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Improving the quality of informal apprenticeships in Ghana

Providing monetary incentives for trainers enhanced the quality of apprenticeship training and had lasting benefits for apprentices’ skills and labour market outcomes

Labour Markets

Gabriel Brown Morgan Hardy Isaac Mbiti Jamie McCasland Isabelle Salcher

Published

12.06.24

Reducing prejudice towards forced migrants through perspective taking

An online, low-cost, scalable intervention that provided information and appealed to participants’ emotions improved prosociality behaviours and attitudes toward forced migrants from Venezuela

Migration & Urbanisation

Marisol Rodríguez Chatruc Sandra Rozo

Published

04.06.24

Reducing misconduct in Ghana’s mobile money markets benefitted all

Information is power: a low-cost transparency programme reduced vendor misconduct and increased market efficiency in Ghana’s mobile money market.

Finance

Francis Annan

Published

03.06.24

Combatting school-based violence and nurturing hope in El Salvador

An innovative after-school programme provides vulnerable youth in El Salvador pathways to success and resilience

Education

Lelys Dinarte Pablo Egana-delSol

Published

31.05.24

Breaking the silence: How can social networks become better safety nets?

Correcting inaccurate beliefs about peers can strengthen social networks, encourage people to talk about their financial and mental health concerns, and improve socioeconomic outcomes in settings where individuals lack support from formal institution...

Social Protection

Ronak Jain Vatsal Khandelwal

Published

30.05.24

Comparing approaches to breaking the poverty trap by promoting entrepreneurship

Cash grants and a multifaceted entrepreneurship programme both had temporary impacts on young women’s income in Nairobi, Kenya, but only the more holistic approach led to long-term improvements in wellbeing

Firms

Andrew Brudevold-Newman Maddalena Honorati Gerald Ipapa Pamela Jakiela Owen Ozier

Published

09.05.24

Enhancing secondary school learning: Role of remedial camps and teacher flexibility

A key dilemma in Indian education is that while children are enrolled in school, they are not actually learning. Based on an experiment in Odisha, this article explores possible solutions to the learning deficit in secondary schooling. It finds that ...

Education

Sabrin Beg Anne Fitzpatrick Jason Kerwin Adrienne Lucas Khandker Wahedur Rahman

Published

30.04.24

Nurturing childhood curiosity to enhance learning

A pedagogical programme in Türkiye that nurtured children’s natural curiosity increased science test scores, and had a notable impact on maths and verbal scores

Education

Sule Alan Ipek Mumcu

Published

29.04.24

Healing in crisis: Investing in women’s mental health and child development in refugee camps has huge benefits

A low-cost play-based programme for refugee mothers and their children in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh was remarkably effective at improving mental health and wellbeing

Health

Asad Islam Tanvir Ahmed Mozumder Tabassum Rahman Tanvir Shatil Abu Siddique

Published

25.04.24