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Dec
4
2013
4:00—5:30 PM
November 26, 2013
Technological constraints on the ability to send and receive money securely to remote locations are a common cause of poor implementation of anti-poverty programs. In new work based on one of the largest randomized controlled trials ever conducted, Karthik Muralidharan and colleagues (Paul Niehaus a...
Blog Post
November 11, 2013
The immediate aftermath of a natural disaster, such as that the typhoon which devastated part of the Phillipines on Friday, can bring out the best of the global community. There will come a time to discuss how we can do more to prevent the environmental changes which make such events more likely; bu...
Oct
29
2013
12:30—2:00 PM
October 18, 2013
In the first Understanding India Seminar of the fall season Rukmini Banerji will discuss insights on the challenges of scaling up in development. Banerji will share lessons from her notable experience, as the Programme Director of Pratham, one of India’s most successful education non-profits, and as...
Oct
4
2013
12:30—2:00 PM
September 23, 2013
The quality of health services in many developing countries is poor, traditionally leading to calls for greater resources to be devoted to service provision. To better align provider incentives with patient and population health, policymakers are increasingly using pay-for-performance schemes to imp...