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Power to the People: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment on Community-Based Monitoring in Uganda by Björkman, Martina, Svensson, Jakob

“…This paper presents a randomized field experiment on community-based monitoring of public primary health care providers in Uganda. Through two rounds of…”
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Incentivizing Safer Sexual Behavior: Evidence from a Lottery Experiment on HIV Prevention by Nyqvist, Martina Björkman, Corno, Lucia, de Walque, Damien, Svensson, Jakob

“…We investigate the effect of a financial lottery program in Lesotho with relatively low expected payments but a chance to win a high prize conditional on…”
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Mothers Care More, But Fathers Decide: Educating Parents about Child Health in Uganda by Nyqvist, Martina Björkman, Jayachandran, Seema

“…Research on intrahousehold decision-making generally finds that fathers have more bargaining power than mothers, but mothers put more weight on children's…”
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Income shocks and gender gaps in education: Evidence from Uganda by Björkman-Nyqvist, Martina

“…This paper uses exogenous variation in rainfall across districts in Uganda to estimate the causal effects of household income shocks on children's enrollment…”
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Reducing Child Mortality in the Last Mile: Experimental Evidence on Community Health Promoters in Uganda by Nyqvist, Martina Björkman, Guariso, Andrea, Svensson, Jakob, Yanagizawa-Drott, David

“…The delivery of basic health products and services remains abysmal in many parts of the world where child mortality is high. This paper shows the results from…”
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Community Health Educators and Maternal Health: Experimental Evidence from Northern Nigeria by Björkman Nyqvist, Martina, Leight, Jessica, Sharma, Vandana

“…The slow pace of improvement in service delivery and health outcomes for pregnant women and newborns in developing countries has been a major concern for…”
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Experimental Evidence on the Long-Run Impact of Community-Based Monitoring by Nyqvist, Martina Björkman, de Walque, Damien, Svensson, Jakob

“…We evaluate the longer run impact of a local accountability intervention in primary health care provision in Uganda. Short-run improvements in health care…”
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HIV, risk, and time preferences: Evidence from a general population sample in Lesotho by Björkman Nyqvist, Martina, Corno, Lucia, Walque, Damien, Svensson, Jakob

“…Identifying individuals most at risk of HIV infection is a priority for policymakers. Apart from specific groups, however, little is known about how to…”
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children’s learning and wellbeing: Evidence from India by Guariso, Andrea, Björkman Nyqvist, Martina

“…We study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated school closure on primary school children’s learning and mental wellbeing in Assam, India. Using a…”
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A mother’s voice: Impacts of spousal communication training on child health investments by Nyqvist, Martina Björkman, Jayachandran, Seema, Zipfel, Céline

“…This study evaluates a communication training program for mothers in Uganda, motivated by prior evidence suggesting that mothers often prioritize children’s…”
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Can Good Products Drive Out Bad? A Randomized Intervention in the Antimalarial Medicine Market in Uganda by Björkman Nyqvist, Martina, Svensson, Jakob, Yanagizawa-Drott, David

“…Abstract How can quality be improved in markets in developing countries, which are known to be plagued by substandard and counterfeit (“fake”, in short)…”
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Associations between birth kit use and maternal and neonatal health outcomes in rural Jigawa state, Nigeria: A secondary analysis of data from a cluster randomized controlled trial by Leight, Jessica, Sharma, Vandana, Brown, Willa, Costica, Laura, Abdulaziz Sule, Fatima, Bjorkman Nyqvist, Martina

“…The burden of maternal and neonatal mortality remains persistently high in Nigeria. Sepsis contributes significantly to both maternal and newborn mortality,…”
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Illness recognition, decision-making, and care-seeking for maternal and newborn complications: a qualitative study in Jigawa State, Northern Nigeria by Sharma, Vandana, Leight, Jessica, AbdulAziz, Fatima, Giroux, Nadège, Nyqvist, Martina Bjorkman

