Promoting parental involvement in schools: Evidence from Mexico Group-based interventions can increase parental engagement in school, change parents’ behaviour at home and improve children’s behaviour in school Education Felipe Barrera-Osorio Paul Gertler Nozomi Nakajima Harry Patrinos Published 11.12.20
A cascade model for cost-effective agricultural extension: Evidence from Uganda Farmer-to-farmer information diffusion is a cost-effective approach for improving practices and profits for smallholder dairy farmers in East Africa Agriculture Luc Behaghel Jérémie Gignoux Karen Macours Published 06.11.20
Reducing labour market information frictions with skill certificates: Evidence from South Africa Youth skill assessment increased employment and earnings for treated workseekers by providing information to both them and prospective employers Labour Markets Eliana Carranza Robert Garlick Kate Orkin Neil Rankin Published 12.10.20
Social learning in agriculture: Experimental evidence from Malawi Can policymakers speed up the adoption of modern agricultural technologies through peer-to-peer learning? Agriculture Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak Published 03.06.20
Providing information to empower women in agriculture: Evidence from Uganda Targeting women directly with relevant information in ways that are appealing increases their agency, access to resources, and achievements in farming Agriculture Bjorn Van Campenhout Els Lecoutere David Spielman Published 08.05.20
What works when for early-childhood interventions? Evidence from Nigeria Information on raising children is more important in the first two years of a child’s life, whereas cash plays a bigger role from age 2 to 4 Health Imran Rasul Published 18.03.20
Reducing fertility in sub-Saharan Africa Why do we still see very high fertility rates in Zambia when women want to have fewer children and are open to the use of contraceptives? Health Alessandra Voena Published 30.10.19
Power to the people: The impact of political report cards in India How do Indian voters react to information on the qualifications and performance of politicians? Institutions & Political Economy Abhijit Banerjee Published 14.10.19
Making policies matter A little information goes a long way towards shifting clientelist electoral systems from vote-buying to policy-based competition Institutions & Political Economy Cesi Cruz Philip Keefer Julien Labonne Francesco Trebbi Published 14.01.19
