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- 15th Nov 2022
‘Best buys’ and budgets
Evidence generation remains a minority sport
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- 13th Oct 2022
Reaching nonprofit program participants - developing more effective tools by learning what doesn’t work
Many nonprofits strive to increase program participation but reaching new people can be challenging. The behavioural insights approach can identify which outreach tools are worth investing in
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- 2nd Nov 2020
How behavioural insights helped Canadians access their tax benefits
Every year, thousands of lower income Canadian families miss out on about $5,000 in benefits and refunds because they do not file their taxes. It is easy to understand why. Tax filing can be burdensome and complex. It is voluntary if you do not owe any money, and the benefits…
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- 2nd Oct 2019
A partnership to reduce social security arrears
One of the most cost-effective ways of scaling the use of behavioural insights (BI) around the world is by building BI capacity. BIT does this by running projects in close collaboration with partner organisations.
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- 18th Mar 2016
Sugar tax: how will it affect behaviour?
One of the most striking announcements in this week’s UK budget was the introduction of a new ‘soft drinks levy’ (quickly dubbed the sugar tax), which will come into force in 2018. New taxes aren’t usually associated with the Behavioural Insights Team - partly because BIT’s preference is to find…