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Students and teacher in a classroom in Kenya.

Primary School Deworming in Kenya

Michael Kremer
Edward Miguel
Researchers evaluated a mass school-based deworming program in Western Kenya, and found that deworming substantially improved health and school participation of treated children, as well as of untreated children in both treatment schools and neighboring schools. The program reduced school...
Girls in school uniforms sit in class

Preventing HIV and Teen Pregnancy in Kenya: The Roles of Teacher Training and Education Subsidies

Esther Duflo
Pascaline Dupas
Michael Kremer
Researchers compared the impact of two alternative programs, one that trained teachers how to teach the existing, abstinence-focused HIV prevention curriculum and another that subsidized education through the provision of free uniforms, on risky sexual behavior of adolescent students in upper...
senior citizens wearing masks waiting for the Covid-19 vaccine

De-biasing Over-Optimism about Covid-19 Risks to Limit Vulnerable Individuals' Risky Behavior in India

Rebecca Dizon-Ross
Seema Jayachandran
Ariel Zucker
Researchers are evaluating the impact of providing different types of information about the health risks of Covid-19 on individuals’ risky behavior among diabetic and hypertensive individuals in Tamil Nadu, India, with special attention to de-biasing over-optimism about personal health risk.
Children washing their hands in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Changing Handwashing Behavior with Edutainment in Bangladesh

Reshmaan Hussam
Kailash Pandey
Abu Shonchoy
Chikako Yamauchi
Researchers conducted an evaluation to test the impact of a hand-hygiene edutainment (entertainment education) campaign on handwashing and health in Bangladesh. The campaign improved handwashing and child health but had no impact on hygiene knowledge.
student learning from books in the classroom of their school, scene in a rural or small village school in India

The Impact of Sustained Cognitive Effort on Student Performance in India

Christina Brown
Supreet Kaur
Geeta Kingdon
Heather Schofield
Researchers evaluated the impact of practicing sustained cognitive activity on cognitive endurance and school performance in Lucknow, India. Students that spent additional time engaging in sustained cognitive effort received higher grades in all of their classes, improved their performance on tests...
Man walking with phone in hand and with headphones on

Combating Misinformation using Fact-Checking via WhatsApp in South Africa

Jeremy Bowles
Kevin Croke
Horacio Larreguy
Shelley Liu
John Marshall
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to assess how fact-checks regularly sent to participants through WhatsApp can affect their ability to discern false information, as well as their beliefs and attitudes related to topics subject to viral misinformation, particularly Covid-19. Overall, the...
Two hands are seen stitching together leaves to form a plate

The Impact of Workers' Financial Stability on Their Workplace Productivity in India

Supreet Kaur
Sendhil Mullainathan
Suanna Oh
Frank Schilbach
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to gauge whether enhanced financial stability impacted worker productivity in India. They found that giving small-scale manufacturing workers financial relief in the form of early wage payments increased their productivity and attention to detail on the...
five children sitting down with notebooks on their laps

Long-Term Effects of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Nicaragua

Tania Barham
Karen Macours
John A. Maluccio
Researchers worked with the Government of Nicaragua to evaluate the long-term impact of time-limited CCTs on education, reproductive health, and labor market outcomes. Ten years later, people whose families were offered cash transfers when they were younger children had higher labor force...