"Improving Learning Outcomes for Out-of-School Children: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation of an Accelerated Learning Program in Liberia" (with Mico Rudasingwa, Ewoud Nijhof, Kenna Mokobi, Serigne Fallou Deme, James Kiawoin, Felipe Acero Garay, Leah Mwai, and Cassandre Pignon). Education Economics, 1-20, 2024. (ungated article)
"Are Voter Rolls Suitable Sampling Frames for Household Surveys? Evidence from India" (with Ruchika Joshi, Karan Nagpal, and Andrew Fraker). Field Methods, 36(1), 2022. (gated article, working paper)
"Can Social Motivators Change Children's Hand-Washing Behavior? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation of a School Hygiene Intervention in the Philippines" (with Qayam Jetha, Clément Bisserbe, Daniel Waldroop, Ella Cecilia Naliponguit, Jon Michael Villasenor, Louise Maule, and Lilian Lehmann). The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 104(2), 2021. (article, supplementary appendix)
"Can Child-Focused Sanitation and Nutrition Programming Improve Health Practices and Outcomes? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Kitui County, Kenya" (with Gerishom Gimaiyo, Matt Yarri, Shiva Singh, Andrew Trevett, Grainne Moloney, Ann Robins, and Lilian Lehmann). BMJ Global Health 2019;4:e000973. (article, supplementary appendix)
"Are Poor Voters Indifferent to Whether Elected Leaders are Criminal or Corrupt? A Vignette Experiment in Rural India" (with Abhijit Banerjee, Donald P. Green, and Rohini Pande). Political Communication, 31(3): pp. 391-407, August 2014. (ungated)
"Pedaling towards Prosperity: The Impact of Bicycle Distribution on Rural Livelihoods in Zambia" (with Kashif Ahmed, Mulenga Mukanu, Michael Sebele, and Winnie Sambu). (working paper: February 2025)
"Improving Reading Proficiency in Early Childhood Education Classrooms: Evidence from Liberia" (with Michael Sebele, Mtise Mwanza, Leah Mwai, and Mico Rudasingwa). (working paper: March 2023)
"Can Poverty Graduation Programs Make Poor Households More Resilient during Shocks? Evidence from Kenya and Uganda during COVID-19" (with Winfred Kananu, Christy Lazicky, Sarah Carson, Miguel Angel Jiminez Gallardo, and Frida Njogu-Ndongwe). (working paper: December 2022)
"Outcomes-Based Incentives for Education Programming: Evidence from a Development Impact Bond in India" (with Lucas Kitzmüller, Neil Buddy Shah, and Kate Sturla). (working paper: September 2022)
"Addressing the Youth Skills Gap through University Curricula: Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Evaluation in Rwanda" (with Rebecca Bier, Christopher Chibwana, and Radhika Lokur). (working paper: January 2020)
"Educational Qualifications of Village Leaders in North India: Implications for Public Service Delivery." Thesis for Master of Public Administration in International Development, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. (working paper, policy brief, thesis award website)
"Planning to Conduct A/B Tests on Your Social Sector Program?" May 2025 (link)
"Interactive Visualizations of the Luminos RCT Results" (with Mico Rudasingwa and Ewoud Nijhof). IDinsight Blog, January 2024 (link)
"Generating Meaningful Insights When Your RCT Design is Upended" (with Michael Sebele and Mtise Mwanza). IDinsight Blog, March 2023 (link)
"The Future of Results-Based Funding" (with Dianne Calvi and Avnish Gungadurdoss). The Center for Effective Philanthropy Blog, February 2023 (part 1, part 2)
"A Look Into Results of the Village Enterprise Development Impact Bond Evaluation" (with Winfred Kananu Ntonjira, Christy Lazicky, Frida Njogu-Ndongwe, and Miguel Angel Jimenez Gallardo). IDinsight Blog, March 2022 (link)
"School Closures and Learning Loss in West Africa" (with Zainab Amjad, Sokhna Mously Fall, Miguel Angel Jimenez Gallardo, Erika Caballero, and Frida Njogu-Ndongwe). IDinsight Blog, August 2021 (link)
"What’s In A Name: Combining Datasets When Unique Identifiers Are Missing" (with Ruchika Joshi and Jeenu Thomas). IDinsight Blog, October 2020 (part 1, part 2)
"Voter Rolls Can Be Cheaper and Faster for Sampling in India. But Are They Accurate?" (with Ruchika Joshi, Karan Nagpal, and Andrew Fraker). IDinsight Blog, October 2020 (link)
"When to Collect Baseline Data; and When Not To." IDinsight Blog, September 2020 (part 1, part 2)
"Bridging the Youth Employment Skills Gap in Sub-Saharan Africa" (with Rebecca Bier). IDinsight Blog, March 2020 (link)
"Did You Wash Your Hands?" IDinsight Blog, November 2019 (part 1, part 2)
"Right Tool, Right Time: Statistical Software at IDinsight" (with Ishita Batra, Krishanu Chakraborty, Siobhan McDonough, Andrés L. Parrado, and Monica Hersher). IDinsight Blog, July 2019 (link)
"Four Tips on Using Machine Learning for Social Good" (with Ben Brockman, Andrew Fraker, and Neil Buddy Shah). IDinsight Blog, May 2019 (link)
IDinsight Data for Decisions Bootcamp: free self-paced course on designing and running quantitative social science research studies. (link)
"Can Machine Learning Double Your Social Impact?" (with Ben Brockman, Andrew Fraker, and Buddy Shah). Stanford Social Innovation Review, February 20, 2019. (article)
"The Great DIB-ate: Measurement for Development Impact Bonds" (with Buddy Shah and Kate Sturla). Stanford Social Innovation Review, November 21, 2018. (article)
"New Evidence in Governance" (with Rohini Pande). Prepared for the Asian Development Bank a a Special Evaluation Study on Enhancing Good Governance, June 2013.
"Horticulture Exports and African Development" (with Stephen S. Golub). Prepared for the United National Conference on Trade and Development, November 2008.
Banner photo: John Snow's map of cholera cases in London, 1854 (link)