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Foreign multinational enforcement of local workplace safety laws in Bangladesh

Laura Boudreau
A researcher partnered with the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety, a consortium formed by US multinational companies, to evaluate the impact of privately enforcing local labor laws on garment factories in Bangladesh. Enforcing the legally-required creation and operation of workplace safety...
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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...
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The Impact of Free Tuition Program Design on College Applications and Enrollment in the United States

Elizabeth Burland
Susan Dynarski
Katherine Michelmore
Stephanie Owen
Shwetha Raghuraman
Researchers investigated how two different free tuition programs for low-income students affected application and enrollment to the University of Michigan. An unconditional offer substantially increased application and enrollment while a conditional offer had a much smaller effect on applications...
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Direct and Indirect Effects of Malawi's Public Works Program on Food Security

Kathleen Beegle
Emanuela Galasso
Jessica Goldberg

Saving for Multiple Goals with Lockboxes in Malawi

Shilpa Aggarwal
Valentina Brailovskaya
Jonathan Robinson
Man working in a bakery near Barranquilla, Colombia.

Vocational Training for Disadvantaged Youth in Colombia

Orazio Attanasio
Arlen Guarín
Luis Omar Herrera-Prada
Adriana Kugler
Maurice Kugler
Carlos Medina
Costas Meghir
Juan Saavedra
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Educational Incentives for Parents and Children in India

James Berry
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Improving Student Learning through Classroom Technology Adoption in Pakistan

Sabrin Beg
Waqas Halim
Adrienne Lucas
Umar Saif
Researchers partnered with the Government of Pakistan to conduct two parallel randomized evaluations to test the impact of providing supplemental teaching materials on the quality of student learning and teachers’ effectiveness. Overall, the eLearn Classroom intervention improved student achievement...