文件与报告库
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TV, TEDx, and Tweets: Measuring the Impacts of a Multi-Pronged Edutainment Program in the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan (英语)
The evidence so far is mixed as to whether educational entertainment (or “edutainment”) can create sustainable changes in financial attitudes and behaviors, and few studies have tested such hypotheses...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS11088 文件日期: 2025年3月21日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Fowler,Ben,Christopher Joseph Heitzig,Khan,Marrium,Renuka Pai,Sakshi Varma
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Impacts and Spillovers of a Low-Cost Multifaceted Economic Inclusion Program in Chad (英语)
This study analyzes the direct effects and local spillovers of a low-cost multifaceted economic inclusion program through a randomized controlled trial in Chad. The intervention included group savings...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS11084 文件日期: 2025年3月12日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Patrick Premand,Pascale Schnitzer
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Seeds of Change : The Impact of Ethiopia’s Direct Seed Marketing Approach on Smallholders’ Seed Purchases and Productivity (英语)
Several factors contribute to the limited use of improved seed varieties in Ethiopia. Among those, on the supply side, is the restricted availability of seeds in the volume, quality, and timeliness required...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS11078 文件日期: 2025年3月3日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Dawit Kelemework Mekonnen,Abate,Gashaw T.,Yimam,Seid,Benfica,Rui,Spielman,David J.,Place,Frank
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Effects of a Community-Driven Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Intervention on Diarrhea, Child Growth, and Local Institutions : A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Democratic Republic of Congo (英语)
Diarrhea and growth faltering in early childhood reduce survival and impair neurodevelopment. This paper assesses whether a national program in the Democratic Republic of Congo reduced diarrhea and stunting...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS11070 文件日期: 2025年2月19日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Quattrochi, John P,Croke,Kevin,Caleb Jeremie Dohou,Luca Stanus Ghib,Yannick Bokasola Lokaya,Aidan Coville,Mvukiyehe,Eric
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Does Free Sound Too Cheap ? The Adverse Effect of a Randomized Text Message Campaign on Program Take-up (英语)
This study conducted a randomized experiment to improve participation in a youth employment program in Côte d'Ivoire by testing text message outreach methods. Sending text messages highlighting that the...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS11063 文件日期: 2025年2月11日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Annan,Jeannie,Mousson Estelle Jamel Koussoube,Josephine Tassy,Lea Marie Rouanet,Clara Delavallade,Evans,David
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Lying to the Taxman or Accepting a Helping Hand ? Evidence from a Novel Experiment on SMEs in Tanzania (英语)
This paper presents the results from a novel field experiment that examined the impact of in- creasing the presence of revenue authority officers on tax compliance and tax morale among small and medium-size...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS11062 文件日期: 2025年2月10日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Revocatus Washington Paul,Mdee,Ephraim,Fimbo,Massaga,Jonathan George Karver,Zain Chaudhry,Christopher Alexander Hoy
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Working for Yourself or for Your Kids ? Childcare Expansion Policy in Uzbekistan (英语)
In developed countries, public childcare programs have increased maternal employment by easing time constraints. However, their impact in lower-middle-income settings with multigenerational households...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS11038 文件日期: 2025年1月15日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Abdurazzakova,Dilnovoz,Chiyu Niu,Avralt-Od Purevjav
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Conserving Wildlife through Demand Reduction and Supply Alternatives : Two Experiments in Restaurants in Kinshasa (英语)
High aggregate levels of wildlife consumption in Central African cities may be depleting wildlife populations. This study explores the impacts of demand and supply-side interventions on wild meat consumption...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS11016 文件日期: 2025年1月7日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Cisse,Abdoulaye,Gabriel Englander,Ingram,Daniel J.
