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Mejorando los resultado educacionales a través de tutorías en línea durante el cierre de escuelas producto del Covid-19 en Italia

Michela Carlana
Eliana La Ferrara
Las investigadoras diseñaron y evaluaron un programa de tutoría en línea gratuito impartido por universitarios voluntarios para mitigar los efectos del cierre de escuelas durante el Covid-19. Descubrieron que el programa tuvo un resultado positivo en los resultados de aprendizaje, las habilidades...
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Los efectos educativos de mediano plazo de tutorías de corta duración en Chile

Verónica Cabezas
Jose Ignacio Cuesta
Francisco Gallego
Investigadores evaluaron si un programa de tutoría de lectura de corta duración podría mejorar los resultados educativos de los estudiantes a corto y mediano plazo (hasta ocho años después del programa). El equipo concluyó que el programa aumentó los puntajes de las pruebas de lenguaje a corto plazo...
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The Impact of Rapid Performance Feedback on Student Achievement in Nigeria

Michael Kremer
Researchers are partnering with Bridge International Academies to evaluate the impacts of interleaved problem sets, which allow for rapid performance feedback, on students’ learning outcomes in Nigeria.
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Economic and Behavioral Effects of Increasing Sleep Among Low-Income Workers in India

Gautam Rao
Frank Schilbach
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Improving Guidelines for an Early Childhood Development Program in Rural Colombia

Orazio Attanasio
Raquel Bernal
Costas Meghir
Researchers partnered with the Colombian Family Welfare Agency to evaluate how providing enhanced curriculum guidelines and larger nutritional supplements for the Family, Women, and Infancy Program impacted child development. Compared to children receiving the traditional FAMI program, the enhanced...
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Entrenamiento y Capital para Micro-Emprendedores en Chile: Efectos a corto plazo

Claudia Martinez
Esteban Puentes
Jaime Ruiz-Tagle
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Cash and Microenterprise Support for the Ultra-Poor in Uganda

Chris Blattman
Julian Jamison
In partnership with the Association of Volunteers in International Service, researchers evaluated the impact of the Women’s Income Generating Support (WINGS) program, an initiative which provided low-income Ugandan individuals, mainly women, with financial grants, business skills training, and...
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Targeting the Ultra Poor in Yemen

Christopher Udry
To test this theory, researchers evaluated a multi-faceted approach aimed at improving long term income of the ultra-poor in multiple countries, including Yemen.