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Online Sexual Education Modules for Schools in Urban Colombia

Alberto Chong
Marco Gonzalez-Navarro
Dean Karlan
Martin Valdivia
In Colombia, researchers evaluated the impact of an online sexual health course implemented in public middle schools on adolescents’ sexual health knowledge, behavior, and attitudes towards sexual health. The study showed that the online course led to improved sexual health knowledge and attitudes...
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Tutoring and Career Counseling for High School Students in France (Talens)

Son Thierry Ly
Eric Maurin
Arnaud Riegert
If disadvantaged students lack information about their educational opportunities after high-school and the academic preparation they need to succeed in top universities, they may be less likely to apply to and attend these universities. Researchers tested the impact of a program that connected...
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The Role of Information and Preferences in School Choices in Romania

Robert Ainsworth
Rajeev Dehejia
Cristian (Kiki) Pop-Eleches
In this randomized evaluation in Romania, researchers compared the roles of preferences and information in households’ decision-making, with regard to high school selection. Results suggest that households provided with information on school quality tend to choose schools that have a greater...
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Project Generasi: Conditional Community Block Grants in Indonesia

Ben Olken
Junko Onishi
Susan Wong
Researchers partnered with the Government of Indonesia to evaluate the impact of community block grants and the additional effect of performance incentives. They found that community block grants improved health and education in Indonesian villages, and adding performance incentives sped up...
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Investigating Rural Labor Markets Among the Ultra-Poor in Northern Ghana

Abhijit Banerjee
Dean Karlan
Robert Osei
Hannah Trachtman
Christopher Udry
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Changing Handwashing Behavior with Edutainment in Bangladesh

Reshmaan Hussam
Kailash Pandey
Abu Shonchoy
Chikako Yamauchi
Researchers conducted an evaluation to test the impact of a hand-hygiene edutainment (entertainment education) campaign on handwashing and health in Bangladesh. The campaign improved handwashing and child health but had no impact on hygiene knowledge.
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Smoothing the Cost of Education: Micro-Savings in Ugandan Primary Schools

Dean Karlan
Leigh Linden
In Uganda, researchers tested whether a school-based savings program reduced dropout rates by enabling students and their families to save for school-related expenses. A version of the program that labeled savings for educational purposes, rather than fully committing money to educational expenses...
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Combining In-School and Out-of-School Programs to Improve Learning in India

Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of the combination of an in-school learning program with an out-of-school learning program on primary school math and reading levels. The combination of the two programs led to a significant increase in children's test scores in both...