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Recreational Tutoring to Fight Early-Age School Difficulties in France (APFEE)
Can an intensive tutoring program for struggling grade 1 students in France improve their academic performance?
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The Impact of Fee-for-Service Schemes on Health Service Utilization in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Researchers tested a fee-for-service scheme, a type of performance pay, at health facilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to evaluate its impact on health service utilization. While fee-for-service facilities invested more effort in attracting patients, this increase did not translate into higher levels of service utilization or better health outcomes. Additionally, health workers in fee-for-service facilities became less intrinsically motivated and less satisfied with their jobs compared to their counterparts in fixed payment facilities.
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Nupur Ghuliani
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Formal Rainfall Insurance for the Informally Insured in India
Researchers evaluated how informal insurance within Indian sub-castes affects the demand for formal rainfall insurance, and subsequent risk-taking among households employed in agriculture. Informal insurance both increased and decreased the demand for formal rainfall insurance, depending on the extent to which informal and formal insurance covered individual losses.
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Hafizh Winarno
Hafizh Fakhrizal Winarno is a Research Associate at J-PAL Southeast Asia, where he works on a stunting prevention project in Indonesia.
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School Grants and Parents' Education Spending in India
Researchers studied how a school grant program affected learning outcomes and household spending. After the first year of the grant program, students in treatment schools performed significantly better than those in comparison schools, but by the end of the second year, there was no detectable impact on student learning.