The impact of air pollution on healthcare spending in China Spending increases significantly during the two months following exposure to air pollution. Reducing pollution could save 60 billion yuan annually. Health Panle Jia Barwick Shanjun Li Deyu Rao Nahim Bin Zahur Published 18.04.19
What is India's calorie paradox? Why is an increase in average wealth in India accompanied by a decrease in average calorie consumption? Health Josephine Duh Dean Spears Published 15.04.19
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
Does bride price hurt women? Contrary to common belief, the practice of bride price in DRC does not negatively affect women Health Sara Lowes Published 12.12.18
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
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
Evidence to practice: Suicide prevention in Japan Every 30 seconds, someone in the world commits suicide. Blue lights at railway stations can help tackle this. Health Yasuyuki Sawada Published 07.11.18
Did MTV really help prevent HIV? Evidence from Nigeria suggests that edutainment can promote safer sexual practices and reach a large portion of the population at a low cost Health Eliana La Ferrara Published 03.11.18
