How to cast a wider tax net? Experimental evidence from Costa Rica A simple tax enforcement email aimed at non-filers offers a cost-effective solution for improving tax compliance Public Economics Anne Brockmeyer Spencer Smith Marco Hernandez Stewart Kettle Published 28.01.19
The limits of rural electrification Kenya's work connecting rural communities to the national electricity grid allows us to examine the impact of electrification on people's lives Energy & Environment Kenneth Lee Edward Miguel Catherine Wolfram Published 18.01.19
The role of drug packaging in malaria medication adherence in Uganda Short messages encouraging drug adherence can increase treatment completion. This approach is low cost and scalable. Health Jessica Cohen Indrani Saran Published 04.01.19
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 Health Martina Björkman-Nyqvist Andrea Guariso Jakob Svensson David Yanagizawa-Drott Published 30.11.18
Remedying early life weather shocks with Mexico’s PROGRESA Mexico’s conditional cash transfer programme improved the life of disadvantaged children even when not explicitly targeted Social Protection Achyuta Adhvaryu Teresa Molina Anant Nyshadham Jorge Tamayo Published 26.11.18
Scaling an early childhood development and nutrition programme in Colombia Scaling up early childhood intervention programmes even when resources are constrained can mitigate child poverty Health Orazio Attanasio Helen Baker-Henningham Raquel Bernal Costas Meghir Diana Pineda Marta Rubio-Codina Published 16.11.18
Using mobile money to improve access to sanitation services in Dakar Subsidies see a greater take up of mechanised latrine desludging than mental accounting nudges for better public health Health Molly Lipscomb Laura Schechter Published 12.11.18
Arsenic in tubewell water, a public health emergency in Bangladesh Evidence from Bangladesh highlights the important role of inducing risk-avoiding behaviour to avoid public health emergencies Health Ricardo Maertens Alessandro Tarozzi Kazi Matin Ahmed Alexander Van Geen Published 22.10.18
Decentralisation under changing state capacity: Experimental evidence from Paraguay Decentralising the monitoring of public sector workers is cost-effective, but as central state capacity increases this advantage disappears Public Economics Ernesto Dal Bó Frederico Finan Nicholas Li Laura Schechter Published 08.10.18
