Health

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The world’s poor disproportionately suffer from ill health, which in turn makes adults less able to work and children less able to go to school. Unexpected health expenses can devastate a poor family’s fragile household budget. Improving the health of the poor will allow more people to create and seize opportunities to live a better life. The IPA projects in this sector are helping us find out what interventions are the most effective in changing health outcomes to improve the lives of the poor.

Health
Commitment Savings Accounts and Quitting Smoking in the Philippines
Can financial incentives work to help people quit smoking? The CARES (Committed Action to Reduce and End Smoking) Program, creates a commitment contract that provides financial incentives for smokers who wish to quit smoking. Smokers offered the product were more likely to be smoke-free 6 and 12 months afterwards!
Status: Complete
The Hunger Project's "Epicenter" Scale up Strategy in Ghana
Evaluating the impact of a comprehensive rural development program.
Status: Ongoing
Primary School Deworming in Kenya
Common parasitic worms make many schoolchildren sick each year, which prevents them from attending school regularly. A simple school-based initiative that provided deworming medication solved this problem, and improved child health and school attendance, even in neighboring communities that hadn't received treatment!
Status: Complete
Providing Sexual and Reproductive Health Advice via SMS in Uganda
Many teenagers lack access to reliable information about sexual and reproductive health, and the information gap can have big consequences. Can an SMS based service help fill the knowledge gap? Will teens use the service? Will their behavior change as a result?
Status: Ongoing
Impact of Malaria Education on the Health of Microfinance Clients in Benin
Evaluating the impact of microlending combined with health education, and health products with Freedom From Hunger and PADME in Benin.
Status: Ongoing
Health Education for Microcredit Clients in Peru
Evaluating the impact of a mother and child nutrition health training on the health of microcredit clients and their children, as well as on the sustainability of the partner MFI.
Status: Complete
Demand for Hospital Insurance in the Philippines
Examining the take-up of a health insurance product offered to microfinance clients in order to study price sensitivity and assess the extent of adverse selection.
Status: Complete
Credit with Health Insurance: Evidence from the Philippines
Understanding health and risk-taking impacts of access to health insurance in order to estimate the optimal distribution channel for these micro-insurance products.
Status: Ongoing
Teacher Training and Free Uniforms for HIV Prevention in Primary Schools in Kenya
Status: Complete
Recruiting and Motivating Community Health Workers in Zambia
Status: Ongoing
Balancing Health Benefits and Risks of ACT Subsidies for Africa
Status: Complete
Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Zambia
Status: Complete
Saving for Health Expenditures in Kenya
Testing the demand for and impact of commitment savings devices earmarked for health.
Status: Ongoing
HIV/AIDS Prevention Through Relative Risk Information for Teenage Girls in Kenya
Status: Complete
The Role of Incentives in the Distribution of Public Goods in Zambia
Status: Complete
Encouraging Adoption of Health Technology: The Case of Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Zambia
Status: Ongoing
Contraceptive Adoption, Fertility, and the Family in Zambia
Status: Ongoing
Savings Accounts for rural micro entrepreneurs in Kenya
Testing the impact of formal savings accounts on savings, productive investment and expenditures among small-scale entrepreneurs in rural Western Kenya.
Status: Complete
Understanding Male Fertility Preferences in Zambia
Status: Ongoing
Profamilia's Online Sexual Education Modules for schools in urban Colombia
Examining the effectiveness of internet-based sexual education modules as a tool to increase knowledge and improve behaviors
Status: Ongoing
The Illusion of Sustainability: Comparing Free Provision of Deworming Drugs and Other "Sustainable" Approaches in Kenya
Status: Complete
HIV Prevention Among Youths: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Kenya
Evaluating the long-term impact of two HIV/AIDS prevention strategies in Western Province, Kenya.
Status: Ongoing
Temporary Labor Migration as Mitigation: Strategies for Managing Seasonal Famine
Status: Complete
What Matters (and What Does Not) in Malaria Prevention in Kenya
Status: Complete
Cleaning Natural Springs in Kenya
Encasing water sources in concrete is an effective way of improving water quality and reducing the burden of diarrhea.
Status: Complete
Marketing Stoves Through Social Networks to Combat Indoor Air Pollution in Bangladesh
Status: Ongoing
Balwadi deworming in India
Status: Complete
Providing Health Insurance Through Microfinance Networks in Rural India
Status: Complete
Health Services Delivery in India (and Indonesia): Assessing and Improving the Availability and Quality of Medical Care
Status: Ongoing
Kenyan Life Panel Survey
Examining child health and other long-term outcomes in Western Kenya.
Status: Ongoing
Source Dispensers and Home Delivery of Chlorine in Kenya
Why is chlorine adoption so low in areas with high prevalence of diarrheal diseases and high awareness of the dangers of unsafe water?
Status: Complete
Chlorine Dispensers for Safe Water in Kenya
Lack of clean water makes millions of children sick each year, affecting their ability to live a full life. A new innovation, bulk chlorine dispensers placed near communal water sources, could be a major new tool for fighting child mortality. By providing families with convenient and cheap access to clean water, chlorine dispensers could save the lives of up to a quarter of a million children each year.
