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Girls and teacher standing up at a classroom in Mozambique

Gender Violence and School Achievement in Mozambique

Sofia Amaral
Aixa Garcia-Ramos
Selim Gulesci
Sarita Ore-Quispe
Maria Micaela Sviatschi
In Mozambique, researchers are evaluating the GBV and schooling impacts of implementing a GBV curriculum targeted at students.
Women in India moving receptacles of dirt.

Impact of Financial Control on Women's Labor Supply and Gender Norms in India

Erica Field
Charity Troyer Moore
Rohini Pande
Natalia Rigol
Simone Schaner
Researchers worked with local banks and the state government of Madhya Pradesh to provide women with their own bank accounts, training on how to use them, and direct deposit of wages earned through the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to measure the impact of...
Woman sitting in her beauty parlor

Providing Information and Application Assistance to Improve Social Pension Enrollment in India

Sarika Gupta
The researcher evaluated the impact of providing eligible women with program information and various levels of application assistance for the Delhi Widow Pension Scheme on program knowledge, application completion, and enrollment. Offering more involved application assistance increased average...
Woman stands over four men as they read papers.

Institutional Reform and De Facto Women's Rights in Punjab, Pakistan

Erica Field
Kate Vyborny
Researchers are partnering with the Punjab Commission on the Status of Women to evaluate the impacts of a training program for registrars on their knowledge of and adherence to the law.
Condom and HIV testing kit.

Conditional Cash Transfers and HIV/AIDS Prevention in Malawi

Hans-Peter Kohler
Rebecca Thornton
Researchers evaluated whether offering individuals financial incentives to maintain their HIV-negative status could be an effective HIV prevention strategy in rural Malawi. The conditional cash transfer had no effect on HIV status or on self-reported sexual behavior. The receipt of the cash...
Two women, a dentist and her patient, look at a dental X-ray on a screen.

The Impact of Free Dental Health Services on Employment in Chile

Francisco Gallego
Cristián Larroulet
Andrea Repetto
Researchers evaluated the impact of access to a package of free dental services on employment levels for urban residents of Santiago, Chile. Results found that participants with access to these services had better dental health, and that self-esteem and short-term employment increased among women...
Woman holding a baby in conversation with a community health worker in Uganda.

Communication Skills Training for Mothers to Improve Child Health in Uganda

Seema Jayachandran
Martina Björkman Nyqvist
Celine Zipfel
In Uganda, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a communication training program targeting mothers on child health investments. The intervention increased spousal discussion about the family’s health, nutrition, and finances.
Man puts large loaf of bread into outdoor wood fired brick oven

Improving Employability, Earning Potential, and Sexual Behaviors through Vocational Training for Youth in Malawi

Yoonyoung Cho
Davie Kalomba
Mushfiq Mobarak
Victor Orozco
In Malawi, researchers evaluated the impact of a vocational training program on youth's skills, economic outcomes, and well-being. While the training generally improved skills and well-being, it had more positive effects for men compared to women, and had no impact on labor market outcomes in the...