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Motivating Citizens to Seek Political Office in Pakistan

Saad Gulzar
Yasir Khan
Girls in line to receive their scholarships in rural Niger

Secondary School Scholarships to Increase Girls' Skill Development, Empowerment, and Job Opportunities in Niger

Hélène Giacobino
Elise Huillery
Bastien Michel
Mathilde Sage
Three young women gathered around a lab bench build a robot together.

The Effects of STEM Summer Programs on College Major, Persistence, and Graduation for Underrepresented High School Students in the United States

Sarah Cohodes
Helen Ho
Silvia Robles

Improving Immunization Coverage Through Incentives, Reminders, and Social Networks in India

Abhijit Banerjee
Arun Chandrasekhar
Suresh Dalpath
Esther Duflo
John Floretta
Matthew O. Jackson
Harini Kannan
Francine Loza
Anirudh Sankar
Anna Schrimpf
Maheshwor Shrestha
Victor Chernozhukov
Mert Demirer
Iván Fernández-Val
Young girls in the classroom

Increasing Menstrual Hygiene Awareness to Reduce School Dropout among Adolescent Girls in Madagascar

Karen Macours
Julieta Vera
Duncan Webb
Women in Liberia sit at tables with sewing machines and cloth in front of them. Instructors, including one wearing a vest from the Liberian Red Cross, smile at the front of the room.

The Impact of Psychosocial Therapy and Vocational Skills Training on Intimate Partner Violence in Urban Liberia

David Park
Naresh Kumar
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Smiling woman with three children

The Health Impacts and Effective Delivery of Maternal Cash Transfers in Myanmar

Erica Field
Elisa Maffioli
A woman and children are standing next to a chlorine dispenser installed at a water source in a village in Kenya.

Visualizing Future Benefits to Increase Preventive Health Investment, Savings, and Labor Supply in Kenya

Anett John
Kate Orkin
Researchers evaluated the impact of light-touch psychological interventions on health and economic outcomes, with a particular focus on the chlorination of drinking water. After twelve weeks, visualizing the future increased objectively measured chlorination; it also reduced diarrhea episodes among...

Improving Immunization Coverage Through Incentives, Reminders, and Social Networks in India

Abhijit Banerjee
Arun Chandrasekhar
Suresh Dalpath
Esther Duflo
John Floretta
Matthew O. Jackson
Harini Kannan
Francine Loza
Anirudh Sankar
Anna Schrimpf
Maheshwor Shrestha
Victor Chernozhukov
Mert Demirer
Iván Fernández-Val
Researchers worked with the state government to evaluate the impact of three programs to build demand for vaccination: local immunization ambassadors, small, non-financial incentives, and tailored SMS reminders. The most effective policy option increased measles vaccination by approximately 55...

Rapid Re-Housing to Reduce Homelessness in the United States

James Sullivan
David Phillips
Researchers are evaluating the impact of rapid re-housing on homelessness and health outcomes for single adult individuals.
City view from above

Creating Moves to Opportunity in Seattle-King County

Peter Bergman
Raj Chetty
Nathaniel Hendren
Lawrence Katz
Stefanie DeLuca
Christopher Palmer

Clinical Decision Support for Radiology Imaging in the United States

Joseph Doyle
Laura Feeney
Amy Finkelstein
Sarah Abraham
Sarah Reimer
Researchers studied the impact of a clinical decision support software system on high-cost imaging orders. They found that clinical decision support reduced the number of high-cost scans targeted by the software but did not change the total number of high-cost scans ordered.
in-home fireplace

Providing information on wood heating to decrease indoor air pollution in France

Elise Huillery
Coralie Chevallier
Rita Abdel Sater
Mathieu Perona
Researchers evaluated the impact of a program in France that monitored indoor pollution and informed households of the negative effects of wood heating. Overall, the program led to a reduction in the usage of wood heating but only for households who received personalized feedback on their pollution...
A group of girls with their ration cards in one of the study villages.

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

Erica Field
Rachel Glennerster
Nina Buchmann
Shahana Nazneen
Xiao Yu Wang
Researchers evaluated the impacts of an incentive program and an adolescent empowerment program on child marriage, teenage childbearing, and education in rural Bangladesh. Financial incentives conditional on delayed marriage reduced child marriage and teenage childbearing, and increased education...