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Improving Kenyans’ Access to Cash Transfers for Covid-19 Response

August 2020 / Victor Rateng
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MIT News: The promise of using WhatsApp for low-tech distance learning

August 2020 / MIT News, Alisa Zomer
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[J-WEL Webinar] Behavioral Science in the Field: A New Model for Graduate Research Practicums

July 2020 / MIT GOV/LAB Event
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MIT GOV/LAB Digest #5

June 2020 / MIT GOV/LAB
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[Webinar] E-Learning on WhatsApp: A Collaboration between Grassroot and MIT in South Africa

June 2020 / MIT GOV/LAB Event

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Data to Inform the Pandemic Response (Covid-19)

Bureaucrat Behavior, Civic Engagement, Open Government, Trust & Accountability
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Building Evidence on Citizen Engagement and Government Accountability

Bureaucrat Behavior, Civic Engagement, Open Government, Trust & Accountability

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Preliminary Results from Rapid Survey to Inform Covid-19 Response in Sierra Leone

May 2020 / Lily Tsai, Leah Rosenzweig, Alisa Zomer
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Building Credibility and Cooperation in Low-Trust Settings: Persuasion and Source Accountability in Liberia During the 2014-2015 Ebola Crisis

April 2020 / Lily Tsai, Ben Morse, Robert Blair

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