Using consulting to improve managerial capital for SMEs Improving managerial capital for SMEs in emerging markets also improves productivity, return on assets, and entrepreneurial spirit Firms Miriam Bruhn Dean Karlan Antoinette Schoar Published 18.12.17
Helping young people access better employment opportunities Low-cost interventions that help young people search for employment can improve access to formal and stable jobs, raising equity in the labour market Labour Markets Girum Abebe Stefano Caria Marcel Fafchamps Paolo Falco Simon Franklin Simon Quinn Published 24.11.17
The path to scale: Replication, general equilibrium effects, and new settings As a programme scales, it is important to check that RCT results are replicable and that general equilibrium effects are considered Methods & Measurement Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak Karen Levy Maira Reimão Published 21.11.17
Better quality healthcare through consistent supervision Evidence from rural healthcare centres in Nigeria suggests that managerial supervision improves health outcomes, but that it must be ongoing Health Felipe Alexander Dunsch David Evans Ezinne Eze-Ajoku Mario Macis Published 17.11.17
The path to scale: From randomised control trial to scalable programme An RCT conducted in Bangladesh found positive impacts on incomes and calorie consumption; academics and practitioners work together to scale it Methods & Measurement Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak Karen Levy Maira Reimão Published 14.11.17
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 Health Martina Björkman-Nyqvist Lucia Corno Damien de Walque Jakob Svensson Published 30.10.17
Exerting market power: Competition among agricultural traders in Kenya Low competition undermines consumer welfare. Collusive agreements are flexible enough to deflect the effect of a small number of new traders. Agriculture Lauren Falcao Bergquist Published 27.10.17
The role of disbursement timing in conditional cash transfer programmes: Long-term effects An experiment in Colombia shows that delaying disbursement of conditional cash transfers can have substantial long-term effects on educational investment Social Protection Felipe Barrera-Osorio Leigh Linden Juan Saavedra Published 17.10.17
The skills to pay the bills: Returns to on-the-job soft skills training In a randomised controlled trial in India, the returns to a firm’s investment in worker soft skill training were nearly 250% after nine months Firms Achyuta Adhvaryu Namrata Kala Anant Nyshadham Published 16.10.17
