Mexico, Latin America, Scale-up, Randomized Control Trial, Early Childhood, Poverty, Past Brigid Barrett Mexico, Latin America, Scale-up, Randomized Control Trial, Early Childhood, Poverty, Past Brigid Barrett

Conditional cash transfer programs (Mexico)

In Mexico, in collaboration with researchers at the Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica and other institutions, we found benefits of conditional cash transfer program participation for children at 3-5 years, as well as 8-10 years old.

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Ecuador, Peru, Tanzania, Brazil, Latin America, Africa, Scale-up, Randomized Control Trial, Early Childhood, Poverty, Past Brigid Barrett Ecuador, Peru, Tanzania, Brazil, Latin America, Africa, Scale-up, Randomized Control Trial, Early Childhood, Poverty, Past Brigid Barrett

Conditional cash transfer programs (Ecuador, Peru, Tanzania, Brazil)

Conditional cash transfer programs have the potential to pull families and individuals out of extreme poverty, as well as providing incentives for accessing health care services for populations that are particularly at risk.

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Dominican Republic, Latin America, Quasi-Experimental Design, Health outcomes, Poverty, Past Brigid Barrett Dominican Republic, Latin America, Quasi-Experimental Design, Health outcomes, Poverty, Past Brigid Barrett

Living wage intervention (Dominican Republic)

Workers in the living wage intervention received a 350% wage increase, and were compared with workers at a matched apparel factory. Data were collected via in-person interviews at baseline and endline, which was 15-16 months after workers were initially hired at the intervention site.

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