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The Impact of Mass Media and Family Planning Campaigns on Contraception Use in Burkina Faso

Rachel Glennerster
Joanna Murray
Victor Pouliquen
Researchers evaluated the impact impact of both general exposure to mass media and an intensive family planning campaign on contraception. Increasing exposure to general mass media reduced contraception use in this context. However, a high-quality family planning radio campaign offset the negative...
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Impact of Customized Information and Mediation on Labor Court Settlement Rates in Mexico

Joyce Sadka
Christopher Woodruff
Researchers conducted two randomized evaluations to test the impacts of providing customized information on predicted case outcomes or conciliation services on labor court settlement rates in Mexico. Both interventions nearly doubled the immediate settlement rate, but only when the plaintiff was...
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The Impact of Reducing Tax Rates and Strengthening Enforcement on Revenue Collection in the DRC

Augustin Bergeron
Gabriel Tourek
Jonathan Weigel
In partnership with the Provincial Government of Kasaï-Central in the Democratic Republic of Congo, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation during the 2018 property tax collection campaign to test the impact of lower property tax rates and stronger tax enforcement on revenue collection...
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The Impact of Workers' Financial Stability on Their Workplace Productivity in India

Supreet Kaur
Sendhil Mullainathan
Suanna Oh
Frank Schilbach
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to gauge whether enhanced financial stability impacted worker productivity in India. They found that giving small-scale manufacturing workers financial relief in the form of early wage payments increased their productivity and attention to detail on the...
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The Impact of a Credit-Building Loan Product and Credit Counseling on Low-Income Borrowers in the United States

Jeremy Burke
Julian Jamison
Dean Karlan
Kata Mihaly
Jonathan Zinman
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Prescribing Food as Medicine among Individuals Experiencing Diabetes and Food Insecurity in the United States

Marcella Alsan
John Bulger
John Cawley
Joseph Doyle
Andrea Feinberg
Diabetes is one of the most prevalent diseases in the United States and is closely linked to food insecurity. Researchers evaluated the impact of an intensive food-as-medicine program that provides fresh food and diabetes education on health and health care utilization for individuals experiencing...
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Pay for Perfomance Incentives for Heathcare Workers and Their Supervisors in Sierra Leone

Stefano Caria
Erika Deserranno
Philipp Kastrau
Working with the Ministry of Health and Sanitation in Sierra Leone, researchers evaluated the impact of incentivizing community health workers (CHWs), their supervisors, or both on health care provision. Sharing the incentive between CHWs and their supervisors resulted in more health care visits...
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The Impact of Government-run Remedial Education Programs on Student Learning in Ghana

Building on previous research, researchers in this study evaluated the impact of several targeted instruction programs on the learning outcomes of primary school students in Ghana’s public schools. Researchers found significant improvements in numeracy and literacy on average; of the four...