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Tom van Zantvliet
Tom is an Advisor in the International Development team, working on projects in Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. Tom's expertise lies in the intersection between Behavioural Science and International Development, as well as in misinformation, polarisation, and online harms. Tom holds an MSc in Behavioural Science…
- Academic publication
- 11th Oct 2022
Behavioural prompts to increase early filing of tax returns: a population-level randomised controlled trial of 11.2 million taxpayers in Indonesia
In a population-wide randomised controlled trial (n = 11,157,069), we evaluated the impact of behavioural email prompts on the proportion of annual tax returns filed at least two weeks before the deadline and overall filing rate.
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Antonio Hanna-Amodio
Antonio is an Advisor in the International team. His work involves designing behavioural policies that are tailored to a range of contexts and cultures, with a focus on impact and scalability. He has worked across many policy areas, including sustainability, diplomacy, healthcare, and economic policy. Antonio is part of a…
- Report
- 22nd Sep 2022
Using behavioural insights to reduce gift-giving in a Tanzanian public hospital
Previous research has shown that social norms of gift-giving and reciprocity are linked to patterns of bribery in the Tanzanian health sector. Health facility staff that do not accept a gift or reciprocate a favour are often punished by means of gossip, criticism, and even social isolation, further enforcing the…
- Report
- 5th Sep 2022
5 years of capacity building collaboration with government partners in Indonesia, Bangladesh and Guatemala
A publication series profiling BIT's capacity building work in Indonesia, Bangladesh and Guatemala.
- Blog
- 11th Aug 2022
Out now! A Behavioural Insights Toolkit for Entrepreneurship Programming
For those looking to examine behavioural components of entrepreneurship policy and programming, we’ve collated our experiences and methods in a step-by-step toolkit that will take you through the process of breaking down your objectives into specific behaviours in order to better understand the challenges and barriers faced by would-be entrepreneurs.
- Blog
- 26th Jul 2022
Hard data is good data, but good data can be hard to get
Collecting good field data is challenging, not least for hygiene behaviours. It is even more challenging during a global pandemic - when there is great urgency, but travel restrictions make in-person quality control more difficult. How can you conduct this vital research when it is so hard to collect the…
- Blog
- 1st Jun 2022
¿Qué pasa cuando ir en bicicleta, a pie o tomar bus es más rápido que manejar?
En el Día Mundial de la Bicicleta celebramos las calles construidas para las personas y el transporte sostenible. Mientras las muertes por accidentes de tránsito alcanzan el nivel más alto de los últimos 15 años en Estados Unidos, Ciudad de México está demostrando lo que es posible cuando una ciudad…
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- Blog
- 27th May 2022
Leveraging behavioural insights to build lasting peace
The conflict with Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria has claimed the lives of 39,000 people, displacing over 2.5 million from their homes and destroying over $9 billion of physical infrastructure. The devastation and extreme violence over the last decade has left deep social and psychological wounds, resulting in the need for…
- Blog
- 13th May 2022
Reducing victim dropout in criminal proceedings in Chile
In 2019, one in four women in Chile experienced intimate partner violence (IPV). It takes courage to file a criminal complaint in these cases, and few women pursue legal action. Even after filing a complaint, the process is tough. Of those who file, a third drop out before the case…
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