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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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Policy Brief: Housing First Programs in North America

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outubro 27, 2025
Research shows that providing housing without preconditions to people experiencing homelessness, also known as Housing First, keeps them stably housed and reduces future returns to homelessness.
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A Cognitive Training to Improve Police Decision-Making

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julho 21, 2025
Adverse policing practices such as excessive use of force and unnecessary arrests, can be harmful to individuals and community members, and erode the public’s trust in police. To address this, researchers partnered with the Chicago Police Department to evaluate the impact of a new cognitive police...

Delivering Resilience: A Decade of Experimental Research on Flood-Tolerant Seeds in India

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agosto 31, 2015
Small-scale farmers, who adopted flood-tolerant rice, reduced their vulnerability to seasonal flooding, increased investment in their farms, increased productivity, and subsequently increased their profits, whether or not flooding occurred. Targeting agro-dealers with information, holding farmer...
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Evidências sobre políticas de mercado de trabalho e implicações para o Brasil: Futuro do Trabalho

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maio 28, 2025
Avanços em automação, digitalização e inteligência artificial têm transformado o mercado de trabalho em todo o mundo. No Brasil, essas mudanças trazem desafios particulares, dada a alta proporção de trabalhadores em ocupações de baixa qualificação e a desigualdade estrutural do mercado.
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One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Tailored Microcredit Approaches Can Help Borrowers

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maio 6, 2025
In many contexts, classic microcredit models have not led to transformative impacts on income or consumption for borrowers. However, innovations such as targeting high-potential entrepreneurs, introducing flexible repayment schemes, and directly depositing loans into women’s digital accounts have...
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Changing Perceptions of Child Marriage Using Edutainment in Indonesia

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maio 1, 2025
  • Gumilang Aryo Sahadewo
  • Milda Irhamni
In Indonesia, a short “edutainment” film on the costs of child marriage and the benefits of delaying marriage, both with and without alternative religious perspectives, made adolescent girls and their parents perceive child marriage more negatively.

Exploring the Intersections Between Climate, Governance & Conflict: GCCI Evidence Review

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abril 25, 2025
How do governance and conflict dynamics interact with climate change? What interventions can we invest in beyond mitigation to help manage the impacts of the climate crisis on governance and conflict? In this brief, we provide an overview of the theoretical frameworks and (quasi-) experimental...