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Smoke emitting from tall kiln chimney

Improving Brick Manufacturing in Bangladesh to Promote Clean Air and Better Health

Shoeb Ahmed
Debashish Biswas
Nina Brooks
Stephen P. Luby
Aprajit Mahajan
Moogdho Mahzab
Sameer Maithel
Grant Miller
Mahbubur Rahman
M. Rofi Uddin
Researchers evaluated the impact of trainings for brick kiln owners and operators on air pollution, CO2 emissions, and kiln profitability.
A Bangladeshi bureaucrat uses the digital land record system

The Effect of Bureaucrat Performance Scorecards on Service Delivery and Bribes in Bangladesh

Martin Mattsson
Researchers evaluated the impact of performance scorecards on the speed of delivery and the payment of bribes. Results show that the intervention increased on-time service delivery, but did not decrease bribe payments on average; bribes among high-performers increased.
Two women are interviewed with the community lending ledger box in front of them.

Supplementing Savings Groups with External Funds to Expand Access to Lending in Uganda

Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test whether supplementing SGs with additional funds impacts SG members' financial access and behavior. Capital infusions to Sgs increased members' access to loans and members received more money at the end of year payout, without increasing defaults...
A woman votes at a polling station in Rajasthan, India.

Empowering Female Leaders and Voters in Rajasthan, India

Abhijit Banerjee
Esther Duflo
Clement Imbert
Rohini Pande
Researchers evaluated a voter information campaign and exploited the random assignment of reservations for women in village councils to measure the impact of information and reduced incumbent advantage on village council elections. Both interventions increased the number of candidates and drove the...
Woman sorts grain while caring for children in Burkina Faso.

The Impact of Mass Media and Family Planning Campaigns on Contraception Use in Burkina Faso

Rachel Glennerster
Joanna Murray
Victor Pouliquen
Researchers evaluated the impact impact of both general exposure to mass media and an intensive family planning campaign on contraception. Increasing exposure to general mass media reduced contraception use in this context. However, a high-quality family planning radio campaign offset the negative...
A health clinic in India

Evaluating the Karnataka Integrated Medical Information and Disease Surveillance System (IMIDSS) in Primary Health Centers in India

Iqbal Dhaliwal
Rema Hanna
Researchers tested whether a monitoring system that recorded employees’ fingerprints at the beginning and end of each day could improve staff attendance and patient health in primary health centers in Karnataka. The monitoring system increased attendance among medical staff, but not doctors, and...
A man holding a folder stands in front of a house

Subsidized Land Titles, Social Institutions, and Land Formalization in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Pablo Balán
Augustin Bergeron
Gabriel Tourek
Jonathan Weigel
In Kananga, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a subsidized land titling program on both starting and completing land registration, as well as on citizens’ participation in social institutions. Being offered a land titling subsidy...
Row of Victorian style houses in San Jose, California

Rapid Re-Housing to Reduce Homelessness in the United States

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