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

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August 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...

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

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April 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...
Transportation Decarbonization White Paper

Transportation Decarbonization White Paper

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November 6, 2024
This paper presents the results of systematic literature review and meta analysis of rigorous empirical evidence on ground transportation decarbonization in North America. The research team conducted an extensive keyword search across 45 journals in the economic, transportation, and environmental...
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Wood Burning: Improving Pollution Awareness

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April 10, 2023
In France, general information on the air pollution caused by wood burning, coupled with personalized information on individual households’ air quality, improved households’ awareness of pollution and reduced indoor air pollution levels.

Truth-Telling in Third-Party Audits

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October 9, 2013
Changing the market for environmental audits to incentivize accurate reporting in Gujarat, India made auditors more likely to report the truth about industrial plants’ pollution levels. In response, industrial plants polluted less.

Cleaner Water at the Source

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September 1, 2012
Protecting naturally occurring springs with simple infrastructure significantly improved source water quality and reduced the incidence of diarrhea in young children by one-quarter.

Up in Smoke

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July 1, 2012
In Odisha, India improved cooking stoves did not reduce smoke exposure, improve health, or reduce fuel usage of recipients because they were not used regularly and recipients did not invest to maintain them properly.