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Scaling up sanitation : evidence from an RCT in Indonesia
Cameron, Lisa Ann; Shah, Manisha - 2017
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of a widely used sanitation intervention, Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS …), using a randomized controlled trial. The intervention was implemented at scale across rural East Java in Indonesia. CLTS … constraints faced by poorer households limit their ability to improve sanitation. We also examine the program's scale up process …
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From candles to light : the impact of rural electrification
Arraiz, Irani; Calero, Carla - 2015
This paper studies the impact of access to electricity via solar-powered home systems (SHSs) in rural communities in Peru. Applying propensity score matching at the community as well as at the household level, the authors find that households with SHSs spend less on traditional sources of...
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Poverty and wellbeing impacts of microfinance : what do we know?
Maîtrot, Mathilde; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel - 2017
Over the last 35 years, microfinance has been generally regarded as an effective policy tool in the fight against poverty. Yet, the question of whether access to credit leads to poverty reduction and improved wellbeing remains open. To address this question, we conduct a systematic review of the...
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The impact of impact evaluation : are impact evaluation and impact evaluation synthesis contributing to evidence generation and use in low- and middle-income countries?
Manning, Richard; Goldman, Ian; Hernández Licona, Gonzalo - 2020
In 2006 the Center for Global Development's report 'When Will We Ever Learn? Improving lives through impact evaluation' bemoaned the lack of rigorous impact evaluations. The authors of the present paper researched international organizations and countries including Mexico, Colombia, South...
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From local to global : external validity in a fertility natural experiment
Dehejia, Rajeev H.; Pop-Eleches, Christian; Samii, Cyrus - 2015
Experimental evidence on a range of interventions in developing countries is accumulating rapidly. Is it possible to extrapolate from an experimental evidence base to other locations of policy interest (from "reference" to "target" sites)? And which factors determine the accuracy of such an...
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Impact evaluation of innovation and linkage development programs in Costa Rica : the cases of PROPYME and CR Provee
Monge González, Ricardo; Rodriguez-Alvarez, Juan Antonio - 2013
This paper estimates the impact of two productive development programs (PDPs) in Costa Rica: PROPYME and CR Provee. The first seeks to increase the capacity of small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) to innovate, and the second aims to increase backward linkages between Costa Rican SMEs and...
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Impact Evaluation of Innovation and Linkage Development Programs in Costa Rica : The Cases of PROPYME and CR Provee
Monge-Gonzalez, Ricardo - 2013
This paper estimates the impact of two productive development programs (PDPs) in Costa Rica: PROPYME and CR Provee. The first seeks to increase the capacity of small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) to innovate, and the second aims to increase backward linkages between Costa Rican SMEs and...
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The Case against Patents
Boldrin, Michele - 2015
The case against patents can be summarized briefly: there is no empirical evidence that they serve to increase innovation and productivity. There is strong evidence, instead, that patents have many negative consequences
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Do remittances increase borrowing?
Ambrosius, Christian; Cuecuecha, Alfredo - 2014
While recent literature has pointed out that migrants ́remittances have a positive impact on savings with financial institutions, findings with respect to access to and the use of loans have been ambiguous. This paper investigates whether the reception of remittances facilitates taking up loans...
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Evaluating nutrition and health impacts of agricultural innovations
Qaim, Matin - 2014
Agricultural innovations are seen as a key avenue to improve nutrition and health in smallholder farm households. But details of these agriculture-nutrition-health linkages are not yet well understood. While there is a broad literature on the adoption of agricultural technologies, most studies...
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