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Providing information on wood heating to decrease indoor air pollution in France

Coralie Chevallier
Elise Huillery
Mathieu Perona
Rita Abdel Sater

Informing Policy with Research in Brazil

Jonas Hjort
Diana Moreira
Gautam Rao
Juan Francisco Santini
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Empowering Female Migrant Workers to Access Quality Overseas Placement Services in Indonesia

Samuel Bazzi
Lisa Cameron
Firman Witoelar Kartaadipoetra
Simone Schaner
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A Multifaceted Approach to Increase Women’s Empowerment in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Manuela Angelucci
Rachel M. Heath
Eva Noble
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The Impact of Disclosing Soft Skills Certificates at Recruitment on Labor Market Outcomes in Uganda

Vittorio Bassi
Aisha Nansamba
Three school girls stand with a chalkboard sign that reads "Education."

Providing Life Skills Training and Mentoring To Reduce School Dropout Among Girls in India

Eric Edmonds
Benjamin Feigenberg
Jessica Leight
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Training Teachers in Curiosity-Based Science Pedagogy in India

Ariel Gomez
Vinay Jha
Santosh Kumar
Sandeep Kumar
Nishith Prakash
Soham Sahoo
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Information Provision via Mobile Phones to Increase Mobile Banking in Ghana

Emma Riley
Abu Shonchoy
Researchers partnered with Opportunity International Savings and Loans Limited (OISL) to conduct a randomized evaluation to test the impact of high-frequency interactive voice response (IVR) calls on people’s use of mobile banking services and their financial behaviors in Ghana. People who received...
Woman on cell phone in Nigeria.

Information Provision via Mobile Phones to Increase Mobile Banking in Ghana

Researchers partnered with Opportunity International Savings and Loans Limited (OISL) to conduct a randomized evaluation to test the impact of high-frequency interactive voice response (IVR) calls on people’s use of mobile banking services and their financial behaviors in Ghana. People who received...
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Intensive Case Management to Overcome Barriers to Self-Sufficiency in the United States

Javier Espinosa
William (Bill) Evans
David Phillips
Researchers are working with the City of Rochester and local social service providers to evaluate the Bridges to Success program, in which participants are paired with mentors who help them move towards economic self-sufficiency.
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Frequent HIV Testing and Marriage and Pregnancy Decisions in Malawi

Manuela Angelucci
Daniel Bennett
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of offering frequent HIV testing on rates of marriage and pregnancy. Offering high-frequency, opt-out HIV testing to young women and their partners changed beliefs of partner’s sexual safety, accelerated marriage, and increased the...

Soft versus Hard Skills in Entrepreneurial Success: Evidence from Youth Entrepreneurship Training in Uganda

Dana R. Carney
Paul Gertler
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The Impact of a Public Sector Management Program on Student Learning Outcomes in India

Karthik Muralidharan
Abhijeet Singh
In India, researchers evaluated the impact of a public sector management program involving comprehensive assessments of schools, detailed school ratings, and customized school improvement plans, on school functioning and student learning. Researchers found that the MPSQA program was successful in...
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Returns to Secondary Schooling in Ghana

Esther Duflo
Pascaline Dupas
Michael Kremer
In this ongoing study, researchers are evaluating the effect of secondary school scholarships on educational attainment and cognitive skills in the short run, and on life outcomes in the longer run, from employment and health outcomes to civic participation and attitudes.