Evaluations

Policy Publications

Search our database of policy briefcases, bulletins, and evidence reviews. Briefcases summarize the results and policy recommendations from one randomized evaluation, while bulletins synthesize the broader policy lessons emerging from multiple evaluations on the same topic. Evidence reviews summarize an existing academic literature review, like a handbook chapter or white paper, for a policy audience.

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Fingerprinting to Reduce Risky Borrowing

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juillet 26, 2011
Introducing fingerprinting identification for microloans caused high-risk borrowers to take out smaller loans and to improve their repayment behavior.

Menstruation as a Barrier to Education?

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juin 1, 2011
Girls in Nepal missed only half a day of school per year due to menstruation, and modern sanitary products did little to address this very small attendance gap.

Why Aren't Children Learning?

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septembre 1, 2011
The problem is that the children are in school, but they are not learning.

Absenteeism: Showing Up is the First Step

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novembre 16, 2009
A range of studies have examined alternative ways to reform health and education systems and address what is perhaps the most important failure in these systems. No simple answer emerges but some general lessons do stand out.

Solving Absenteeism, Raising Test Scores

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septembre 1, 2008
On an average day in rural Udaipur, India, 44% of teachers are absent from school. While Udaipur’s problem was especially severe, teacher absence is all too typical of schools in poor countries. This briefcase summarizes the implications from the evaluation of one highly successful program to reduce...

Making Schools Work for Marginalized Children

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mai 15, 2005
Remedial tutoring is inexpensive and successful in helping the lowest-achieving students of rural India catch up to their classmates.

Women as Policy Makers

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janvier 6, 2001
Local leaders in India invest more in public goods directly relevant to the needs of their own gender.

Education: Primary Education for All

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octobre 1, 2005
The international community has promised to achieve universal primary education and to eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education by 2015. In this bulletin, we assess the most effective ways of increasing child attendance at school.