Health & Education
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Implementation ups and downs: Monitoring attendance to improve public services for the poor in India
An attendance-monitoring intervention in schools reduced absenteeism, but the impact on health care workers was limited
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The power of information in improving school performance
Giving parents information on the performance of schools in Pakistan improved test scores and enrolment, and reduced the cost of private school...
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Contaminated water and mental health: Evidence from Bangladesh
Drinking contaminated drinking can lead to symptoms of arsenicosis, with negative impacts on mental health, household productivity, and wellbeing
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Early childhood development policies: The evidence and the research agenda
Effective education programmes can be implemented in low-income settings, but the quality of service and adapting it to the local context are crucial
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Do health subsidies help?
In this video, Pascaline Dupas discusses how a full subsidy of health products increases the number of people benefitting from health products
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Can the government make us happy? Should it try?
In this video, Angus Deaton asks whether the government should target aggregate happiness
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Bride and prejudice: The price of education
Without other subsidies, well-intentioned activism against bride price may cause more harm than good for investing in girls’ education.