheme right—changing key aspects of program design can make them even more cost-effective.