Status: Ongoing
The Role of Information and Social Learning on Risky Sexual Behavior
Status: Ongoing
Free Distribution or Cost-Sharing: Evidence from a Malaria Prevention Experiment in Kenya
Bednets treated with insecticide are a proven way to deter mosquitoes and prevent deadly malaria. But how can we get more people to use these potentially lifesaving items? Providing them free to expectant mothers resulted in more usage of the bednets than charging even a small fee.
Status: Complete
Using Messaging and Package Design to Increase Treatment Compliance with Antimalarial Medication
Status: Ongoing
Improving Immunization Rates Through Regular Camps and Incentives in India
Status: Complete
Feasibility and Impact of Malaria Diagnostics in Ugandan Drug Shops
Malaria is one of the most common causes of illness in Sub-Saharan Africa. Can targeted messaging and behavior change boost patient demand for malaria diagnostics in drug shops? How do financial incentives to purchase and sell RDTs vary with malaria endemicity?
Status: Ongoing
Household Water Connections in Morocco
Many people in the developing world lack access to clean water. Can providing clean water make kids healthier? Will children attend school more often? Will adults be able to work more regularly?
Status: Complete
Microfinance & Enterprise
Commitment Savings Accounts and Quitting Smoking in the Philippines
Can financial incentives work to help people quit smoking? The CARES (Committed Action to Reduce and End Smoking) Program, creates a commitment contract that provides financial incentives for smokers who wish to quit smoking. Smokers offered the product were more likely to be smoke-free 6 and 12 months afterwards!
Status: Complete
Impact of Malaria Education on the Health of Microfinance Clients in Benin
Evaluating the impact of microlending combined with health education, and health products with Freedom From Hunger and PADME in Benin.
Status: Ongoing
Health Education for Microcredit Clients in Peru
Evaluating the impact of a mother and child nutrition health training on the health of microcredit clients and their children, as well as on the sustainability of the partner MFI.
Status: Complete
Demand for Hospital Insurance in the Philippines
Examining the take-up of a health insurance product offered to microfinance clients in order to study price sensitivity and assess the extent of adverse selection.
Status: Complete
Credit with Health Insurance: Evidence from the Philippines
Understanding health and risk-taking impacts of access to health insurance in order to estimate the optimal distribution channel for these micro-insurance products.
Status: Ongoing
Saving for Health Expenditures in Kenya
Testing the demand for and impact of commitment savings devices earmarked for health.
Status: Ongoing
Savings Accounts for rural micro entrepreneurs in Kenya
Testing the impact of formal savings accounts on savings, productive investment and expenditures among small-scale entrepreneurs in rural Western Kenya.
Status: Complete
Providing Health Insurance Through Microfinance Networks in Rural India
Status: Complete
Reimagining Financial Access
Commitment Savings Accounts and Quitting Smoking in the Philippines
Can financial incentives work to help people quit smoking? The CARES (Committed Action to Reduce and End Smoking) Program, creates a commitment contract that provides financial incentives for smokers who wish to quit smoking. Smokers offered the product were more likely to be smoke-free 6 and 12 months afterwards!
Status: Complete
Providing Sexual and Reproductive Health Advice via SMS in Uganda
Many teenagers lack access to reliable information about sexual and reproductive health, and the information gap can have big consequences. Can an SMS based service help fill the knowledge gap? Will teens use the service? Will their behavior change as a result?
Status: Ongoing
Saving for Health Expenditures in Kenya
Testing the demand for and impact of commitment savings devices earmarked for health.
Status: Ongoing
Savings Encouragement
Commitment Savings Accounts and Quitting Smoking in the Philippines
Can financial incentives work to help people quit smoking? The CARES (Committed Action to Reduce and End Smoking) Program, creates a commitment contract that provides financial incentives for smokers who wish to quit smoking. Smokers offered the product were more likely to be smoke-free 6 and 12 months afterwards!
Status: Complete
Saving for Health Expenditures in Kenya
Testing the demand for and impact of commitment savings devices earmarked for health.
Status: Ongoing
Savings Accounts for rural micro entrepreneurs in Kenya
Testing the impact of formal savings accounts on savings, productive investment and expenditures among small-scale entrepreneurs in rural Western Kenya.
Status: Complete
Commitment Devices
Commitment Savings Accounts and Quitting Smoking in the Philippines
Can financial incentives work to help people quit smoking? The CARES (Committed Action to Reduce and End Smoking) Program, creates a commitment contract that provides financial incentives for smokers who wish to quit smoking. Smokers offered the product were more likely to be smoke-free 6 and 12 months afterwards!
Status: Complete
Behavioral Economics
Commitment Savings Accounts and Quitting Smoking in the Philippines
Can financial incentives work to help people quit smoking? The CARES (Committed Action to Reduce and End Smoking) Program, creates a commitment contract that provides financial incentives for smokers who wish to quit smoking. Smokers offered the product were more likely to be smoke-free 6 and 12 months afterwards!
