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Bourses d'études secondaires pour favoriser le développement des compétences et l'autonomisation des filles au Niger

Hélène Giacobino
Élise Huillery
Bastien Michel
Mathilde Sage
Le gouvernement du Niger, l'Institut National de la Statistique du Niger et la Banque mondiale se sont associés à des chercheurs pour évaluer l'impact de bourses d'études secondaires pour les filles sur le développement de leurs compétences et leur autonomisation. La réduction des obstacles...
A Bangladeshi child writes on a school blackboard as a teacher watches.

The Impact of Parent-Teacher Meetings on Student Learning and Behavior in Bangladeshi Primary Schools

The researcher evaluated whether randomly offering parent-teacher meetings led to improvements on student learning, parental engagement, and teacher efforts in primary schools in rural Bangladesh. Overall, the program led to improved test scores, increased parental engagement in children’s learning...
Women in Kataek, Uganda, make cloths to sell in small-scale trading.

Improving Women’s Labor and Welfare Outcomes through Microfinance in Uganda

Oriana Bandiera
Robin Burgess
Erika Deserranno
Imran Rasul
Munshi Sulaiman
Researchers in rural Western Uganda tested whether a microfinance program can help women borrowers switch out of subsistence agriculture to other labor activities, such as entrepreneurship or small-scale trading. While microloans helped women switch into service-based jobs including small-scale...
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The Impact of Nursery Quality, Empowerment, and Nutrition Interventions on Early Childhood Development and Women’s Employment in Egypt

Bruno Crépon
Caroline Krafft
AbdelRahman Nagy
Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a package of interventions with the aim of improving the quality of nurseries, enhancing nutrition, and empowering women to address poverty and promote early childhood development in Egypt.
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Gender Differences in the Workplace: Evidence from a Tanzanian Factory

David Yang
In Tanzania, researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to test the impact of factory employment and different compensation schemes on gender differences in labor market outcomes, taste for competition, and views on social and gender norms.
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The Impact of Personalized Information on Informed School Choice in Chile

Francisco Gallego
Christopher Neilson
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to measure the impact of an information program on parental school choice and long-term student achievement. They found that the intervention shifted household school choices of those who were not enrolled before the intervention toward establishments...
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The Impact of Online Lesson Plans on Student Learning in the United States

Kirabo Jackson
Researchers evaluated the impact of providing teachers with access to high-quality online lessons and implementation support on student achievement in mathematics. Providing teachers with access to the lessons, reminders, and implementation support significantly increased student achievement.
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The Impact of Rapid Performance Feedback on Student Achievement in Nigeria

Michael Kremer
Researchers are partnering with Bridge International Academies to evaluate the impacts of interleaved problem sets, which allow for rapid performance feedback, on students’ learning outcomes in Nigeria.