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Improving the Transparency and Delivery of a Subsidized Rice Program in Indonesia

Abhijit Banerjee
Jordan Kyle Cohen
Rema Hanna
Ben Olken
Sudarno Sumarto
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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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The Impact of Emergency Cash Assistance in a Pandemic

Juliana Londoño-Vélez
Pablo Querubin
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation in Colombia to assess the effects of emergency cash assistance on the well-being of households. Recipients of the UCT experienced improved financial health, food access, and psychological well-being. Colombia’s newly implemented mobile money system...
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Eliminating Behavioral Barriers to Saving through a Tablet App for the Base of the Pyramid in Paraguay

Viviane Azevedo
Jeanne Lafortune
Liliana Olarte
José Tessada
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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 Effects of STEM Summer Programs on College Major, Persistence, and Graduation for Underrepresented High School Students in the United States

Sarah Cohodes
Helen Ho
Researchers evaluated three STEM-focused summer programs for high school students and found that the programs increased students’ likelihood of attending a highly-ranked university, graduating, and earning a degree in STEM.
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Evidence-Based Medicine for Family Planning in Jordan

Nadia Al-Alawi
Shirin Aladwan
Minki Chatterji
Soon Kyu Choi
Marianne El-Khoury
Rebecca Thornton
Researchers partnered with USAID to study the impact of Evidence-Based Medicine programs on changing family planning providers’ biases against injectable contraceptives. Overall, researchers found no change in provider practices and self-reported prescriptions.