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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

Three women sitting and relaxing on stone ledge by water, looking at phones

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

Large group of women wearing headscarves seated on wooden mat

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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Powering Small Retailers: The Adoption of Solar Energy under Different Pricing Schemes in Kenya

Tavneet Suri

Kenya, East Africa's largest economy, is struggling with an ageing energy infrastructure and low connectivity to the power grid. William Jack and affiliate Tavneet Suri (MIT) study the impact of off-grid solar power on small retailers in Nairobi.

Environment, Energy, and Climate Change

Image of voters stopping by political party booths in Honduras.

Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs on Voting in Honduras

Elizabeth Linos

In this randomized evaluation in Honduras, researchers assessed how the national Programa de Asignación Familiar (Family Allowance Program) CCT program, which provided a combination of transfers to households and transfers to support public goods, influenced voting in local and national elections...

Political Economy and Governance

A study participant uses the tablet-based bargaining app

Providing Endowments to Improve Bargaining Outcomes for Microentrepreneurs in Ghana

Morgan Hardy

Gisella Kagy

Lena Song

Researchers randomly provided more or less cash to garment-making firm owners in Ghana before a bargaining game to evaluate the impact of endowment on the negotiated sale price of a good. Owners of garment-making microenterprises with lower household liquidity agreed to lower sale prices during the...

Firms

Comparaison de projets de collecte de fonds caritatifs en Allemagne

Steffen Huck

Imran Rasul

Andrew Shephard

Political Economy and Governance

Accompagnement des demandeurs d'emploi – OPP/CVE, France

Luc Behaghel

Bruno Crépon

Marc Gurgand

Labor Markets

High school students in career mentoring program in France

Parrainage des jeunes pour leur projet professionnel (Actenses), France

Luc Behaghel

Vera Chiodi

Marc Gurgand

Les chercheurs ont examiné l'impact du programme de mentorat et d'orientation sur les résultats scolaires, les connaissances professionnelles et les objectifs de carrière de 2 500 élèves de 22 établissements écoles secondaires. Dans l'ensemble, le programme de mentorat a modifié les ambitions...