Liberia

Public service reforms can provoke political backlash from service providers, but when quality increases sufficiently, the electoral rewards can outweigh the costs

Self-interviewing survey techniques substantially increase reported levels of intimate partner violence, but this may be driven by respondents’ misunderstanding

Cash transfers improve food security for up to two years, but without an increase in food expenditures and non-agricultural income

Monitoring drivers in Liberia raised effort on average, but broke the trust between managers and well-performing drivers

Alternative dispute resolution reduced the number of prolonged and unresolved disputes, and meant that disputes were less likely to turn violent

An intervention in Liberia increased electoral debate participation and led citizens to engage more in the election

Gender-sensitive youth employment programmes combining income generation and life skills training can be effective in helping adolescent girls succeed