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Do NGOs undermine government capacity? Evidence from health services in Uganda

NGO provision of health services in rural Uganda either complemented or undermined government capacity, depending on the supply of skilled labour

Health

Erika Deserranno Aisha Nansamba Nancy Qian

Published

13.11.23

Local solutions for combatting child marriage in Northern Nigeria

A community-led intervention in Northern Nigeria significantly reduced rates of child marriage in adolescent girls by changing entrenched, normative behaviour

Institutions & Political Economy

Maryam Abubakar Isabelle Cohen Daniel Perlman

Published

09.11.23

Improving foundational learning in Tanzania through teacher rewards

A programme rewarding teachers for increasing their students’ foundational skills improved learning in public primary schools in Tanzania. A cheap and easy to communicate version of the programme was most (cost-)effective, and is currently being scal...

Education

Isaac Mbiti Mauricio Romero Youdi Schipper

Published

02.11.23

Reforming India’s public works scheme raised incomes

Improving the payment infrastructure for India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme raised incomes — mostly through increases in non-programme earnings

Social Protection

Karthik Muralidharan Paul Niehaus Sandip Sukhtankar

Published

30.10.23

Building trust in the quality of fertilisers in Tanzania

A low-touch information campaign in Tanzania improved farmers’ confidence in the quality of fertiliser, leading to an increase in purchases

Agriculture

Annemie Maertens Christopher Magomba Hope Michelson

Published

26.10.23

How does promoting modern seed varieties impact forest conservation?

Promoting modern seed varieties accelerated the deforestation of primary forest in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Energy & Environment

Tanguy Bernard Sylvie Lambert Karen Macours Margaux Vinez

Published

21.09.23

Agronomy training in Rwanda had negative spillovers

The apparent positive impact of training coffee farmers in Rwanda was driven by negative spillover effects on farmers who did not receive training

Agriculture

Esther Duflo Daniel Keniston Tavneet Suri Céline Zipfel

Published

04.09.23

Breaking the silence: Advancing health technology adoption through open discourse on menstruation

Engaging in open conversations about stigmatised topics like menstruation reduces the social barriers to health technology adoption, which increases access to welfare-improving menstrual products

Health

Emily Au-Young Silvia Castro Jan Schlenk

Published

05.09.23

Does empowering women to communicate at home improve child health outcomes?

Adding communication skills training to health classes for mothers in Uganda increased women’s voice in household decisions but not sufficiently to generate transformative impacts on most child health outcomes

Health

Martina Björkman-Nyqvist Seema Jayachandran Céline Zipfel

Published

11.09.23