Health & Education
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Gender norms, violence and adolescent girls’ trajectories: Evidence from India
Changing the attitudes and behaviours of those enforcing restrictive societal norms is critical for achieving meaningful improvements in women’s...
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Body and mind: Experimental evidence from women living with HIV
Participatory information interventions empower and inspire women to become more ambitious and invest in income-generating activities
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Improving public sector management at scale
Well-designed programmes may be ineffective in practice, even with high compliance
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Sustaining behavioural change: Evidence from rural Pakistan
Where community interventions lead to behaviour change, continued interactions are needed to help people maintain healthy behaviours
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Texting to save lives: Evidence from cardiovascular treatment reform in Mexico
Increasing across-hospital transfer coordination through app-based group chats led to large improvements in the survival rate of heart attack patients
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How to scale up child development programmes
Engaged communities of parents are a potential nonscarce resource to promote the success of education programmes at scale
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Midday meals in India improve children’s learning outcomes
Prolonged exposure to ‘midday meals’ can improve learning outcomes on top of its other objectives
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The relationship between labour market conditions and policy effects: Evidence from Mexico’s PROGRESA
A conditional cash transfer programme was less effective in regions with more exposure to export-manufacturing jobs
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Expanding access to clean water for the rural poor: Evidence from Malawi
Offering coupons for free chlorine is an effective way to increase water treatment and prevent waterborne diseases