By Jorge M. Agüero Few efforts could be more important for Latin America and the Caribbean than ending the scourge of domestic violence. The region has the world's second highest rate of violence against women by partners or ex-partners and shockingly high levels of femicides, involving the killing of women because of their gender. The good news is that many countries … [Read more...] about The Surprisingly Negative Impact of Domestic Violence Campaigns
About Research Department
Scaling up Behavioral Interventions to Continually Changing Societies
Thomas Prehn is a former head of MindLab, an innovation lab established by the Danish government in 2002 to spur creativity and cultural change within government ministries and improve their delivery of public services. Working in numerous policy areas, including education and employment, MindLab became a pioneer in its work both on specific projects and its efforts to make … [Read more...] about Scaling up Behavioral Interventions to Continually Changing Societies
Young Researchers Invited to Apply for Prestigious Fellowship
The Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) invites recent university graduates and young professionals to apply to its Research Fellowship Program. Research fellows collaborate closely with a group of economists, providing support and helping generate new ideas to further the Bank's mission of promoting sustainable and equitable development in Latin … [Read more...] about Young Researchers Invited to Apply for Prestigious Fellowship
Social Environments and the Behavioral Interventions That Work
Alissa Fishbane is a Managing Director of ideas42, a non-profit consulting firm that has grown from a small project of top academics at Harvard to a cutting-edge promoter of scalable behavioral interventions with global influence. A former director of organizations dealing with poverty, health and educational issues, she works with ideas42 in its efforts to address a host of … [Read more...] about Social Environments and the Behavioral Interventions That Work
Cass Sunstein on Misconceptions, Biases and How Latin America Can Harness Behavioral Economics
Cass Sunstein is a Harvard law professor, a former administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, and one of the most prolific and admired legal scholars in the United States. He is also a leading light in the field of behavioral economics whose 2008 pioneering book Nudge, co-written with Nobel Prize laureate Richard Thaler, describes the many … [Read more...] about Cass Sunstein on Misconceptions, Biases and How Latin America Can Harness Behavioral Economics