Status: Complete
Credit with Health Insurance: Evidence from the Philippines
Understanding health and risk-taking impacts of access to health insurance in order to estimate the optimal distribution channel for these micro-insurance products.
Status: Ongoing
Free Distribution or Cost-Sharing: Evidence from a Malaria Prevention Experiment in Kenya
Bednets treated with insecticide are a proven way to deter mosquitoes and prevent deadly malaria. But how can we get more people to use these potentially lifesaving items? Providing them free to expectant mothers resulted in more usage of the bednets than charging even a small fee.
Status: Complete
Philippines
Commitment Savings Accounts and Quitting Smoking in the Philippines
Can financial incentives work to help people quit smoking? The CARES (Committed Action to Reduce and End Smoking) Program, creates a commitment contract that provides financial incentives for smokers who wish to quit smoking. Smokers offered the product were more likely to be smoke-free 6 and 12 months afterwards!
Status: Complete
Demand for Hospital Insurance in the Philippines
Examining the take-up of a health insurance product offered to microfinance clients in order to study price sensitivity and assess the extent of adverse selection.
Status: Complete
Credit with Health Insurance: Evidence from the Philippines
Understanding health and risk-taking impacts of access to health insurance in order to estimate the optimal distribution channel for these micro-insurance products.
Status: Ongoing
Can financial incentives help people change their health behaviors?
Commitment Savings Accounts and Quitting Smoking in the Philippines
Can financial incentives work to help people quit smoking? The CARES (Committed Action to Reduce and End Smoking) Program, creates a commitment contract that provides financial incentives for smokers who wish to quit smoking. Smokers offered the product were more likely to be smoke-free 6 and 12 months afterwards!
Status: Complete
Are negative financial incentives an effective aid to quit smoking?
Commitment Savings Accounts and Quitting Smoking in the Philippines
Can financial incentives work to help people quit smoking? The CARES (Committed Action to Reduce and End Smoking) Program, creates a commitment contract that provides financial incentives for smokers who wish to quit smoking. Smokers offered the product were more likely to be smoke-free 6 and 12 months afterwards!
Status: Complete
Governance & Community Participation
The Hunger Project's "Epicenter" Scale up Strategy in Ghana
Evaluating the impact of a comprehensive rural development program.
Status: Ongoing
Education
The Hunger Project's "Epicenter" Scale up Strategy in Ghana
Evaluating the impact of a comprehensive rural development program.
Status: Ongoing
Primary School Deworming in Kenya
Common parasitic worms make many schoolchildren sick each year, which prevents them from attending school regularly. A simple school-based initiative that provided deworming medication solved this problem, and improved child health and school attendance, even in neighboring communities that hadn't received treatment!
Status: Complete
Teacher Training and Free Uniforms for HIV Prevention in Primary Schools in Kenya
Status: Complete
HIV/AIDS Prevention Through Relative Risk Information for Teenage Girls in Kenya
Status: Complete
Profamilia's Online Sexual Education Modules for schools in urban Colombia
Examining the effectiveness of internet-based sexual education modules as a tool to increase knowledge and improve behaviors
Status: Ongoing
The Illusion of Sustainability: Comparing Free Provision of Deworming Drugs and Other "Sustainable" Approaches in Kenya
Status: Complete
HIV Prevention Among Youths: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Kenya
Evaluating the long-term impact of two HIV/AIDS prevention strategies in Western Province, Kenya.
Status: Ongoing
Balwadi deworming in India
Status: Complete
Kenyan Life Panel Survey
Examining child health and other long-term outcomes in Western Kenya.
Status: Ongoing
Ghana
The Hunger Project's "Epicenter" Scale up Strategy in Ghana
Evaluating the impact of a comprehensive rural development program.
Status: Ongoing
What is impact of The Hunger Project on economic well-being, health outcomes, education, agricultural output, women’s empowerment and political and social involvement?
The Hunger Project's "Epicenter" Scale up Strategy in Ghana
Evaluating the impact of a comprehensive rural development program.
Status: Ongoing
Is The Hunger Project epicenter strategy sustainable?
The Hunger Project's "Epicenter" Scale up Strategy in Ghana
Evaluating the impact of a comprehensive rural development program.
Status: Ongoing
Measuring Impact
Primary School Deworming in Kenya
Common parasitic worms make many schoolchildren sick each year, which prevents them from attending school regularly. A simple school-based initiative that provided deworming medication solved this problem, and improved child health and school attendance, even in neighboring communities that hadn't received treatment!
Status: Complete
Impact of Malaria Education on the Health of Microfinance Clients in Benin
Evaluating the impact of microlending combined with health education, and health products with Freedom From Hunger and PADME in Benin.
Status: Ongoing
Credit with Health Insurance: Evidence from the Philippines
Understanding health and risk-taking impacts of access to health insurance in order to estimate the optimal distribution channel for these micro-insurance products.
