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Evaluating the Impact of Play-Based Learning on Early Childhood Development in South Africa

Cally Ardington
Laura Poswell
In KwaZulu-Natal, researchers are measuring the impact of the Six Bricks program, which promotes structured play using manipulative bricks combined with a set of carefully designed pedagogical activities, on preschoolers' executive function skills.
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Using Media to Change Norms and Behaviors in Post-Genocide Rwanda

Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation in Rwanda to examine how important aspects of cultural practice do or do not change in the wake of exposure to media messages delivered through a radio soap opera drama. While the radio program had little effect on changing individual beliefs and...
Jobseekers study at a job center in South Africa

Providing Information about Job Seekers' Skills to Increase Employment Outcomes in South Africa

Eliana Carranza
Robert Garlick
Kate Orkin
Neil Rankin
In South Africa, researchers partnered with Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator to evaluate the impact of providing information about a job seeker’s skills on job seekers’ beliefs, search effort, and employment outcomes. Providing information to job seekers and prospective employers increased...
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Transport Subsidies and Job Matchmaking in South Africa

Abhijit Banerjee
Sandra Sequeira
In sub-Saharan Africa, youth unemployment is expected to reach 50 percent by 2025. One reason for high unemployment among this group is that youth may live geographically far from where many jobs are located, making traveling to search for employment difficult and expensive. Researchers conducted a...
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Providing Free Internet Connectivity to Improve Financial and Economic Outcomes in Kenya

Tavneet Suri
Researchers are partnering with a leading mobile network operator to investigate how the internet affects financial and economic outcomes, particularly for women.
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Generating Skilled Self-Employment in Uganda

Chris Blattman
Nathan Fiala
Sebastian Martinez
Researchers used a randomized evaluation to measure the impact of a government program that gave groups of young people US$400 per person in return for a proposal to start a skilled trade. Recipients invested the cash and significantly increased their incomes for several years. However, nine years...
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The Value of Communication for Mental Health in Ghana

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...
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Mass Media Experiments to Reduce Violence Against Women in Tanzania

Donald Green
Dylan Groves
Rachel Jones
Constantine Manda
Building on an earlier study in Uganda, researchers are working with Innovations for Poverty Action to measure the impact of radio programming on gender-related attitudes and behaviors.