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

Coralie Chevallier
Elise Huillery
Mathieu Perona
Rita Abdel Sater

Informing Policy with Research in Brazil

Jonas Hjort
Diana Moreira
Gautam Rao
Juan Francisco Santini
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Empowering Female Migrant Workers to Access Quality Overseas Placement Services in Indonesia

Samuel Bazzi
Lisa Cameron
Firman Witoelar Kartaadipoetra
Simone Schaner
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A Multifaceted Approach to Increase Women’s Empowerment in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Manuela Angelucci
Rachel M. Heath
Eva Noble
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The Impact of Disclosing Soft Skills Certificates at Recruitment on Labor Market Outcomes in Uganda

Vittorio Bassi
Aisha Nansamba
Three school girls stand with a chalkboard sign that reads "Education."

Providing Life Skills Training and Mentoring To Reduce School Dropout Among Girls in India

Eric Edmonds
Benjamin Feigenberg
Jessica Leight
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The Impact of a Quiz-Style Information Campaign on Covid-19 Prevention in Ghana

Christopher Udry
Researchers are measuring the impact of a quiz-style information strategy on people’s learning and adherence to Covid-19 health protocols. This study is part of a three-country research program in Ghana, the US, and Zambia aiming to find evidence on the best strategies to communicate health measures...
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The Impact of a Peer Information Sharing Strategy to Combat the Spread of Covid-19 in Zambia

Jessica Goldberg
Researchers are measuring the impact of a peer information sharing strategy on people’s learning and adherence to Covid-19 health protocols. This study is part of a three-country research program in Zambia, Ghana, and the US aiming to find evidence on the most effective strategies to communicate...
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The Effect of Mobile Money On Adopters’ Social Networks in Tanzania

Cynthia Kinnan
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The Ahoba Savings Program for Informal Sector Workers in the Volta Region of Ghana

Simone Schaner
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Motivating Take up of Savings Accounts in Ghana

Margaret McConnell
Primary school teacher and students in a classroom in Uganda.

Leveraging Teacher Incentives to Improve Student Performance and Reduce Dropout in Uganda

Adrienne Lucas
Researchers evaluated whether an alternative teacher incentive scheme, providing rewards based on the performance of all students, could help reduce dropout and improve student performance. Implementing the incentive scheme improved teacher effort. In schools with math books, the incentive scheme...
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Helping Students Transition from Mother Tongue to English Language Instruction through Summer Camps in South Africa

Cally Ardington

Financial Literacy and the Demand for Index Insurance in Kenya