Status: Ongoing
Teacher Training and Free Uniforms for HIV Prevention in Primary Schools in Kenya
Status: Complete
Recruiting and Motivating Community Health Workers in Zambia
Status: Ongoing
Balancing Health Benefits and Risks of ACT Subsidies for Africa
Status: Complete
Saving for Health Expenditures in Kenya
Testing the demand for and impact of commitment savings devices earmarked for health.
Status: Ongoing
The Role of Incentives in the Distribution of Public Goods in Zambia
Status: Complete
Savings Accounts for rural micro entrepreneurs in Kenya
Testing the impact of formal savings accounts on savings, productive investment and expenditures among small-scale entrepreneurs in rural Western Kenya.
Status: Complete
Profamilia's Online Sexual Education Modules for schools in urban Colombia
Examining the effectiveness of internet-based sexual education modules as a tool to increase knowledge and improve behaviors
Status: Ongoing
The Illusion of Sustainability: Comparing Free Provision of Deworming Drugs and Other "Sustainable" Approaches in Kenya
Status: Complete
Chlorine Dispensers for Safe Water in Kenya
Lack of clean water makes millions of children sick each year, affecting their ability to live a full life. A new innovation, bulk chlorine dispensers placed near communal water sources, could be a major new tool for fighting child mortality. By providing families with convenient and cheap access to clean water, chlorine dispensers could save the lives of up to a quarter of a million children each year.
Status: Ongoing
Student Attendance
Primary School Deworming in Kenya
Common parasitic worms make many schoolchildren sick each year, which prevents them from attending school regularly. A simple school-based initiative that provided deworming medication solved this problem, and improved child health and school attendance, even in neighboring communities that hadn't received treatment!
Status: Complete
The Illusion of Sustainability: Comparing Free Provision of Deworming Drugs and Other "Sustainable" Approaches in Kenya
Status: Complete
Balwadi deworming in India
Status: Complete
Kenya
Primary School Deworming in Kenya
Common parasitic worms make many schoolchildren sick each year, which prevents them from attending school regularly. A simple school-based initiative that provided deworming medication solved this problem, and improved child health and school attendance, even in neighboring communities that hadn't received treatment!
Status: Complete
Teacher Training and Free Uniforms for HIV Prevention in Primary Schools in Kenya
Status: Complete
Balancing Health Benefits and Risks of ACT Subsidies for Africa
Status: Complete
Saving for Health Expenditures in Kenya
Testing the demand for and impact of commitment savings devices earmarked for health.
Status: Ongoing
HIV/AIDS Prevention Through Relative Risk Information for Teenage Girls in Kenya
Status: Complete
Savings Accounts for rural micro entrepreneurs in Kenya
Testing the impact of formal savings accounts on savings, productive investment and expenditures among small-scale entrepreneurs in rural Western Kenya.
Status: Complete
The Illusion of Sustainability: Comparing Free Provision of Deworming Drugs and Other "Sustainable" Approaches in Kenya
Status: Complete
HIV Prevention Among Youths: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Kenya
Evaluating the long-term impact of two HIV/AIDS prevention strategies in Western Province, Kenya.
Status: Ongoing
What Matters (and What Does Not) in Malaria Prevention in Kenya
Status: Complete
Cleaning Natural Springs in Kenya
Encasing water sources in concrete is an effective way of improving water quality and reducing the burden of diarrhea.
Status: Complete
Kenyan Life Panel Survey
Examining child health and other long-term outcomes in Western Kenya.
Status: Ongoing
Source Dispensers and Home Delivery of Chlorine in Kenya
Why is chlorine adoption so low in areas with high prevalence of diarrheal diseases and high awareness of the dangers of unsafe water?
Status: Complete
Chlorine Dispensers for Safe Water in Kenya
Lack of clean water makes millions of children sick each year, affecting their ability to live a full life. A new innovation, bulk chlorine dispensers placed near communal water sources, could be a major new tool for fighting child mortality. By providing families with convenient and cheap access to clean water, chlorine dispensers could save the lives of up to a quarter of a million children each year.
Status: Ongoing
Free Distribution or Cost-Sharing: Evidence from a Malaria Prevention Experiment in Kenya
Bednets treated with insecticide are a proven way to deter mosquitoes and prevent deadly malaria. But how can we get more people to use these potentially lifesaving items? Providing them free to expectant mothers resulted in more usage of the bednets than charging even a small fee.
Status: Complete
Does school-based deworming improve education and health outcomes?
Primary School Deworming in Kenya
Common parasitic worms make many schoolchildren sick each year, which prevents them from attending school regularly. A simple school-based initiative that provided deworming medication solved this problem, and improved child health and school attendance, even in neighboring communities that hadn't received treatment!
Status: Complete
Information and Communication Technology
Providing Sexual and Reproductive Health Advice via SMS in Uganda
Many teenagers lack access to reliable information about sexual and reproductive health, and the information gap can have big consequences. Can an SMS based service help fill the knowledge gap? Will teens use the service? Will their behavior change as a result?
