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Felipe Barrera-Osorio
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Philip Oreopoulos
Philip Oreopoulos is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, at Berkeley and his M.A. from the University of British Columbia.
Blog
Lesson #3 | What not-to-do: Wisdom from Years of Trials (and Errors)
This blog is the final installation of a three-part series by J-PAL South Asia’s executive director Shobhini Mukerji reflecting on two decades of advancing evidence-based policymaking.
Policy insight
Pairing insights from engineering, public health, and behavioral science to improve access to and use of clean water
Low-cost, simple interventions like dilute chlorine solution or water filtration can reduce households’ use of unsafe or contaminated water—a key source of morbidity and mortality, especially among children. Full subsidies can expand access to and usage of water treatment options among households...
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Selene Ghisolfi
Evaluation
Willingness and Ability to Pay for the Kosim Clean Water Filter in Ghana
Researchers in Ghana are attempting to measure households' demand for simple ceramic water filters by offering the filter at different price levels through door-to-door sales. They will also explore whether different household characteristics, such as education, income, and health, affect a household's willingness to pay for a filter.
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Joseph Thornton
Evaluation
The Effects of Varying Input Market Timing and Access to Credit on Farmers’ Agricultural Investment in Mali
In Mali, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test how the design and timing of a physical market for inputs (village input fairs) with varying levels of credit access affected farmers’ investment decisions. They found that farmer investment and input adoption increase when village input fairs are organized just after the previous harvest, regardless of credit offers.