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Children pose for a photo in India.

Balwadi Deworming in India

Gustavo Bobonis
Edward Miguel
Charu Puri Sharma
This study evaluated the impact of a preschool nutrition and health project that targeted anemia in the slums of Delhi, India on child health and school attendance. Results showed the program positively impacted weight-gain and school attendance, particularly for groups with high base-line rates of...
A young man smokes a cigarette.

Reducing Teen Smoking and Drinking through Increased Schooling in the Dominican Republic

Robert Jensen
Adriana Lleras-Muney
Smoking and drinking are two of the most important risk factors explaining early mortality, accounting for an estimated 14 percent of deaths among youth worldwide. In the Dominican Republic, researchers examined the effect of increased schooling and decreased work on smoking and drinking behavior...
A group of children interact with their teacher in Kenya.

The Illusion of Sustainability: Comparing Free Provision of Deworming Drugs and Other "Sustainable" Approaches in Kenya

Michael Kremer
Edward Miguel
This study in Kenya found that cost-sharing and health education were not effective alternatives to a total subsidy of deworming drugs.
A woman carries her child

Willingness and Ability to Pay for the Kosim Clean Water Filter in Ghana

James Berry
Greg Fischer
Raymond Guiteras
Researchers in Ghana are attempting to measure households' demand for simple ceramic water filters by offering the filter at different price levels through door-to-door sales. They will also explore whether different household characteristics, such as education, income, and health, affect a...
A group of girls with their ration cards in one of the study villages.

Financial Incentives and an Adolescent Empowerment Program to Reduce Child Marriage in Rural Bangladesh

Nina Buchmann
Erica Field
Rachel Glennerster
Shahana Nazneen
Xiao Yu Wang
Child marriage remains prevalent in many countries despite laws prohibiting the practice, leading to negative health and education outcomes for young women and their children. Researchers evaluated the impacts of an incentive program and an adolescent empowerment program on child marriage, teenage...
A mother carries her child in her arms outdoors in Nigeria.

Evaluating The Child Development Grant Program in Nigeria

Pedro Carneiro
Lucie Moore
Imran Rasul
In Northern Nigeria, researchers are testing the effect of providing mothers with unconditional cash transfers, coupled with varying levels of information and guidance on nutrition, to encourage parents to use funds for their children’s nutrition and food security.
A woman and child look out from a window of a concrete home in Nicaragua.

Measuring the Critical Window for Cognitive Skill Formation and Physical Development in Nicaragua

Tania Barham
Karen Macours
John A. Maluccio
In Nicaragua, researchers compared the cognitive and health outcomes of boys whose families received conditional cash transfers in the first three years of their lives to those who received the transfers later. Exposing boys to the program during the first 1,000 days of life led to better cognitive...
Young girls that are participants of group-based therapy stand in group for photo in rural Uganda.

The Impact of Group-based Therapy and Cash Transfers on Adolescent Girls' Mental Health and Economic Outcomes in Uganda

Sarah Baird
Chiara Dell'Aira
Berk Ozler
Luca Parisotto
Danish Us-Salam
Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to test the impacts of group-based therapy with and without a one-time lump sum cash transfers on the mental health and employment outcomes of adolescent girls in Uganda.