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Oct
24
2023
9:00—10:15 AM ET / 2:00-3:15 PM BST
September 29, 2023
Evidence shows that the development of early mathematics skills are a predictor of later school success and financial well being. Despite this evidence, numeracy outcomes are far lower than they should be in many low- and middle-income contexts. The Numeracy at Scale study is the second phase of the...
Feb
22
2021
10:00—11:00 AM ET
February 17, 2021
Please join us for this seminar as Edward Okeke presents new research on the impact of easing physician labor supply constraints on mortality in Nigeria. In this policy experiment, conducted in coordination with the Nigerian government, physicians were randomly assigned to primary health service are...
Jul
22
2020
VIRTUAL
11:00—12:30 PM ET
July 17, 2020
Given the spread of COVID-19 around the world, school closures have affected nearly 90% of the world’s learners. Countries have turned to delivering learning content to students and parents through various modalities, including online, TV/radio, and via delivery of hard-copy learning packets. Howeve...
Oct
30
2019
4:00—6:30 PM ET
October 25, 2019
Two weeks ago, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2019 to Michael Kremer, together with Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”
Michael K...
Oct
16
2019
3:30—5:00 PM GMT
October 07, 2019
David Evans, Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development, will present new research which tests the impact of publicly providing day-care for children age 0-3 on children’s development, labour market participation for mothers, grandmothers, and others, and household well-being in Brazil...
Jun
30
2016
12:30—2:00 PM
June 17, 2016
Is there a way to improve health care services amidst the limited physical and human capital in some developing countries? In this seminar, David Evans and Mario Macis will discuss the findings from their field experiment in Nigeria, where 80 primary health centers were provided with varying degrees...
Oct
23
2014
12:00—1:30 PM
October 16, 2014
Financial incentives may reduce teacher absence and improve student performance, but they may also lead teachers and schools to simply exaggerate attendance. Zeitlin and co-authors report on an experiment in Uganda that combined pay-for-performance for teachers with a separate experiment that enlist...