Status: Ongoing
Profamilia's Online Sexual Education Modules for schools in urban Colombia
Examining the effectiveness of internet-based sexual education modules as a tool to increase knowledge and improve behaviors
Status: Ongoing
Uganda
Providing Sexual and Reproductive Health Advice via SMS in Uganda
Many teenagers lack access to reliable information about sexual and reproductive health, and the information gap can have big consequences. Can an SMS based service help fill the knowledge gap? Will teens use the service? Will their behavior change as a result?
Status: Ongoing
Using Messaging and Package Design to Increase Treatment Compliance with Antimalarial Medication
Status: Ongoing
Feasibility and Impact of Malaria Diagnostics in Ugandan Drug Shops
Malaria is one of the most common causes of illness in Sub-Saharan Africa. Can targeted messaging and behavior change boost patient demand for malaria diagnostics in drug shops? How do financial incentives to purchase and sell RDTs vary with malaria endemicity?
Status: Ongoing
What types of behavior changes may result from increased health knowledge?
Providing Sexual and Reproductive Health Advice via SMS in Uganda
Many teenagers lack access to reliable information about sexual and reproductive health, and the information gap can have big consequences. Can an SMS based service help fill the knowledge gap? Will teens use the service? Will their behavior change as a result?
Status: Ongoing
Does better information about sexual and reproductive health lead to better decisions?
Providing Sexual and Reproductive Health Advice via SMS in Uganda
Many teenagers lack access to reliable information about sexual and reproductive health, and the information gap can have big consequences. Can an SMS based service help fill the knowledge gap? Will teens use the service? Will their behavior change as a result?
Status: Ongoing
Do risk and time preferences predict health knowledge and health-promoting behaviors?
Providing Sexual and Reproductive Health Advice via SMS in Uganda
Many teenagers lack access to reliable information about sexual and reproductive health, and the information gap can have big consequences. Can an SMS based service help fill the knowledge gap? Will teens use the service? Will their behavior change as a result?
Status: Ongoing
Can text messages bridge the knowledge gap for the rural poor?
Providing Sexual and Reproductive Health Advice via SMS in Uganda
Many teenagers lack access to reliable information about sexual and reproductive health, and the information gap can have big consequences. Can an SMS based service help fill the knowledge gap? Will teens use the service? Will their behavior change as a result?
Status: Ongoing
Among which subgroup of the target population is SMS Health Advice most effective?
Providing Sexual and Reproductive Health Advice via SMS in Uganda
Many teenagers lack access to reliable information about sexual and reproductive health, and the information gap can have big consequences. Can an SMS based service help fill the knowledge gap? Will teens use the service? Will their behavior change as a result?
Status: Ongoing
Mechanisms Matter
Impact of Malaria Education on the Health of Microfinance Clients in Benin
Evaluating the impact of microlending combined with health education, and health products with Freedom From Hunger and PADME in Benin.
Status: Ongoing
Health Education for Microcredit Clients in Peru
Evaluating the impact of a mother and child nutrition health training on the health of microcredit clients and their children, as well as on the sustainability of the partner MFI.
Status: Complete
Demand for Hospital Insurance in the Philippines
Examining the take-up of a health insurance product offered to microfinance clients in order to study price sensitivity and assess the extent of adverse selection.
Status: Complete
Credit with Health Insurance: Evidence from the Philippines
Understanding health and risk-taking impacts of access to health insurance in order to estimate the optimal distribution channel for these micro-insurance products.
Status: Ongoing
Savings Accounts for rural micro entrepreneurs in Kenya
Testing the impact of formal savings accounts on savings, productive investment and expenditures among small-scale entrepreneurs in rural Western Kenya.
Status: Complete
Training
Impact of Malaria Education on the Health of Microfinance Clients in Benin
Evaluating the impact of microlending combined with health education, and health products with Freedom From Hunger and PADME in Benin.
Status: Ongoing
Health Education for Microcredit Clients in Peru
Evaluating the impact of a mother and child nutrition health training on the health of microcredit clients and their children, as well as on the sustainability of the partner MFI.
Status: Complete
Benin
Impact of Malaria Education on the Health of Microfinance Clients in Benin
Evaluating the impact of microlending combined with health education, and health products with Freedom From Hunger and PADME in Benin.
Status: Ongoing
What is the impact of providing health education on microfinance and health indicators?
Impact of Malaria Education on the Health of Microfinance Clients in Benin
Evaluating the impact of microlending combined with health education, and health products with Freedom From Hunger and PADME in Benin.
Status: Ongoing
What is the combined impact of providing health care products (mosquito nets, etc.) and health education?
Impact of Malaria Education on the Health of Microfinance Clients in Benin
Evaluating the impact of microlending combined with health education, and health products with Freedom From Hunger and PADME in Benin.
Status: Ongoing
Peru
Health Education for Microcredit Clients in Peru
Evaluating the impact of a mother and child nutrition health training on the health of microcredit clients and their children, as well as on the sustainability of the partner MFI.
Status: Complete
Do health education programs improve health outcomes of microfinance clients?
