Conditional, unconditional and everything in between: a systematic review of the effects of cash transfer programmes on schooling outcomes

S Baird, FHG Ferreira, B Özler… - Journal of development …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Cash transfer programmes are a popular social protection tool in develo** countries that
aim, among other things, to improve education outcomes in develo** countries. The …

Relative effectiveness of conditional and unconditional cash transfers for schooling outcomes in develo** countries: a systematic review

S Baird, FHG Ferreira, B Özler… - Campbell systematic …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This Campbell systematic review assesses the effects of conditional and unconditional cash
transfer programmes on education outcomes in low‐and middle‐income countries. The …

[KSIĄŻKA][B] The rebirth of education: Schooling ain't learning

L Pritchett - 2013 - books.google.com
Despite great progress around the world in getting more kids into schools, too many leave
without even the most basic skills. In India's rural Andhra Pradesh, for instance, only about …

[HTML][HTML] Scaling up sanitation: evidence from an RCT in Indonesia

L Cameron, S Olivia, M Shah - Journal of development economics, 2019 - Elsevier
We investigate the impacts of a widely used sanitation intervention, Community-Led Total
Sanitation, which was implemented at scale across rural areas of Indonesia with a …

Using case studies to explore the external validity of 'complex'development interventions

M Woolcock - Evaluation, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Rising standards for accurately inferring the impact of development projects has not been
matched by equivalently rigorous procedures for guiding decisions about whether and how …

All that glitters is not gold. The political economy of randomized evaluations in development

F Bédécarrats, I Guérin… - Development and Change, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Randomized control trials (RCTs) have a narrow scope, restricted to basic intervention
schemes. Experimental designs also display specific biases and political uses when …

Context matters for size: why external validity claims and development practice do not mix

L Pritchett, J Sandefur - Journal of Globalization and Development, 2014 - degruyter.com
In this paper we examine how policymakers and practitioners should interpret the impact
evaluation literature when presented with conflicting experimental and non-experimental …

Delivering behavioural change at scale: What conservation can learn from other fields

H Travers, J Walsh, S Vogt, T Clements… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Develo** interventions to change human behaviour at scale is critical to achieving the
new Global Biodiversity Framework goals. One strategy that conservation practitioners can …

Strategic partnering to improve community health worker programming and performance: features of a community-health system integrated approach

JF Naimoli, HB Perry, JW Townsend… - Human resources for …, 2015 - Springer
Background There is robust evidence that community health workers (CHWs) in low-and
middle-income (LMIC) countries can improve their clients' health and well-being. The …

[HTML][HTML] Can transparency and accountability programs improve health? Experimental evidence from Indonesia and Tanzania

J Arkedis, J Creighton, A Dixit, A Fung, S Kosack… - World Development, 2021 - Elsevier
We assess the impact of a transparency and accountability program designed to improve
maternal and newborn health (MNH) outcomes in Indonesia and Tanzania. Co-designed …