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Governance and the Effectiveness of Public Health Subsidies in Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda

Rebecca Dizon-Ross
Pascaline Dupas
Jon Robinson
Heavily subsidizing essential health products like insecticide-treated bed nets has the potential to substantially decrease child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, but there is widespread concern that poor governance and limited accountability among health workers undermines the effectiveness of...
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Teacher Training and Entrepreneurship Education: Evidence from a Curriculum Reform in Rwanda

Moussa Blimpo
Todd Pugatch
Working with the Rwandan Education Board, Educate!, and Akazi Kanoze Access, researchers are examining the impact of a program that trains teachers in Rwanda’s revised secondary school entrepreneurship curriculum on student academic, economic, and labor market outcomes.
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The Impact of a Job Search Planning Intervention on Job Search Efficiency and Employment Among Youth in South Africa

Martin Abel
Rulof Burger
Eliana Carranza
Patrizio Piraino
Researchers tested the impact of a job search planning intervention on job search efficiency and employment among unemployed youth in South Africa. The planning intervention improved participants’ job search intensity and efficiency, leading to higher rates of employment.
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Evaluating the Impact of Play-Based Learning on Early Childhood Development in South Africa

Cally Ardington
Laura Poswell
In KwaZulu-Natal, researchers are measuring the impact of the Six Bricks program, which promotes structured play using manipulative bricks combined with a set of carefully designed pedagogical activities, on preschoolers' executive function skills.
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Using Media to Change Norms and Behaviors in Post-Genocide Rwanda

Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation in Rwanda to examine how important aspects of cultural practice do or do not change in the wake of exposure to media messages delivered through a radio soap opera drama. While the radio program had little effect on changing individual beliefs and...
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Providing Information about Job Seekers' Skills to Increase Employment Outcomes in South Africa

Eliana Carranza
Robert Garlick
Kate Orkin
Neil Rankin
In South Africa, researchers partnered with Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator to evaluate the impact of providing information about a job seeker’s skills on job seekers’ beliefs, search effort, and employment outcomes. Providing information to job seekers and prospective employers increased...
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Transport Subsidies and Job Matchmaking in South Africa

Abhijit Banerjee
Sandra Sequeira
In sub-Saharan Africa, youth unemployment is expected to reach 50 percent by 2025. One reason for high unemployment among this group is that youth may live geographically far from where many jobs are located, making traveling to search for employment difficult and expensive. Researchers conducted a...
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Providing Free Internet Connectivity to Improve Financial and Economic Outcomes in Kenya

Tavneet Suri
Researchers are partnering with a leading mobile network operator to investigate how the internet affects financial and economic outcomes, particularly for women.