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Contracting for Health in Cambodia

Indu Bhushan
Erik Bloom
David Clingingsmith
Rathavuth Hong
Elizabeth King
Michael Kremer
Brad Schwartz
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Displacing Substandard and Counterfeit Antimalarial Drugs in Uganda

Martina Björkman Nyqvist
Jakob Svensson
David Yanagizawa-Drott
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Providing Eyeglasses to Handicraft Weavers for Increased Productivity in Rwanda

Paul Glewwe
Julie Schaffner
A baby is weighed in a health clinic.

Community-Based Monitoring of Primary Healthcare Providers in Uganda

Martina Björkman Nyqvist
Jakob Svensson
Damien de Walque
Researchers conducted two randomized evaluations in the health sector in Uganda to evaluate whether community monitoring could impact public health worker performance and subsequent health utilization and outcomes. They found community monitoring, when combined with information on health provider...

CARES Commitment Savings for Smoking Cessation in the Philippines

Xavier Giné
Dean Karlan
Jonathan Zinman
Researchers evaluated the impact of a voluntary commitment savings program that allowed individuals to deposit a self-selected amount of their own money that would be forfeited if they did not quit smoking within six months. Results suggested that individuals who were offered the program were much...
Boy watching water pour out of a concrete-encased spring.

Cleaning Springs in Kenya

Michael Kremer
Jessica Leino
Edward Miguel
Alix Zwane
Teenage school girls participate in an HIV/AIDS prevention program in Kenya.

HIV/AIDS Prevention Through Relative Risk Information for Teenage Girls in Kenya

Pascaline Dupas
To test the impact of information on teenagers’ sexual decisions, a “Relative Risk Information Campaign” was conducted in 71 schools to give students information about the distribution of HIV infection rates by age and gender groups and discuss the role of cross-generational sex in the spread of HIV...
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The Impact of Nursery Quality, Empowerment, and Nutrition Interventions on Early Childhood Development and Women’s Employment in Egypt

Bruno Crépon
Caroline Krafft
AbdelRahman Nagy
Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a package of interventions with the aim of improving the quality of nurseries, enhancing nutrition, and empowering women to address poverty and promote early childhood development in Egypt.