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Impact of Youth Entrepreneurship Education in Uganda (SEED)

Paul Gertler
Dana Carney
A group of girls receive stand in a row, holding their scholarships.

Bourses d'études secondaires pour favoriser le développement des compétences et l'autonomisation des filles au Niger

Hélène Giacobino
Élise Huillery
Bastien Michel
Mathilde Sage
Le gouvernement du Niger, l'Institut National de la Statistique du Niger et la Banque mondiale se sont associés à des chercheurs pour évaluer l'impact de bourses d'études secondaires pour les filles sur le développement de leurs compétences et leur autonomisation. La réduction des obstacles...
Young woman holding cash in DRC

A Multifaceted Approach to Increase Women’s Empowerment in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Manuela Angelucci
Rachel Heath
Eva Noble
Researchers evaluated a multifaceted program for women experiencing extreme poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a region facing protracted conflict. The intervention had positive and enduring effects on women’s consumption, employment, finances, and empowerment, and small positive impacts...
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Cash and Compliance with Social Distancing in Ghana

Christopher Udry
Dean Karlan
Robert Osei
Matthew Lowe
Isaac Osei-Akoto
Benjamin Roth
The researchers aim to understand the role that digital cash transfers can play as a policy tool both to increase household resilience during the pandemic and to stem the spread of the disease by increasing adherence to social distancing in Ghana.
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Scaling Graduation Programs for the Ultra Poor: Learning where to add and where to remove components to achieve impact

Gharad Bryan
Dean Karlan
Christopher Udry
Nate Barker
Elizabeth Bradley
Angela Ofori-Atta

Roots and Remedies: Persistent poverty and violence amongst urban street youth in Liberia

Chris Blattman
Sebastian Chaskel
Julian Jamison
Margaret Sheridan
To understand the long-term effectiveness of CBT among adults, researchers evaluated the impact of a short-term CBT program and the distribution of unconditional cash transfers on the behavior of high-risk young men in Liberia. CBT reduced criminal behavior among participants both in the short run...
A doctor examines the eyes of a child held by his mother in rural Nigeria.

Performance-Based Incentives in Multi-Layered Organizations: Evidence from Sierra Leonean Community Health Workers

Erika Deserranno
Stefano Caria
Philipp Kastrau
Gianmarco León-Ciliotta
Working with the Ministry of Health and Sanitation in Sierra Leone, researchers evaluated the impact of incentivizing community health workers (CHWs), their supervisors, or both on health care provision. Sharing the incentive between CHWs and their supervisors resulted in more health care visits...

How Income Growth Shapes the State: A Village-Level Randomized Controlled Trial on Unconditional Cash Transfers, Community Engagement, and Local Politician Responses in Kenya

Kate Orkin
Michael Walker
Citizen participation in local civic affairs and in decision-making processes around village resources can be a way to align policies with local preferences, hold politicians accountable, and improve public service delivery. In rural Western Kenya, researchers are partnering with GiveDirectly to...