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- 15th Oct 2019
Humble Empiricists win the Nobel Prize in Economics!
A huge congratulations to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer who have just won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics.
- Academic publication
- 15th Oct 2019
Preventing violence against children in schools (PVACS)
Abstract Background We aim to test the effectiveness of the EmpaTeach intervention to prevent physical violence from teachers to students in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, Tanzania. EmpaTeach is a 10-week, 14-session, classroom management and cognitive-behavioural therapy-based intervention for groups of teachers for delivery by lay personnel in resource-constrained settings. Methods We…
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Paloma Bellatin
Paloma Bellatin is a Principal Advisor at BIT, where she leads the Latin America and Caribbean portfolio. She designs, implements, and analyzes rigorous evaluations to determine the impact of policies, with a thematic focus on gender-based violence and social protection policy. She specializes in the use of technology and educational…
- Report
- 22nd Oct 2019
Increasing volunteer retention in West Java
The aim of this project was to encourage volunteers to take a more active role in the local government’s ‘Eco Village’ programme. We designed a two-arm randomised controlled trial, through which we tested longer monthly messages about environmental challenges (Treatment 1) compared to short, weekly messages that drew on behavioural…
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Sebastian Salomon-Ballada
Sebastian is a Principal Advisor in the International Team. Since joining BIT in 2019, he has worked on a broad range of policy areas including gender equality, health and wellbeing, poverty reduction, employment, and financial inclusion. Sebastian has 6 years experience running social impact projects and has advised over 50…
- Report
- 4th Nov 2019
Testing the Optimal Frequency of Tax Amnesty Reminders in Guatemala
The aim of this project was to increase the declaration and payment of overdue taxes during a tax amnesty launched in May 2017. BIT and SAT tested the effectiveness of sending eligible taxpayers one, two or three letters with information on tax relief during the tax amnesty. The letters were…
- Report
- 4th Nov 2019
Evaluating the Impact of SMS Reminders on Tax Compliance
The aim of this project was to evaluate the impact of SMS reminders on monthly VAT declarations in Guatemala. The trial involved 107,756 taxpayers with recorded mobile phone numbers, including both small companies and individuals.Three versions of SMS were sent to taxpayers either before or after a monthly deadline. We…
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Kirstie Paul
Kirstie is an Advisor with BIT Americas and works primarily on helping local and city governments apply behavioral insights to policy. Kirstie holds a BSc in Psychology from the University of Bath and an MA in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University. Prior to joining BIT, Kirstie worked in various psychology…
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Chloé Chambraud
Chloé est Conseillère Senior au sein de l’équipe des Programmes Internationaux de la Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), où elle travaille avec des gouvernements étrangers et des organisations internationales. Elle utilise les sciences comportementales pour promouvoir l’accès à l’emploi, à l’éducation et à la santé, pour promouvoir l’égalité des genres et…
- Blog
- 25th Nov 2019
What can we do to combat Intimate Partner Violence?
At least 1 in 3 women in Latin America have experienced Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). We partnered with the International Development Bank (IDB) to identify behavioural barriers that IPV survivors and service providers face when tackling this issue in the region and propose solutions to overcome these barriers .
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