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- Case study
- 24th Jan 2019
Tackling tuberculosis in Moldova
There are still 1.6 million tuberculosis (TB) related deaths a year around the world despite the availability of effective treatment.
- Case study
- 24th Jan 2019
Building capacity and ensuring timely tax returns
Working with the Indonesian Tax Authority (Direktorat Jenderal Pajak, or DJP) on our second project together, we ran our largest randomised controlled trial with 11.2 million taxpayers.
- Person
Ariel Lee Bothen
Ariel joined BIT as an Advisor in the area of Social Cohesion and Intergration and is part of the Home Affairs and International Development team. She joined BIT after completing her master’s degree in International Affairs, with a focus on conflict studies, at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin…
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Lilli Wagstaff
Lilli is a Research Advisor in the Home Affairs and International Programmes team where she leads the evaluation of a number of projects with different police forces and government agencies on reducing violence and recidivism. Additionally, Lilli also works as the research lead on a range of international projects, including…
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Dr Helen Brown
Helen is Interim Director of BIT's International Programmes team, leading our portfolio in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. She is commited to addressing the world's most complex problems through the application of behavioural science, and rigorous evaluation, across global health, education,…
- Report
- 28th Mar 2019
International development and behavioural insights
This report is a summary of international development work by the Behavioural Insights Team and its partners from 2017 to 2019.
- Blog
- 28th Mar 2019
Applying behavioural insights to international development
We’re often asked whether behavioural insights are relevant across different cultures and economies. After running projects with governments and organisations in more than 20 low and middle income countries - work summarised in our new report, out today - it’s a question we’re increasingly confident in answering: yes. Behavioural insights…
- Blog
- 13th May 2019
Can BI help tackle one of the world's top killers?
The Republic of Moldova, which has the highest incidence of TB in Europe, follows a treatment strategy called Directly-observed therapy (DOT). Under DOT TB patients are required by law to come to a clinic daily to take their medication under the supervision of a TB nurse. The strategy was based…
- Report
- 28th Aug 2019
Evaluating Leadership and Management Programmes
Businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face a number of constraints to growth. Studies highlight the difficulty of accessing credit, fragmented markets, poor management practices, lack of infrastructure and an uncertain regulatory environment. Addressing barriers such as these could contribute to growth, productivity and job creation across SSA. CDC Group plc…
- Blog
- 2nd Oct 2019
A partnership to reduce social security arrears
One of the most cost-effective ways of scaling the use of behavioural insights (BI) around the world is by building BI capacity. BIT does this by running projects in close collaboration with partner organisations.