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Local Knowledge, Formal Evidence, and Policy Decisions (英语)
How do policymakers value advice from local experts versus formal evidence from impact evaluations when making policy decisions? Using a discrete choice experiment conducted in collaboration with the World...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS10994 文件日期: 2024年12月9日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Vivalt, Eva,Aidan Coville,KC,Sampada
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Can Facebook Ads Prevent Malaria ? Two Field Experiments in India (英语)
This study uses a cluster randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a nationwide malaria prevention advertising campaign delivered through social media in India. Ads were randomly assigned...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS10967 文件日期: 2024年11月5日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Donati,Dante,Rao,Nandan,Victor Hugo Orozco Olvera,Ana Maria Munoz Boudet
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Using Post-Double Selection Lasso in Field Experiments (英语)
The post-double selection Lasso estimator has become a popular way of selecting control variables when analyzing randomized experiments. This is done to try to improve precision, and reduce bias from attrition...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS10931 文件日期: 2024年9月26日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Cilliers,Jacobus,Nour Elashmawy,David McKenzie
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Learning When Schools Shutdown : Impacts of H1N1 Outbreak on Learning Loss and Learning Gaps (英语)
This paper contributes to the growing body of evidence on the effects of school closures on learning outcomes, focusing on a recent event in a developing country. During the 2009 H1N1 pandemic outbreak...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS10879 文件日期: 2024年8月26日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Amorim,Vivian,Caio Piza,Lautharte Jr.,Ildo José
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The Fertility Impacts of Development Programs (英语)
This paper examines how women’s fertility responds to increases in their earnings and household wealth, using six experiments conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa. Contrary to predictions that an increase in...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS10848 文件日期: 2024年7月10日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Aletheia Amalia Donald,Markus Goldstein,Tricia Koroknay-Palicz,Sage,Mathilde
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Therapy, Mental Health, and Human Capital Accumulation among Adolescents in Uganda (英语)
Using a cluster-randomized trial, this paper evaluates the impact of group-based interpersonal therapy on mental health and human capital accumulation among adolescent girls in Uganda who were at risk...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS10849 文件日期: 2024年7月10日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Baird,Sarah,Berk Ozler,Dell'Aira,Chiara,Parisotto,Luca,Us-Salam,Danish
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How Culturally Wise Psychological Interventions Help Reduce Poverty (英语)
Poverty is multidimensional, associated not only with a lack of financial resources, but also often social-psychological constraints, such as diminished agency and aspirations. Through a series of field...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS10824 文件日期: 2024年6月26日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Thomas,Catherine,Patrick Premand,Thomas Bossuroy,Sambo,Soumaila Abdoulaye,Markus,Hazel,Walton,Gregory
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Private Provisioning of Employment Services : Experimental Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina (英语)
This paper examines the effect of compensating a private sector provider of employment services for successful placement of jobseekers with employers. Within this program, active job matching, relative...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS10826 文件日期: 2024年6月26日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Balavac-Orlic,Merima,John T. Giles,Siddharth Hari,Mirey Ovadiya
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From Access to Achievement : The Primary School-Age Impacts of an At-Scale Preschool Construction Program in Highly Deprived Communities (英语)
Using a randomized control trial, this paper studies an at-scale preschool construction program that serves poor communities in rural Mozambique. In addition to the construction of preschools, the program...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS10814 文件日期: 2024年6月24日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Marina Bassi,Besbas,Bruno,Lelys Dinarte,Ravindran,Saravana,Reynoso,Ana
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Do Patients Value High-Quality Medical Care ? Experimental Evidence from Malaria Diagnosis and Treatment (英语)
Can better information on the value of diagnostic tests improve adoption and help patients recognize higher quality of care? In a randomized experiment in public clinics in Mali, providers and patients...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS10746 文件日期: 2024年4月4日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Carolina Lopez,Anja Sautmann,Schaner,Simone
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Empowering Adolescent Girls through Safe Spaces and Accompanying Measures in Côte d’Ivoire (英语)
This study uses a cluster-randomized controlled trial to investigate the effects of a large-scale women and girls empowerment program on sexual and reproductive health and empowerment outcomes in Côte...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS10721 文件日期: 2024年3月14日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: Othmane Boulhane,Claire Elise Boxho,Kanga,Désiré,Mousson Estelle Jamel Koussoube,Lea Marie Rouanet
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Cross-Country Empirical Analysis of GovTech Platforms on Citizen Engagement (英语)
Countries worldwide are implementing GovTech reforms to modernize the public sector and achieve better performance while responding to citizens’ needs. At its core, GovTech represents a whole-of-government...
文件类型: 政策研究报告 报告号: WPS10716 文件日期: 2024年3月5日 披露方式: Disclosed 作者: World Bank