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The majority of individuals with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) live in the developing world, where prevalence rates are growing rapidly as nations become richer and more urban. In cities, where most individuals have access to a variety of medical providers...

Electronic payment technologies are currently being heralded as a panacea to corruption in public programs since, in theory, when cash benefits are transferred directly to beneficiaries, opportunities for leakage can be dramatically reduced. But while new...

Researchers will pilot a stress management intervention based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to understand whether building skills to cope with psychological strain raises productivity and well-being levels among female workers in an urban manufacturing...

A significant challenge to the provision of local public services–water, sanitation, waste removal, etc.–in developing economies is the inability to raise adequate resources, especially through local taxation. In many countries this social compact–whereby...

A well-integrated citywide public transport network contributes to economic development by reducing transport costs and travel time, facilitating specialization of firms and workers, and decreasing the cost of economic transactions. Yet, despite increasing...

Marianne Bertrand (University of Chicago), in collaboration with the Chicago Department of Family & Support Services, is conducting a large-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the summer jobs program One Summer Chicago Plus (OSC+). OSC+ offers part-time...

A key question in governmental organizations, where pay‐for‐performance is often impractical, is whether the adoption of new monitoring technologies can induce higher employee effort and more successful public service delivery. In addition, all organizations...

The importance of an informed electorate for electoral accountability is widely recognized. However, while a large literature has focused on voter access to media news sources, little is known empirically about the incentives for media stations to provide...