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A Mass Media Intervention to Reduce Violence Against Women in Rural Uganda

Jasper Cooper
Donald Green
Anna Wilke
In rural Uganda, researchers evaluated whether videos encouraging communities to speak out against violence against women (VAW) could change behavior, attitudes, and norms. Women exposed to the videos were more willing to report VAW to authorities. More broadly, women in villages where the videos...
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The Impact of Disbursing Microfinance Loans via Mobile Money Accounts in Uganda

Emma Riley
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test disbursing microfinance loans through digital accounts on business outcomes in Uganda. Women who received their loan through a digital account experienced higher business capital and profits compared to those who received their loans via cash.

The Impact of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Cash Transfers on High-Risk Young Men in Liberia

Chris Blattman
Sebastian Chaskel
Julian Jamison
Margaret Sheridan
To understand the long-term effectiveness of CBT among adults, researchers evaluated the impact of a short-term CBT program and the distribution of unconditional cash transfers on the behavior of high-risk young men in Liberia. CBT reduced criminal behavior among participants both in the short run...

Community Driven Development in Sierra Leone

Katherine Casey
Rachel Glennerster
Edward Miguel
Maarten Voors
Researchers studied the impact of a community driven development program in Sierra Leone in the short and long-run and contrasted it with a technocratic approach to delegate the management of development projects to high skill individuals. In the short term, the CDD program increased the stock of...
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Community Reconciliation in Sierra Leone

Jacobus Cilliers
Oeindrila Dube
Bilal Siddiqi
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Encouraging Paid Sick Leave among Female Garment Workers in Bangladesh

Laura Boudreau
Rachel M. Heath
Manufacturing jobs can improve women’s economic empowerment, but health issues or caretaking often drive women out of the labor force. In partnership with a large garment Banladeshi manufactory firm, researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to test the impact of text messages about paid...
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Information and Gender Differences in University Economics Courses and Majors in the United States

Daniel Halim
Elizabeth T. Powers
Rebecca Thornton
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of providing information to students on their decision to pursue courses and majors in economics at a public university in the United States. The intervention increased male students' likelihood of studying additional economics courses...
Three women in saris look at paperwork with Bandhan staff

The Impact of a Multi-faceted Livelihoods Program on Low-income Households in India

Abhijit Banerjee
Raghabendra Chattopadhyay
Esther Duflo
Nathanael Goldberg
Dean Karlan
Robert Osei
William Pariente
Jeremy Shapiro
Garima Sharma
Bram Thuysbaert
Christopher Udry
In India, researchers partnered with Bandhan Konnagar to evaluate the impact of a multi-faceted livelihoods program known as the Graduation approach, which aims to encourage occupational change among people living in extreme poverty. The Graduation approach had large and positive effects on economic...