Health & Education
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Using cash transfers to improve child health in low- and middle-income countries
Conditional cash transfers improve child health outcomes in the short term and can improve educational outcomes in the longer term
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Scholarships increase social mobility: Evidence from Colombia
Needs-based and merit-based scholarships improve the motivation and social mobility of low-income students
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Complementing cash with information to reduce malnutrition: Evidence from Nepal
A combination of information and cash transfers is effective in changing maternal behavioural practices, which could bring down malnutrition
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Transmitting gender attitudes in school: Experimental evidence from Pakistan
Progressive gender norms can be transmitted from teachers to students and improve classroom achievement through better cooperation among the sexes
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The impact of Mexico’s Progresa programme twenty years on
The ground-breaking conditional cash transfer programme shows long-term benefits to education, income, geographic mobility and family formation
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Double-fortified salt and anaemia among schoolchildren in India
The use of double-fortified salt in school lunches reduced anaemia by 22–27% among schoolchildren aged 7 and 8 in Bihar, India
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How skills training can boost entrepreneurship and job creation: Evidence from Uganda
A mini-MBA programme for high-school students led to significant gains in profits, business capital investments, new businesses, and job creation
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Non-monetary teacher incentives and student learning in Guinea
Public recognition rewards for well-performing public-sector teachers are less effective than in-kind rewards at improving student learning
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Urban water disinfection and mortality decline: Evidence from Mexico
Ageing pipe systems and the absence of complementary sanitation investments compromise the health benefits of water disinfection