“…Maternal mortality and newborn mortality continue to be major challenges in Nigeria, with the highest levels in the northern part of the country. The objective…”
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"That's a woman's problem": a qualitative analysis to understand male involvement in maternal and newborn health in Jigawa state, northern Nigeria by Sharma, Vandana, Leight, Jessica, Giroux, Nadège, AbdulAziz, Fatima, Nyqvist, Martina Bjorkman

“…Maternal and newborn mortality continue to be major challenges in Nigeria. While greater participation of men in maternal and newborn health has been…”
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High maternal mortality in Jigawa State, Northern Nigeria estimated using the sisterhood method by Sharma, Vandana, Brown, Willa, Kainuwa, Muhammad Abdullahi, Leight, Jessica, Nyqvist, Martina Bjorkman

“…Maternal mortality is extremely high in Nigeria. Accurate estimation of maternal mortality is challenging in low-income settings such as Nigeria where vital…”
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WHEN IS COMMUNITY-BASED MONITORING EFFECTIVE? EVIDENCE FROM A RANDOMIZED EXPERIMENT IN PRIMARY HEALTH IN UGANDA by Björkman, Martina, Svensson, Jakob

“…Evidence from recent randomized field experiments on community-based monitoring reveals substantial heterogeneous treatment effects. Using data from a…”
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Power to the people: evidence from a randomized field experiment on community-based monitoring in Uganda by Björkman, Martina, Svensson, Jakob

“…This paper presents a randomized field experiment on community-based monitoring of public primary health care providers in Uganda. Through two rounds of…”
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Power to the People: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment of a Community-Based Monitoring Project in Uganda by Svensson, Jakob, Björkman, Martina

“…This paper presents a randomized field experiment on community-based monitoring of public primary health care providers in Uganda. Through two rounds of…”
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COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income countries by Solís Arce, Julio S, Warren, Shana S, Meriggi, Niccolò F, Scacco, Alexandra, McMurry, Nina, Voors, Maarten, Syunyaev, Georgiy, Malik, Amyn Abdul, Aboutajdine, Samya, Adeojo, Opeyemi, Anigo, Deborah, Armand, Alex, Asad, Saher, Atyera, Martin, Augsburg, Britta, Awasthi, Manisha, Ayesiga, Gloria Eden, Bancalari, Antonella, Björkman Nyqvist, Martina, Borisova, Ekaterina, Bosancianu, Constantin Manuel, Cabra García, Magarita Rosa, Cheema, Ali, Collins, Elliott, Cuccaro, Filippo, Farooqi, Ahsan Zia, Fatima, Tatheer, Fracchia, Mattia, Galindo Soria, Mery Len, Guariso, Andrea, Hasanain, Ali, Jaramillo, Sofía, Kallon, Sellu, Kamwesigye, Anthony, Kharel, Arjun, Kreps, Sarah, Levine, Madison, Littman, Rebecca, Malik, Mohammad, Manirabaruta, Gisele, Mfura, Jean Léodomir Habarimana, Momoh, Fatoma, Mucauque, Alberto, Mussa, Imamo, Nsabimana, Jean Aime, Obara, Isaac, Otálora, María Juliana, Ouédraogo, Béchir Wendemi, Pare, Touba Bakary, Platas, Melina R, Polanco, Laura, Qureshi, Javaeria Ashraf, Raheem, Mariam, Ramakrishna, Vasudha, Rendrá, Ismail, Shah, Taimur, Shaked, Sarene Eyla, Shapiro, Jacob N, Svensson, Jakob, Tariq, Ahsan, Tchibozo, Achille Mignondo, Tiwana, Hamid Ali, Trivedi, Bhartendu, Vernot, Corey, Vicente, Pedro C, Weissinger, Laurin B, Zafar, Basit, Zhang, Baobao, Karlan, Dean, Callen, Michael, Teachout, Matthieu, Humphreys, Macartan, Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq, Omer, Saad B

“…Widespread acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines is crucial for achieving sufficient immunization coverage to end the global pandemic, yet few studies have…”
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HIV, risk and time preferences: evidence from a general population sample in Lesotho by Björkman Nyqvist, Martina, Corno, Lucia, de Walque, Damien, Svensson, Jakob

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