Reducing child mortality in the last mile: Experimental evidence on community health promoters in Uganda An innovative community health programme providing financial incentives to health workers led to a 27% reduction in child mortality in rural Uganda... Health Martina Björkman-Nyqvist Andrea Guariso Jakob Svensson David Yanagizawa-Drott Published 30.11.18
Scaling an early childhood development and nutrition programme in Colombia Scaling up early childhood intervention programmes even when resources are constrained can mitigate child poverty... Health Orazio Attanasio Helen Baker-Henningham Raquel Bernal Costas Meghir Diana Pineda Marta Rubio-Codina Published 16.11.18
Using mobile money to improve access to sanitation services in Dakar Subsidies see a greater take up of mechanised latrine desludging than mental accounting nudges for better public health... Health Molly Lipscomb Laura Schechter Published 12.11.18
Evidence to practice: Suicide prevention in Japan Every 30 seconds, someone in the world commits suicide. Blue lights at railway stations can help tackle this.... Health Yasuyuki Sawada Published 07.11.18
Did MTV really help prevent HIV? Evidence from Nigeria suggests that edutainment can promote safer sexual practices and reach a large portion of the population at a low cost... Health Eliana La Ferrara Published 03.11.18
Arsenic in tubewell water, a public health emergency in Bangladesh Evidence from Bangladesh highlights the important role of inducing risk-avoiding behaviour to avoid public health emergencies... Health Ricardo Maertens Alessandro Tarozzi Kazi Matin Ahmed Alexander Van Geen Published 22.10.18
Evidence to practice: Reforming private healthcare in India Using the example of healthcare in India, Nick O’Donohoe discusses how data plays a crucial role in making sure investments are put to their best use... Health Nick O’Donohoe Published 19.09.18
Why are older women missing in India? The age profile of bargaining power and poverty Within-family inequalities in resource allocation can explain the disproportionately high mortality risk faced by older women in India... Health Rossella Calvi Published 31.08.18
How retail drug markets in poor countries develop The entry of a new pharmacy chain in India led existing companies to both cut prices and raise drug quality... Health Daniel Bennett Wes Yin Published 13.08.18