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The overtreatment challenge: Why are providers prescribing antimalarials to malaria-negative patients?
A critical challenge for developing country health systems is to craft policy that gives individuals with curable diseases like malaria and pneumonia access to potentially lifesaving medical care, while preventing patients from consuming unnecessary medical treatment or getting treated for the wrong...
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Women as decision-makers: Divergent fertility preferences, concealed contraception, and the need for impact evaluations
As of 2018, one in five women had an unmet need for modern contraceptive methods. Last week, as we marked the International Day for Maternal Health and Rights—just one year before the Family Planning 2020 goals are due to be met—we reflected on the multiple barriers preventing women from achieving...
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Sebastián Otero
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December 2019 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's December newsletter celebrates the accomplishments of 2019, reflects on the importance of partnerships in our work, and discusses the impact of Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer's work on policymaking in the United States.
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January 2020 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's January newsletter highlights the randomized evaluation results of the groundbreaking Camden Core Model, the launch of the housing stability evaluation incubator, and our new mobility from poverty learning agenda.
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Nicholas Bloom
Nicholas Bloom is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Stanford University. Bloom's research interests include management practices, causes and consequences of uncertainty, and the effect of IT on factors such as tax, trade, and regulation.
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February 2020 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's February newsletter highlights J-PAL's Evaluating Social Programs course, recaps the Work of the Future Initiative's convening, and summarizes new evidence on the limits of outreach to increase take-up of the earned income tax credit.
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March 2020 North America Newsletter
J-PAL North America's March newsletter provides a COVID-19 update.