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In this study, the researchers will investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the various demand and supply-side factors relating to maternal and child health services, and consequently, child malnutrition. The COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying...

What is the most effective way to conduct phone-based information campaigns to improve health behaviors critical to containing a pandemic? Researchers will conduct an adaptive randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of an SMS-based information...

Arsenic consumption via water sources can lead to fatal health and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Children are more susceptible to arsenic because of their lower immunity and relatively higher proportion of body water compared to adults. Moreover, evidence...

Severe malnutrition, especially amongst children, has been a persistent problem in India. With 14% of children undernourished, 34.7% stunted and 17.3% children wasted, India is home to the most wasted children out of all the countries assessed. Against the...

There has been a rise in the incidence of malnutrition in India between 2018 and 2019. The pandemic has made matters worse, putting those already vulnerable at most risk. The main objective of this project is to understand whether raising awareness among...

A major challenge to safe motherhood is undernourishment in India. As per the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS), more than half of the Indian women of reproductive age are malnourished. These deficiencies hamper the growth of the child, cause...

Support for democracy is dangerously low and decreasing in Latin America and many countries. At the same time polarization is high and on the rise. In this project we test whether a civic education program---developed by Democracy International and delivered...

Economic growth in developing countries is often constrained by the state's inability to generate sufficient tax revenue. A major challenge in improving one key revenue source—property tax—is inaccurate property tax assessments, which can lead to tax leakages...