Evaluations

Search our database of 1,200+ summaries of randomized evaluations conducted by our affiliates in 97 countries. To browse key policy recommendations from a subset of these evaluations, visit the Policy Publications tab above.

Information Provision via Mobile Phones to Increase Mobile Banking in Ghana

Children washing their hands in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Changing Handwashing Behavior with Edutainment in Bangladesh

Reshmaan Hussam

Kailash Pandey

Abu Shonchoy

Chikako Yamauchi

Three women sitting and relaxing on stone ledge by water, looking at phones

The Impact of Exposure to Discordant Media on Political Polarization in Turkey

Ahmet Akbiyik

Jeremy Bowles

Horacio Larreguy

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

Large group of women wearing headscarves seated on wooden mat

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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The Impact of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Cash Transfers on High-Risk Young Men in Liberia

Chris Blattman

Sebastian Chaskel

Julian Jamison

Margaret Sheridan

To understand the long-term effectiveness of CBT among adults, researchers evaluated the impact of a short-term CBT program and the distribution of unconditional cash transfers on the behavior of high-risk young men in Liberia. CBT reduced criminal behavior among participants both in the short run...

Using Technology to Improve Direct Benefit Transfer in India

Eric Dodge

Charity Troyer Moore

Yusuf Neggers

Rohini Pande

The Effect of Increased Autonomy vs. Performance Pay on Procurement Officers' Performance in Pakistan

Oriana Bandiera

Michael Best

Adnan Khan

Andrea Prat

Researchers partnered with several agencies of the Government of Punjab, Pakistan, to evaluate the impact of giving procurement officers more autonomy, compared to financial rewards, on public procurement performance. Shifting authority away from supervisors and towards procurement officers improved...

Political Economy and Governance

Enhancing Local Public Service Delivery through Financial Reform of India's Employment Guarantee

Abhijit Banerjee

Esther Duflo

Clement Imbert

Santhosh Mathew

Rohini Pande

Community Driven Development in Sierra Leone

Katherine Casey

Rachel Glennerster

Edward Miguel

Maarten Voors

Researchers studied the impact of a community driven development program in Sierra Leone in the short and long-run and contrasted it with a technocratic approach to delegate the management of development projects to high skill individuals. In the short term, the CDD program increased the stock of...

Changing Politicians' Responsiveness through the Provision of Voter Information in Pakistan

Asad Liaqat

Uninformed elected leaders or voters can negatively affect political accountability, such as decision-making on what and how public services are delivered to citizens. The researcher partnered with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party in Lahore to evaluate the demand and responsiveness of local...

Political Economy and Governance

Individual Wealth and Posterior Political Power in Argentina

Effectively Targeting Anti-Poverty Programs in Indonesia

Vivi Alatas

Abhijit Banerjee

Rema Hanna

Ben Olken

Julia Tobias

Researchers in Indonesia compared the effectiveness of two methods of identifying the low-income households: a community method where villagers ranked households according to perceived wealth, and a proxy-means test which relied on measures of consumption and assets. The community methods of...