Health & Education

Conditional cash transfers improve child health outcomes in the short term and can improve educational outcomes in the longer term

Published 22.06.22

Needs-based and merit-based scholarships improve the motivation and social mobility of low-income students

Published 20.06.22

A combination of information and cash transfers is effective in changing maternal behavioural practices, which could bring down malnutrition

Published 23.05.22

Progressive gender norms can be transmitted from teachers to students and improve classroom achievement through better cooperation among the sexes

Published 20.05.22

The ground-breaking conditional cash transfer programme shows long-term benefits to education, income, geographic mobility and family formation

Published 04.05.22

The use of double-fortified salt in school lunches reduced anaemia by 22–27% among schoolchildren aged 7 and 8 in Bihar, India

Published 29.04.22

A mini-MBA programme for high-school students led to significant gains in profits, business capital investments, new businesses, and job creation

Published 13.04.22

Public recognition rewards for well-performing public-sector teachers are less effective than in-kind rewards at improving student learning

Published 14.03.22

Ageing pipe systems and the absence of complementary sanitation investments compromise the health benefits of water disinfection

Published 11.03.22