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CGD in the News
May 04, 2009
The New York Times' Freakanomics blog cites CGD visiting fellow James Habyarimana's paper on traffic safety, Heckle and Chide: Results of a Randomized Road Safety Intervention in Kenya.
From the article:
"It’s interesting how we hear all the time about malaria and mosquito nets (it was even World ...
May
12
2009
12:00—1:30 PM
April 30, 2009
Abstract: In economies with weak enforcement of traffic regulations, drivers who adopt excessively risky behavior impose externalities on other vehicles, and on their own passengers. In light of the difficulties of correcting inter-vehicle externalities associated with weak third-party enforcement, ...
WORKING PAPERS
April 13, 2009
This paper evaluates an intervention aimed at improving road safety in Kenya, in which long-distance minibus passengers were encouraged to speak up and admonish their driver when they felt their safety was being compromised. Evocative messages designed to empower passengers were placed in a random s...
Feb
23
2005
12:00—1:30 PM
July 22, 2005
James Habyarimana, Research Fellow, Center for Global Development and Assistant Professor, Georgetown University presented Sense and Absence: Evidence on Teacher Shocks, Absenteeism and Educational Achievement from Zambia. Renos Vakis, Economist, Social Risk Management Unit, (Human Development Netwo...