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

Emma Riley

Abu Shonchoy

Children washing their hands in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Changing Handwashing Behavior with Edutainment in Bangladesh

Reshmaan Hussam

Kailash Pandey

Abu Shonchoy

Chikako Yamauchi

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

Ahmet Akbiyik

Jeremy Bowles

Horacio Larreguy

Shelley Liu

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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The Value of Communication for Mental Health

Francis Annan

Belinda Archibong

Re searchers used a randomized evaluation to measure the impact of providing mobile calling credits to low-income adults on well-being outcomes in Ghana. Overall, the mobile credit intervention increased the ability for individuals to meet unexpected communication needs, particularly when delivered...

Improving Preschool Quality in Colombia

Alison Andrew

Orazio Attanasio

Raquel Bernal

Lina Cardona-Sosa

Sonya Krutikova

Marta Rubio-Codina

Researchers evaluated two approaches to improving the quality of Colombian preschools. Providing additional resources to preschools for materials and new staff did not benefit children’s development and, unintentionally, led teachers to reduce their involvement in classroom activities. However, the...

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Evaluating the Impact of Moving to Opportunity in the United States

Emma Adam

Raj Chetty

Greg Duncan

Lisa A. Gennetian

Nathaniel (Nathan) Hendren

Paul Hirschfield

Lawrence Katz

Ronald C. Kessler

Jeffrey Kling

Jeffrey Liebman

Stacy Tessler Lindau

Jens Ludwig

Thomas W. McDade

Joshua C. Pinkston

Lisa Sanbonmatsu

Robert C. Whitaker

Female street vendor in Managua, Nicaragua

Extending Health Insurance to the Informal Sector Through Microfinance in Nicaragua

Freddy Solis Diaz

Erica Field

Anne Fitzpatrick

Martha Azucena Gonzalez

Laurel Hatt

Mursaleena Islam

Rebecca Thornton

This evaluation measured the determinants of insurance enrollment as well as the impacts of having insurance for informal sector workers by randomly varying the costs and convenience of signing up for a government health insurance program available to formal and informal sector workers in Nicaragua...

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Multiple Tasks and Multiple Rewards: Evidence on Performance Incentives from Health Programs in China

Renfu Luo

Grant Miller

Scott Rozelle

Sean Sylvia

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Effectiveness of Provider Incentives for Anemia Reduction in Rural China

Patricia Foo

Renfu Luo

Reynaldo Martorell

Alexis Medina

Grant Miller

Scott Rozelle

Yaojiang Shi

Sean Sylvia

Linxiu Zhang

Qiran Zhao

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The Demand for and Impact of Learning HIV Status in Malawi

Nicole Angotti

Agatha Bula

Lauren Gaydosh

Susan Godlonton

Eitan Zeev Kimchi

Rebecca Thornton

Sara Yeatman

Researchers evaluated the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project (MDICP), which sought to explore the demand for, and the impact of, learning one’s HIV status. While even very small incentives encouraged people to return for their HIV test results, rapid testing in the home had the greatest...