Recent work by Martina Björkman-Nyqvist
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2024 at VoxDev
The VoxDev team reflects on 2024 at VoxDev, and previews our plans for 2025.
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How Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson have contributed to development economics
The VoxDev Editorial Board would like to congratulate the 2024 economic sciences laureates, Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson. All three laureates have made significant contributions to both development economics and political economy.
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Does empowering women to communicate at home improve child health outcomes?
Adding communication skills training to health classes for mothers in Uganda increased women’s voice in household decisions but not sufficiently to generate transformative impacts on most child health outcomes
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Expanding learning beyond the classroom: Evidence from India
Integrated education interventions with in-school and out-of-school components can increase student learning far beyond either approach independently
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Reducing child mortality in the last mile: Experimental evidence on community health promoters in Uganda
An innovative community health programme providing financial incentives to health workers led to a 27% reduction in child mortality in rural Uganda
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Incentivising safer sexual behaviour: Evidence from a lottery experiment on HIV prevention
Lottery incentives targeting risk lovers led to a 20% reduction in HIV incidence