Documents et rapports
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Too Much of a Good Thing : The Effect of Monitoring Intensity on Inspector Performance in Business Safety Inspections - Impact Evaluation Policy Brief (anglais)
In Peru, business safety inspections, related to the risk of fire and collapse, which affect all businesses in the country, are characterized by misaligned incentives and high transaction costs. This can...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 175203 Date du document: 4 août 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Barron Ayllon,Manuel Fernando,Bedoya Arguelles,Guadalupe,Garcia Montufar Garcia,Diego,Gertler,Paul J.,Goicoechea,Ana
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Too Much of a Good Thing : The Effect of Monitoring Intensity on Inspector Performance in Business Safety Inspections (anglais)
In collaboration with the ministry of housing, construction, and sanitation and the municipality of Lima in Peru, the authors used a randomized experiment to test whether intensive monitoring of inspectors...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 175198 Date du document: 4 août 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Barron Ayllon,Manuel Fernando,Bedoya Arguelles,Guadalupe,Garcia Montufar Garcia,Diego,Gertler,Paul J.,Goicoechea,Ana
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The Impact of Electronic Recording of Business Inspections on Compliance with Regulatory Standards and Inspectors’ Performance (anglais)
In Peru, the business safety inspection process, a requirement to obtain an operating license, is characterized by misaligned incentives and high transaction costs. These inefficiencies disproportionally...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 175199 Date du document: 4 août 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Barron Ayllon,Manuel Fernando,Bedoya Arguelles,Guadalupe,Garcia Montufar Garcia,Diego,Gertler,Paul J.,Goicoechea,Ana
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Effect of the Jamaica Early Childhood Stimulation Intervention on Labor Market Outcomes at Age 31 (anglais)
This paper reports the labor market effects of the Jamaica Early Childhood Stimulation intervention at age 31. The study is a small-sample randomized early childhood education stimulation intervention...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9787 Date du document: 30 septembre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gertler,Paul J.,Heckman,James J.,Pinto,Rodrigo Ribeiro Antunes,Chang-Lopez,Susan M.,Grantham-Mcgregor,Sally,Vermeersch,Christel M. J.,Walker,Susan,Wright,Amika S.
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Financing Municipal Water and Sanitation Services in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements (anglais)
This study estimates the impacts of two interventions implemented as field experiments in informal settlements by Nairobi’s water and sanitation utility to improve revenue collection efficiency and last...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9725 Date du document: 1 juillet 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Coville,Aidan,Galiani,Sebastian Franco,Gertler,Paul J.,Yoshida,Susumu
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Promoting Parental Involvement in Schools : Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments (anglais)
Parental involvement programs aim to increase school-and-parent communication and support children's overall learning environment. This paper examines the effects of low-cost, group-based parental involvement...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9462 Date du document: 29 octobre 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Barrera-Osorio, Felipe,Gertler,Paul J.,Nakajima,Nozomi,Patrinos,Harry Anthony
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School-Based Management and Learning Outcomes : Experimental Evidence from Colima, Mexico (anglais)
A school-based management program was implemented Mexico in 2001 and continued until 2014. This national program, Programa Escuelas de Calidad, was considered a key intervention to improve learning outcomes...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS8874 Date du document: 10 juin 2019 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Garcia Moreno,Vicente A.,Gertler,Paul J.,Patrinos,Harry Anthony
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Impact evaluation in practice (portugais)
Impact evaluation figures among a broad range of complementary methods that support evidence-based policy. Although this book focuses on quantitative impact evaluation methods, it begins by placing them...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 59998 Date du document: 1 janvier 2018 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gertler,Paul J.,Martinez,Sebastian,Premand,Patrick,Rawlings,Laura B.,Vermeersch,Christel M. J.
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Impact evaluation in practice (espagnol)
Development programs and policies are typically designed to change outcomes such as raising incomes, improving learning, or reducing illness. Whether or not these changes are actually achieved is a crucial...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 108270 Date du document: 1 janvier 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gertler,Paul J.,Martinez,Sebastian,Premand,Patrick,Rawlings,Laura B.,Vermeersch,Christel M. J.
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Impact evaluation in practice (anglais)
Development programs and policies are typically designed to change outcomes such as raising incomes, improving learning, or reducing illness. Whether or not these changes are actually achieved is a crucial...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 108270 Date du document: 13 septembre 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gertler,Paul J.,Martinez,Sebastian,Premand,Patrick,Rawlings,Laura B.,Vermeersch,Christel M. J.
