Search our database of 1,200+ summaries of randomized evaluations conducted by our affiliates in 99 countries. To browse key policy recommendations from a subset of these evaluations, visit the Policy Publications tab above.

Displaying 1153-1160 of 1268
J-PAL logo

The Value of Health Insurance: A Randomized Evaluation in India

Cynthia Kinnan
Seated woman showing pieces of cloth to another woman

Leveraging Business Networks to Boost Women’s Entrepreneurship

Edward Asiedu
Monica Lambon-Quayefio
Francesca Truffa
Ashley Wong
Researchers investigated the role of online networking groups (via WhatsApp) and free legal aid on improving business innovation, practices, sales, and profits among growth-oriented women-owned firms in Ghana. They found that online networking groups meaningfully encouraged business innovation...
women with pen and paper

Impact of Digital Financial Education and Information Provision on Gender-Based Violence in Colombia

Orazio Attanasio
Mathew Bird
Lina Cardona
Pablo Lavado
In Colombia, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a messaging-based program via WhatsApp focused on financial education, couples’ communication, and information provision on financial capability, women’s empowerment, and intimate partner violence.
J-PAL logo

The Impact of Asset Transfers on Clean Fuel Use in India

Rema Hanna
Paulina Oliva
Using data from a previous randomized evaluation in rural India that tested the effect of asset transfers to low-income households on overall consumption, researchers analyzed whether an increase in household wealth led to changes in energy use. While households consumed significantly more energy...
Students in a classroom facing the front where a teacher and student stand.

Impacts and Challenges of a Teacher Training Program in Nepal

Paul Glewwe
Julie Schaffner
Uttam Sharma
Training teachers to improve teacher quality and student learning is a common strategy taken by policymakers. In Nepal, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation of a government teacher training program for math and science teachers to evaluate the impact on student learning in secondary schools...
Woman high-fives young child playing with a toy outside

Hiring Additional Instructors in Childcare Centers in India Improved Learning and Nutrition

Alejandro Ganimian
Karthik Muralidharan
Christopher Walters
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu on the impact of adding an additional education-focused worker in early childhood development centers on students’ learning and health outcomes. The program increased the time spent on pre-school education, boosting...

Powering Small Retailers: The Adoption of Solar Energy under Different Pricing Schemes in Kenya

Tavneet Suri

Kenya, East Africa's largest economy, is struggling with an ageing energy infrastructure and low connectivity to the power grid. William Jack and affiliate Tavneet Suri (MIT) study the impact of off-grid solar power on small retailers in Nairobi.

Image of voters stopping by political party booths in Honduras.

Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs on Voting in Honduras

Elizabeth Linos
In this randomized evaluation in Honduras, researchers assessed how the national Programa de Asignación Familiar (Family Allowance Program) CCT program, which provided a combination of transfers to households and transfers to support public goods, influenced voting in local and national elections...