Preschool quality and child development: Evidence from Colombia

Interventions that only provide material resources to preschools may fail to achieve any benefits, and have unintended negative consequences, if teachers have insufficient training...

The importance of trust in health systems during crises: Evidence from Sierra Leone

Increasing the social accountability of health systems improves health outcomes and increases resilience against health shocks ...

Encouraging demand for sanitation in Indonesia

Poverty, low social capital and low government administrative capacity hinder sanitation improvements, even when the health benefits are clear....

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...

Sustaining behavioural change: Evidence from rural Pakistan

Where community interventions lead to behaviour change, continued interactions are needed to help people maintain healthy behaviours...

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...

Trust versus loss aversion: Why does loss framing work?

A healthcare-based study suggests using loss-framed incentives can lead recipients to perceive them as more trustworthy ...

Direct and spillover effects of access to health insurance in India

Demand for insurance is high even at the actuarially fair price and receiving it alongside peers increases utilisation, yet health effects are elusive...