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The Impact of Employment on High-Risk Men in Liberia

Jeannie Annan
Chris Blattman
In Liberia, researchers tested the effect of an intensive agricultural training program that also provided agricultural supplies and psychosocial counseling on employment activities, income, and socio-political integration. Fourteen months after the program, participants spent more time working in...
A community health worker providing women in her community counseling and post natal care at her home.

Community Based Strategies to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Northern Nigeria

Jessica Leight
Martina Björkman Nyqvist
Vandana Sharma
In northern Nigeria, researchers evaluated the impact of three community-based interventions designed to enhance uptake of maternal and child health services: a community health worker program, health educators with the provision of safe birth kits, and health educators with community dramas. While...
Women wait in line at a rural pregnancy clinic in Adapur, Bihar, India.

Training Informal Healthcare Providers to Improve the Quality of Care in India

Abhijit Banerjee
Abhijit Chowdhury
Jishnu Das
Reshmaan Hussam
Informal healthcare workers with little to no training provide more than 70 percent of all primary care in rural India. In this study, researchers evaluated the impact of a nine-month training...
group of Ethiopian women lighting candles

The Impact of a Gender-Transformative Participatory Intervention on Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Risk Behaviors in Ethiopia

Negussie Deyessa
Jessica Leight
Vandana Sharma
Samuel Tewolde
Fabio Verani
Researchers evaluated the effect of a gender-transformative skills-building program on IPV incidence, HIV risk behaviors, and other health outcomes in rural Ethiopia. Overall, the program led to reductions in IPV when delivered to groups of men, but not when delivered to couples or to women only...
Mother and child wash their hands with soap and water in Ghana

The Impact of UNICEF's Communication for Development (C4D) Program in Ghana

Gunther Fink
Dean Karlan
Robert Osei
Christopher Udry
In Ghana, researchers are evaluating the impact of a health communications program, which includes in-person, radio, and mobile phone interventions, on five key health behaviors.
Villagers gather outside in Peru.

Training Local Leaders to Prevent Gender-Based Violence in Peru

Ursula Aldana
Erica Field
Veronica Frisancho
Jorge Romero
Researchers are partnering with the government to provide training to local leaders geared towards shifting attitudes regarding gender and gender-based violence and increasing skills to detect and prevent its incidence. They will evaluate the impact of this training on the incidence of gender-based...
A group of women gather around a roadside tap, filling their containers with water.

Delivering Clean Water to Households in India

Fiona Burlig
Amir Jina
Anant Sudarshan
More than two billion people around the world lack access to clean drinking water, and current approaches to increasing access have fallen short. Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of delivering clean water directly to households on the valuation of clean water, and...
Large group of women wearing headscarves seated on wooden mat.

Empowering Female Migrant Workers to Access Quality Overseas Placement Services in Indonesia

Samuel Bazzi
Lisa Cameron
Firman Witoelar Kartaadipoetra
Simone Schaner
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of providing information about the quality of migration agencies to potential migrants on migration choices and welfare. Information reduced the rate of migration in the short term, which lowered workers’ use of low-quality agencies...