Damien de Walque
Lead Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank
Damien de Walque is a Lead Economist in the Development Research Group (Human Development and Public Services Team) at the World Bank. He received his Ph.D.in Economics from the University of Chicago in 2003. His research interests include health and education and the interactions between them. His current work is focused on evaluating the impact of financial incentives on health and education outcomes. He is evaluating the health and education impacts of cash transfers programs in the developing world. On the supply side of health services, he is managing a large portfolio of impact evaluations of results-based financing in the health sector. He is a lead author of the World Bank Policy Research Report, Improving Effective Coverage in Health: Do Financial Incentives Work?
Recent work by Damien de Walque
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How mental health affects women’s labour force participation in Ghana
Among women in rural Ghana, depression and anxiety reduce take-up for jobs outside the home, but have no effect on productivity or earnings when the same job is offered at home – suggesting that work environment is a key barrier to labour market part...
Published 17.04.26
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Can home visits enhance the impact of cash transfers?
Adding home visits to a social safety net programme providing cash transfers and parenting information led to sustained improvements in child development, health behaviours, and education outcomes in Burkina Faso, whereas cash alone produced fewer la...
Published 26.02.26
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Incentivising school attendance: Evidence from Mozambique
Research in Mozambique highlights new, lower-cost approaches to reducing pupil absenteeism in low-income countries
Published 18.04.23
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Incentivising safer sexual behaviour: Evidence from a lottery experiment on HIV prevention
Lottery incentives targeting risk lovers led to a 20% reduction in HIV incidence
Published 30.10.17