Health Education for Microcredit Clients in Peru
Evaluating the impact of a mother and child nutrition health training on the health of microcredit clients and their children, as well as on the sustainability of the partner MFI.
Status: Complete
Insurance
Demand for Hospital Insurance in the Philippines
Examining the take-up of a health insurance product offered to microfinance clients in order to study price sensitivity and assess the extent of adverse selection.
Status: Complete
Credit with Health Insurance: Evidence from the Philippines
Understanding health and risk-taking impacts of access to health insurance in order to estimate the optimal distribution channel for these micro-insurance products.
Status: Ongoing
How price sensitive are the microfinance clients to hospitalization insurance?
Demand for Hospital Insurance in the Philippines
Examining the take-up of a health insurance product offered to microfinance clients in order to study price sensitivity and assess the extent of adverse selection.
Status: Complete
How important is adverse selection in the insurance market in developing countries?
Demand for Hospital Insurance in the Philippines
Examining the take-up of a health insurance product offered to microfinance clients in order to study price sensitivity and assess the extent of adverse selection.
Status: Complete
Credit with Health Insurance: Evidence from the Philippines
Understanding health and risk-taking impacts of access to health insurance in order to estimate the optimal distribution channel for these micro-insurance products.
Status: Ongoing
Marketing
Credit with Health Insurance: Evidence from the Philippines
Understanding health and risk-taking impacts of access to health insurance in order to estimate the optimal distribution channel for these micro-insurance products.
Status: Ongoing
Does formal insurance crowd out informal insurance arrangements?
Credit with Health Insurance: Evidence from the Philippines
Understanding health and risk-taking impacts of access to health insurance in order to estimate the optimal distribution channel for these micro-insurance products.
Status: Ongoing
Does access to health insurance increase risk-taking behavior?
Credit with Health Insurance: Evidence from the Philippines
Understanding health and risk-taking impacts of access to health insurance in order to estimate the optimal distribution channel for these micro-insurance products.
Status: Ongoing
Does access to health insurance improve the health status of its beneficiaries?
Credit with Health Insurance: Evidence from the Philippines
Understanding health and risk-taking impacts of access to health insurance in order to estimate the optimal distribution channel for these micro-insurance products.
Status: Ongoing
Empowering Women & Girls
Teacher Training and Free Uniforms for HIV Prevention in Primary Schools in Kenya
Status: Complete
HIV/AIDS Prevention Through Relative Risk Information for Teenage Girls in Kenya
Status: Complete
The Role of Incentives in the Distribution of Public Goods in Zambia
Status: Complete
Education Quality
Teacher Training and Free Uniforms for HIV Prevention in Primary Schools in Kenya
Status: Complete
The Illusion of Sustainability: Comparing Free Provision of Deworming Drugs and Other "Sustainable" Approaches in Kenya
Status: Complete
Kenyan Life Panel Survey
Examining child health and other long-term outcomes in Western Kenya.
Status: Ongoing
Health Product Pricing
Balancing Health Benefits and Risks of ACT Subsidies for Africa
Status: Complete
Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Zambia
Status: Complete
Health Services Delivery in India (and Indonesia): Assessing and Improving the Availability and Quality of Medical Care
Status: Ongoing
Zambia
Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Zambia
Status: Complete
The Role of Incentives in the Distribution of Public Goods in Zambia
Status: Complete
Encouraging Adoption of Health Technology: The Case of Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Zambia
Status: Ongoing
Contraceptive Adoption, Fertility, and the Family in Zambia
Status: Ongoing
Understanding Male Fertility Preferences in Zambia
Status: Ongoing
Can the provision of specialized saving devices earmarked for health improve the welfare of households?
Saving for Health Expenditures in Kenya
Testing the demand for and impact of commitment savings devices earmarked for health.
Status: Ongoing
What impact do the HIV/AIDS teacher training and curriculum and other interventions have on sexual behavior and outcomes?
HIV/AIDS Prevention Through Relative Risk Information for Teenage Girls in Kenya
Status: Complete
Technology Adoption
Encouraging Adoption of Health Technology: The Case of Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Zambia
Status: Ongoing
What Matters (and What Does Not) in Malaria Prevention in Kenya
Status: Complete
Cleaning Natural Springs in Kenya
Encasing water sources in concrete is an effective way of improving water quality and reducing the burden of diarrhea.
Status: Complete
Source Dispensers and Home Delivery of Chlorine in Kenya
Why is chlorine adoption so low in areas with high prevalence of diarrheal diseases and high awareness of the dangers of unsafe water?
Status: Complete
Chlorine Dispensers for Safe Water in Kenya
Lack of clean water makes millions of children sick each year, affecting their ability to live a full life. A new innovation, bulk chlorine dispensers placed near communal water sources, could be a major new tool for fighting child mortality. By providing families with convenient and cheap access to clean water, chlorine dispensers could save the lives of up to a quarter of a million children each year.
