The authors evaluated the impact of a ‘Team-Based Goals and Incentives’ (TBGI) intervention in Bihar, India, designed to improve front-line (community health) worker (FLW) performance and health-promoting behaviours related to reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition.
Related Publications for Anu Rangarajan
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Effects of Team-Based Goals and Non-Monetary Incentives on Front-Line Health Worker Performance and Maternal Health Behaviours: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial in Bihar, IndiaAug 01, 2019
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Impacts of a Large-Scale Agricultural Training Program in ArmeniaJun 05, 2018
Many foreign aid agencies fund large-scale agricultural training for farmers in developingcountries, but little rigorous research has been conducted on whether these programs are effective. We conducted a rigorous impact evaluation of a U.S.government-funded farmer training program in Armenia.
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The Power of Nutrition: How It Is Working and Early Learnings, Executive SummaryDec 30, 2017
The Power of Nutrition, launched in April 2015, is a partnership of investors and implementers committed to improving children’s nutrition and contributing to ending the cycle of undernutrition.
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The Power of Nutrition: How It Is Working and Early LearningsDec 30, 2017
The Power of Nutrition, launched in April 2015, is a partnership of investors and implementers committed to improving children’s nutrition and contributing to ending the cycle of undernutrition.
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The Power of Nutrition: Indicators for Key Nutrition InterventionsMay 30, 2017
The Power of Nutrition seeks to invest in evidence-based nutrition interventions in 5 to 10 high priority countries.
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MCC Indonesia Nutrition Project Impact Evaluation Baseline ReportMar 18, 2016
The Millennium Challenge Corporation contracted with Mathematica Policy Research to conduct a rigorous randomized evaluation of the Indonesian Community-Based Health and Nutrition to Reduce Stunting Project, also known as the Nutrition Project, to understand the project’s effects on stunting and related...
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A Mobile Tool for Health Workers: Promising Results in Bihar, IndiaOct 20, 2015
Findings from a rigorous randomized controlled trial of an innovative, comprehensive mHealth tool for frontline health workers (FLWs) in Bihar, India, found improvements in FLW-beneficiary interactions as well as improved health outcomes for mothers and children.
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Evaluation of the ARRA COBRA Subsidy: Final ReportFeb 18, 2015
This report examines the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) subsidy offer on COBRA take-up, health insurance coverage, labor market outcomes, and financial well-being.
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Midline Findings from the Evaluation of the Ananya Program in BiharDec 12, 2014
This report evaluates the impacts of a comprehensive package of interventions aimed at improving maternal and child health in Bihar, India, after two years of implementation. The evaluation, which compared changes in outcomes in districts that received the program to changes in other districts, found...
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Using Supply- and Demand-Side Strategies to Improve Maternal and Child Health in Bihar, India: Process Evaluation FindingsDec 05, 2014
The Ananya program in Bihar, India, has implemented both supply- and demand-side strategies to improve coverage and uptake of maternal and child health, reproductive health, and nutrition services. This report summarizes the results of a process study of the program, which gathered information on the...
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Lessons on Improving Governance in a Complex Policy Environment in RwandaOct 03, 2014
This issue brief summarizes the final report for Mathematica’s evaluation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Rwanda Threshold Program. The brief presents the study’s findings regarding the impacts of four programs related to democracy and governance.
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Rwanda Threshold Program EvaluationOct 03, 2014
This is the final report for Mathematica’s evaluation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Rwanda Threshold Program. The report presents the study’s findings regarding the impacts of four programs related to democracy and governance.
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Promising Findings from the Frontline Health Worker Team-Based Goals and Incentives Intervention in BiharFeb 28, 2014
This issue brief explores the effect of adding the Team-Based Goals and Performance-Based Incentives (TBGI, see left) intervention to the Ananya program.
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Evaluation of the Team-Based Goals and Performance-Based Incentives (TBGI) Innovation in BiharFeb 14, 2014
This report summarizes a rigorous randomized evaluation of a teamwork and goal-setting intervention in Bihar, India, that uses incentives and lessons from motivational theory to encourage teams of frontline health workers to improve maternal and child health in their communities.
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The Dynamics of Women Disconnected from Employment and WelfareMar 30, 2012
This study analyzes factors associated with transitions into and out of disconnectedness, which is defined as being disconnected from the labor market, welfare, and other substantial financial supports.
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Evaluation of the Rwanda Threshold Program: Baseline ReportOct 07, 2011
This report presents preliminary findings from an evaluation funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) of the Rwanda Threshold Program, which aims to promote political rights, civil liberties, and political accountability through several initiatives, including strengthening police accountability,...
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Improving Sanitation at Scale: Lessons from TSSM Implementation in East Java, IndonesiaJun 30, 2011
Low-quality or nonexistent sanitation affects health and hinders economic development, especially in the world's poorest countries.
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The Social Security Administration's Youth Transition Demonstration Projects: Interim Report on Transition WORKSFeb 22, 2011
The Social Security Administration is funding a random assignment evaluation of six demonstration projects to improve employment and other outcomes for youth ages 14 to 25 who are either receiving disability benefits or are at high risk of receiving them in the future.
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Rural Road Rehabilitation Evaluation Plan (Memo)Jun 15, 2010
The Millennium Challenge Account with Armenia (MCA) aims to increase household income and reduce poverty in rural Armenia through improved performance of the country’s agricultural sector.
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Water-to-Market Evaluation Plan Design Report (Memo)Mar 04, 2008
The Millennium Challenge Account with Armenia (MCA) aims to increase household income and reduce poverty in rural Armenia through improved performance of the country’s agricultural sector.