The unexpected effects of financial incentives on healthcare providers Whilst financial incentives to healthcare providers might seem a sensible solution to improving service provision, evidence from DRC shows otherwise Health Elise Huillery Published 14.08.19
Charging ahead: Prepaid metering, electricity use, and utility revenue Prepaid electricity meters are changing how residential customers pay for power across the developing world Energy & Environment Kelsey Jack Grant Smith Published 02.08.19
Can electricity access help solve poverty in Kenya? Ensuring sufficient investment to establish reliable access to comprehensive basic services, beyond electricity, is needed for impacts to be achieved Energy & Environment Kenneth Lee Edward Miguel Catherine Wolfram Published 29.07.19
Does bottom-up accountability work? Evidence from Uganda Whilst bottom-up pressure from citizens can improve healthcare service delivery, there is a ceiling to the positive effects it generates Health Pia Raffler Daniel N. Posner Doug Parkerson Published 22.07.19
Improving shock-coping with savings: The case of transactional sex Mobile banking to increase personal savings reduces the use of transactional sex for shock-coping among vulnerable women in Kenya Finance Kelly Jones Erick Gong Published 19.07.19
Does patient demand contribute to overuse of prescription drugs? Evidence from Mali Evidence from Mali shows that patient demand is an important contributor to the overuse of antimalarials Health Carolina Lopez Anja Sautmann Simone Schaner Published 15.07.19
Information is power: Evidence from Mexico City’s Labour Court Providing personalised information on predicted case outcomes to parties in ongoing cases improved court efficiency and achieved better settlements Institutions & Political Economy Joyce Sadka Enrique Seira Christopher Woodruff Published 12.07.19
Would developing countries be safer if governments listened to business owners more? Participation in drafting regulation appears to make firms more willing to see government as a legitimate regulatory authority Firms Edmund Malesky Markus Taussig Published 03.07.19
Who debates, who wins? Debate participation and electoral outcomes in Liberia An intervention in Liberia increased electoral debate participation and led citizens to engage more in the election Institutions & Political Economy Jeremy Bowles Horacio Larreguy Published 17.06.19