Status: Ongoing
Improving Immunization Rates Through Regular Camps and Incentives in India
Status: Complete
Feasibility and Impact of Malaria Diagnostics in Ugandan Drug Shops
Malaria is one of the most common causes of illness in Sub-Saharan Africa. Can targeted messaging and behavior change boost patient demand for malaria diagnostics in drug shops? How do financial incentives to purchase and sell RDTs vary with malaria endemicity?
Status: Ongoing
Household Water Connections in Morocco
Many people in the developing world lack access to clean water. Can providing clean water make kids healthier? Will children attend school more often? Will adults be able to work more regularly?
Status: Complete
What is the impact of formal savings accounts on savings, productive investment and health expenditures among small-scale entrepreneurs?
Savings Accounts for rural micro entrepreneurs in Kenya
Testing the impact of formal savings accounts on savings, productive investment and expenditures among small-scale entrepreneurs in rural Western Kenya.
Status: Complete
Do savings constraints prevent microentreprenuers from expanding the size of their businesses?
Savings Accounts for rural micro entrepreneurs in Kenya
Testing the impact of formal savings accounts on savings, productive investment and expenditures among small-scale entrepreneurs in rural Western Kenya.
Status: Complete
Colombia
Profamilia's Online Sexual Education Modules for schools in urban Colombia
Examining the effectiveness of internet-based sexual education modules as a tool to increase knowledge and improve behaviors
Status: Ongoing
Transfers & Subsidies
HIV Prevention Among Youths: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Kenya
Evaluating the long-term impact of two HIV/AIDS prevention strategies in Western Province, Kenya.
Status: Ongoing
Temporary Labor Migration as Mitigation: Strategies for Managing Seasonal Famine
Status: Complete
How have fertility decisions been affected by the HIV/AIDS education and/or the education cost reduction programs?
HIV Prevention Among Youths: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Kenya
Evaluating the long-term impact of two HIV/AIDS prevention strategies in Western Province, Kenya.
Status: Ongoing
How has sexual behavior been affected by students who participated in the HIV/AIDS education and/or the education cost reduction programs?
HIV Prevention Among Youths: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Kenya
Evaluating the long-term impact of two HIV/AIDS prevention strategies in Western Province, Kenya.
Status: Ongoing
Are students who benefitted from the HIV/AIDS education and/or the education cost reduction programs less likely to be infected with HSV-2 five years later?
HIV Prevention Among Youths: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Kenya
Evaluating the long-term impact of two HIV/AIDS prevention strategies in Western Province, Kenya.
Status: Ongoing
Bangladesh
Temporary Labor Migration as Mitigation: Strategies for Managing Seasonal Famine
Status: Complete
Marketing Stoves Through Social Networks to Combat Indoor Air Pollution in Bangladesh
Status: Ongoing
Can monetary incentives induce rural farmers to migrate to cities and pursue seasonal labor opportunities during times of famine?
Temporary Labor Migration as Mitigation: Strategies for Managing Seasonal Famine
Status: Complete
Water & Sanitation
Cleaning Natural Springs in Kenya
Encasing water sources in concrete is an effective way of improving water quality and reducing the burden of diarrhea.
Status: Complete
Source Dispensers and Home Delivery of Chlorine in Kenya
Why is chlorine adoption so low in areas with high prevalence of diarrheal diseases and high awareness of the dangers of unsafe water?
Status: Complete
Chlorine Dispensers for Safe Water in Kenya
Lack of clean water makes millions of children sick each year, affecting their ability to live a full life. A new innovation, bulk chlorine dispensers placed near communal water sources, could be a major new tool for fighting child mortality. By providing families with convenient and cheap access to clean water, chlorine dispensers could save the lives of up to a quarter of a million children each year.
Status: Ongoing
Household Water Connections in Morocco
Many people in the developing world lack access to clean water. Can providing clean water make kids healthier? Will children attend school more often? Will adults be able to work more regularly?
Status: Complete
Child Diarrhoea
Balwadi deworming in India
Status: Complete
India
Balwadi deworming in India
Status: Complete
Providing Health Insurance Through Microfinance Networks in Rural India
Status: Complete
Health Services Delivery in India (and Indonesia): Assessing and Improving the Availability and Quality of Medical Care
Status: Ongoing
Improving Immunization Rates Through Regular Camps and Incentives in India
Status: Complete
What is the relationship between initial childhood characteristics and adult labor market, health, and demographic outcomes?
Kenyan Life Panel Survey
Examining child health and other long-term outcomes in Western Kenya.
Status: Ongoing
What are the long-run educational, health, cognitive, demographic and labor market impacts of the child health and nutritional gains associated with childhood deworming?
Kenyan Life Panel Survey
Examining child health and other long-term outcomes in Western Kenya.
Status: Ongoing
How does the death of a parent affect the child in terms of subsequent educational, labor market, health, cognitive, and demographic life outcomes?
Kenyan Life Panel Survey
Examining child health and other long-term outcomes in Western Kenya.
Status: Ongoing
Product Design
Source Dispensers and Home Delivery of Chlorine in Kenya
Why is chlorine adoption so low in areas with high prevalence of diarrheal diseases and high awareness of the dangers of unsafe water?
