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Health care workers in Sierra Leone put on personal protective equipment during the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak.

Community Monitoring and Nonfinancial Awards During the Ebola Outbreak in Sierra Leone

Darin Christensen
Oeindrila Dube
Johannes Haushofer
Bilal Siddiqi
Maarten Voors
Researchers partnered with the Government of Sierra Leone to evaluate the impact of community monitoring and nonfinancial awards programs on health care utilization and health outcomes. Both programs improved clinic utilization, patient satisfaction, and symptom reporting during the 2014 Ebola...
A patient receiving a medical test in India

Improving Non-Communicable Disease Compliance in India

Daniel Bennett
Simone Schaner
In India, researchers will evaluate the impact of financial incentives, information, and reminders on treatment regimen compliance among patients of a healthcare provider in the slums of Mumbai.
Narrow mud passage between corrugated walls

The Impact of Incentives and Marketing on Commercial Toilet Use in Kenya

Johann Caro Burnett
Judy Chevalier
Mushfiq Mobarak
Despite expanding access to sanitary options such as community toilets, many individuals, especially in urban slums, continue to practice open defecation. One potential explanation is that open defecation has become an ingrained habit. Applying lessons from psychology and neuroscience, researchers...
Husband and wife poultry vendors at informal market

Conditional Cash Transfers and Marriage and Divorce in Mexico

Gustavo Bobonis
In Mexico, researchers evaluated the impact of PROGRESA, a national conditional cash transfer program, on marriages and divorces. Researchers found that, in the short-term, the program did not affect the number of marriages but increased the number of divorces and separations.
A woman holds a bowl of rice

The Impacts of In-kind Food Transfers versus Electronic Vouchers on Poverty Reduction in Indonesia

Abhijit Banerjee
Rema Hanna
Ben Olken
Elan Satriawan
Sudarno Sumarto
In partnership with the Government of Indonesia, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to compare the efficacy of vouchers versus in-kind transfers in reducing poverty and improving program delivery. The reform led to an increase in assistance received by eligible households, due to improved...
Twenty Malawi women pose for picture

The Impact of Cash Transfers on the Educational Attainment, Sexual Behavior, and HIV Status of Adolescent Girls in Malawi

Sarah Baird
Ephraim Chirwa
Richard Garfein
Craig McIntosh
Berk Ozler
In Malawi, researchers tested the relative effects of providing conditional and unconditional cash transfers to teenage girls and their families. Among girls enrolled in school at the start of the program, conditional cash transfers increased school attendance and reduced HIV prevalence while...
A woman hands out books to adult learners

Instruction and Financial Incentives to Improve Covid-19 Knowledge in Mozambique

James Riddell IV
James Allen IV
Arlete Mahumane
Tanya Rosenblat
Dean Yang
Hang Yu
In Mozambique, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test whether teaching about Covid-19 prevention and/or financial learning incentives enhanced participants’ knowledge related to Covid-19. They found that both interventions improved Covid-19 knowledge separately and, moreover...
Weligama-National Savings Bank

The Impact of a Formal Savings Intervention in Sri Lanka

Michael Callen
Craig McIntosh
Suresh de Mel
Christopher Woodruff
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a deposit collection service on the amount of savings and the source of those savings. In a follow-up evaluation, researchers introduced design tweaks to test the impact of reducing collection costs on individuals’ savings behavior...