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Assessing the Effect of Conditional Cash Transfers on Pregnancy Outcomes in France

Marc Bardou
Xavier Carcopino-Tusoli
Bruno Crépon
Catherine Deneux-Tharaux
Philippe Deruelle
Muriel Doret-Dion
Esther Duflo
Astrid Eckman-Lacroix
Frédérique Falchier
Isabelle Fournel
Aurélie Godard-Marceau
Ghada Hatem-Gantzer
Laurent Laforet
Nicolas Meunier-Beillard
Mathieu Morin
Franck Perrotin
Tiphaine Raia-Barjat
Isabelle Le Ray
Thomas Schmitz
Elise Thellier
Women of lower socioeconomic status adhere to recommended prenatal care regimens at lower rates, which can have adverse effects on both maternal and newborn outcomes. Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to measure the impact a financial incentive of € 30 ($33.89) per visit per month on...
man wearing face mask looking at cell phone

Mitigating the Economic and Mental Health Impacts of Covid-19

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected health systems and economies across the world. Low-income communities have experienced particularly detrimental impacts, as a lack of financial stability further exacerbated augment the crisis. In partnership with the mental health care center SCARF, researchers...
Indonesian woman speaking with insurance agent at BPJS Kesehatan in Indonesia

Enrolling Informal Sector Workers in National Health Insurance in Indonesia

Abhijit Banerjee
Amy Finkelstein
Rema Hanna
Ben Olken
Arianna Ornaghi
Sudarno Sumarto
A key challenge to achieving universal health coverage is that non-poor informal workers are difficult to enroll and retain in government health insurance programs. Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of various programs, including subsidies, registration assistance and...
A worker helps a patient

Scaling Up an Entrepreneurial Model of Community Health Delivery in Uganda

Andrea Guariso
Martina Björkman Nyqvist
Jakob Svensson
Millions of children die from preventable diseases every year, primarily in low-income countries. In rural Uganda, researchers are working with Innovations for Poverty Action to evaluate the impact on child mortality of an at-scale community health worker program based on a micro-franchise business...
A child eats

Consumer Price Subsidies and Nutrition in China

Robert Jensen
Nolan Miller
A number of low-income countries subsidize the price of staple foods such as rice in an effort to improve nutrition, and these programs generally enjoy great public support. However, subsidizing staple foods may cause households to shift to their spending to better-tasting foods that are actually...
Woman in uniform shows patient papework

The Impact of Fee-for-Service Schemes on Health Service Utilization in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Elise Huillery
Juliette Seban
Researchers tested a fee-for-service scheme, a type of performance pay, at health facilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to evaluate its impact on health service utilization. While fee-for-service facilities invested more effort in attracting patients, this increase did not translate into...
Worker helps people

Recruiting and Motivating Community Health Workers in Zambia

Nava Ashraf
Oriana Bandiera
Scott Lee
The Government of Zambia partnered with researchers to test the effect of two different recruitment strategies for a newly created healthcare position, the Community Health Assistant (CHA). One strategy emphasized career opportunities and the other emphasized the contributions one could make in the...
A healthcare worker in India.

Biometric Tracking and Tuberculosis Treatment in India

Thomas Bossuroy
Clara Delavallade
Vincent Pons
In India, researchers evaluated the impact of biometric tracking devices in tuberculosis (TB) care centers on patient adherence to treatment, provider performance, and data quality. Biometric devices increased patient adherence to TB treatment and provider performance.