Status: Complete
Chlorine Dispensers for Safe Water in Kenya
Lack of clean water makes millions of children sick each year, affecting their ability to live a full life. A new innovation, bulk chlorine dispensers placed near communal water sources, could be a major new tool for fighting child mortality. By providing families with convenient and cheap access to clean water, chlorine dispensers could save the lives of up to a quarter of a million children each year.
Status: Ongoing
Feasibility and Impact of Malaria Diagnostics in Ugandan Drug Shops
Malaria is one of the most common causes of illness in Sub-Saharan Africa. Can targeted messaging and behavior change boost patient demand for malaria diagnostics in drug shops? How do financial incentives to purchase and sell RDTs vary with malaria endemicity?
Status: Ongoing
Cameroon
The Role of Information and Social Learning on Risky Sexual Behavior
Status: Ongoing
How is the demand for bednets to prevent malaria affected by price (free vs. minimal cost-sharing)?
Free Distribution or Cost-Sharing: Evidence from a Malaria Prevention Experiment in Kenya
Bednets treated with insecticide are a proven way to deter mosquitoes and prevent deadly malaria. But how can we get more people to use these potentially lifesaving items? Providing them free to expectant mothers resulted in more usage of the bednets than charging even a small fee.
Status: Complete
How can we get more people to use anti-malarial bednets?
Free Distribution or Cost-Sharing: Evidence from a Malaria Prevention Experiment in Kenya
Bednets treated with insecticide are a proven way to deter mosquitoes and prevent deadly malaria. But how can we get more people to use these potentially lifesaving items? Providing them free to expectant mothers resulted in more usage of the bednets than charging even a small fee.
Status: Complete
Are pregnant women who receive free bednets to prevent malaria less likely to use them than those that paid a small part of the cost?
Free Distribution or Cost-Sharing: Evidence from a Malaria Prevention Experiment in Kenya
Bednets treated with insecticide are a proven way to deter mosquitoes and prevent deadly malaria. But how can we get more people to use these potentially lifesaving items? Providing them free to expectant mothers resulted in more usage of the bednets than charging even a small fee.
Status: Complete
Can relatively small incentives have a big impact on immunization rates?
Improving Immunization Rates Through Regular Camps and Incentives in India
Status: Complete
Commercialization & Subsidy
Feasibility and Impact of Malaria Diagnostics in Ugandan Drug Shops
Malaria is one of the most common causes of illness in Sub-Saharan Africa. Can targeted messaging and behavior change boost patient demand for malaria diagnostics in drug shops? How do financial incentives to purchase and sell RDTs vary with malaria endemicity?
Status: Ongoing
How do financial incentives to purchase and sell RDTs vary with malaria endemicity?
Feasibility and Impact of Malaria Diagnostics in Ugandan Drug Shops
Malaria is one of the most common causes of illness in Sub-Saharan Africa. Can targeted messaging and behavior change boost patient demand for malaria diagnostics in drug shops? How do financial incentives to purchase and sell RDTs vary with malaria endemicity?
Status: Ongoing
Can targeted messaging and behavior change boost patient demand for malaria diagnostics in drug shops?
Feasibility and Impact of Malaria Diagnostics in Ugandan Drug Shops
Malaria is one of the most common causes of illness in Sub-Saharan Africa. Can targeted messaging and behavior change boost patient demand for malaria diagnostics in drug shops? How do financial incentives to purchase and sell RDTs vary with malaria endemicity?
Status: Ongoing
Are drug shop owners willing to sell malaria diagnostics at a price that is affordable to most rural Ugandan populations?
Feasibility and Impact of Malaria Diagnostics in Ugandan Drug Shops
Malaria is one of the most common causes of illness in Sub-Saharan Africa. Can targeted messaging and behavior change boost patient demand for malaria diagnostics in drug shops? How do financial incentives to purchase and sell RDTs vary with malaria endemicity?
Status: Ongoing
Morocco
Household Water Connections in Morocco
Many people in the developing world lack access to clean water. Can providing clean water make kids healthier? Will children attend school more often? Will adults be able to work more regularly?
Status: Complete
What impact does access to piped water have on family health and hygiene, especially for children?
Household Water Connections in Morocco
Many people in the developing world lack access to clean water. Can providing clean water make kids healthier? Will children attend school more often? Will adults be able to work more regularly?
Status: Complete
Does access to household water connections generate more time for schooling, workforce participation/home production and leisure?
Household Water Connections in Morocco
Many people in the developing world lack access to clean water. Can providing clean water make kids healthier? Will children attend school more often? Will adults be able to work more regularly?
Status: Complete
Do children with clean water in their homes attend school more regularly?
Household Water Connections in Morocco
Many people in the developing world lack access to clean water. Can providing clean water make kids healthier? Will children attend school more often? Will adults be able to work more regularly?
Status: Complete
Can access to clean water make children healthier?
Household Water Connections in Morocco
Many people in the developing world lack access to clean water. Can providing clean water make kids healthier? Will children attend school more often? Will adults be able to work more regularly?
Status: Complete
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