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Financial inclusion for the rural poor using agent networks in Peru : measuring the impact of correspondent banking agents and trust workshops for conditional cash transfer beneficiaries (anglais)
The objective of the Financial Inclusion for the Rural Poor Using Agent Networks Project is to gain a better understanding of the impact of different strategies to promote financial inclusion among rural...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 107508 Date du document: 1 avril 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gertler,Paul J.,Galiani,Sebastian Franco,Chong,Alberto,Aldana,Ursula,Navajas,Camila,Ramshaw,Dylan,Paskov,Patricia,Ramos,Jaime
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Argentina - Can short term incentives change long term behavior? (anglais)
After an economic crisis in Argentina in 2001 plunged millions of people there into poverty and worsened health outcomes, especially for women and children, the government crafted a new, national plan...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 100060 Date du document: 1 septembre 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Celhay,Pablo A.,Gertler,Paul J.,Giovagnoli,Paula,Vermeersch,Christel M. J.
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Argentina - Can short term incentives change long term behavior? : Argentina - Pueden los incentivos de corto plazo cambiar el comportamiento en el largo plazo? (espagnol)
After an economic crisis in Argentina in 2001 plunged millions of people there into poverty and worsened health outcomes, especially for women and children, the government crafted a new, national plan...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 100060 Date du document: 1 septembre 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Celhay,Pablo A.,Gertler,Paul J.,Giovagnoli,Paula,Vermeersch,Christel M. J.
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Long-run effects of temporary incentives on medical care productivity (anglais)
The adoption of new clinical practice patterns by medical care providers is often challenging, even when the patterns are believed to be efficacious and profitable. This paper uses a randomized field experiment...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS7348 Date du document: 30 juin 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Celhay,Pablo A.,Gertler,Paul J.,Giovagnoli,Paula,Vermeersch,Christel M. J.
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Rwanda - Will more people be tested for HIV if clinics are paid extra? (anglais)
The world has made great strides toward ending AIDS. Yet the deadly disease remains a critical development challenge for poor countries. Sub-Saharan Africa, which has only 12 percent of the global population...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 94702 Date du document: 1 février 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: de Walclue, Damien,Gertler,Paul J.,Bautista-Arredlondlo, Sergio,Kwan,Ada Ting Ting,Vermeersch,Christel M. J.,Bizimana,Jean De Dieu,Binagwaho, Agnes,Condo,Umutesi Jeanine
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Learning what works for better programs and policies : Argentina - can performance payments improve newborn health? (anglais)
Poor children face barriers to healthy development even before they are born. Their mothers may not have nutritious food or proper prenatal care, which can harm a baby’s brain development when it needs...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 95197 Date du document: 1 février 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gertler,Paul J.,Givagnoli, Paula,Martinez,Sebastian
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Learning what works for better programs and policies : Argentina - can performance payments improve newborn health? : Argentina - Pueden los pagos por desempeño mejorar la salud de los recién nacidos? (espagnol)
Poor children face barriers to healthy development even before they are born. Their mothers may not have nutritious food or proper prenatal care, which can harm a baby’s brain development when it needs...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 95197 Date du document: 1 février 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gertler,Paul J.,Givagnoli, Paula,Martinez,Sebastian
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Rwanda - Will more people be tested for HIV if clinics are paid extra? : Rwanda - Verser des primes aux cliniques augmentera-t-il le dépistage du VIH? (français)
The world has made great strides toward ending AIDS. Yet the deadly disease remains a critical development challenge for poor countries. Sub-Saharan Africa, which has only 12 percent of the global population...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 94702 Date du document: 1 février 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: de Walclue, Damien,Gertler,Paul J.,Bautista-Arredlondlo, Sergio,Kwan,Ada Ting Ting,Vermeersch,Christel M. J.,Bizimana,Jean De Dieu,Binagwaho, Agnes,Condo,Umutesi Jeanine
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Using provider performance incentives to increase HIV testing and counseling services in Rwanda (anglais)
Paying for performance provides financial rewards to medical care providers for improvements in performance measured by utilization and quality of care indicators. In 2006, Rwanda began a pay for performance...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 94644 Date du document: 12 décembre 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bautista-Arredondo, Sergio,Binagwaho, Agnes,Condo,Umutesi Jeanine,Gertler,Paul J.,Kwan,Ada Ting Ting,Vermeersch,Christel M. J.,Bizimana,Jean De Dieu,De Walque,Damien B. C. M.
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Cash for coolers : evaluating a large-scale appliance replacement program in Mexico (anglais)
This paper evaluates a large-scale appliance replacement program in Mexico that from 2009 to 2012 helped 1.9 million households replace their old refrigerators and air conditioners with energy efficient...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 92936 Date du document: 1 novembre 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Davis,Lucas William,Fuchs Tarlovsky,Alan,Gertler,Paul J.