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Dr Helen Brown

Helen is Interim Director of BIT's International Programmes team, leading our portfolio in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. She is commited to addressing the world's most complex problems through the application of behavioural science, and rigorous evaluation, across global health, education,…
  • Report
  • 28th Mar 2019

International development and behavioural insights

This report is a summary of international development work by the Behavioural Insights Team and its partners from 2017 to 2019.
  • Blog
  • 28th Mar 2019

Applying behavioural insights to international development

We’re often asked whether behavioural insights are relevant across different cultures and economies. After running projects with governments and organisations in more than 20 low and middle income countries - work summarised in our new report, out today - it’s a question we’re increasingly confident in answering: yes. Behavioural insights…
  • Blog
  • 13th May 2019

Can BI help tackle one of the world's top killers?

The Republic of Moldova, which has the highest incidence of TB in Europe, follows a treatment strategy called Directly-observed therapy (DOT). Under DOT TB patients are required by law to come to a clinic daily to take their medication under the supervision of a TB nurse. The strategy was based…
  • Report
  • 28th Aug 2019

Evaluating Leadership and Management Programmes

Businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face a number of constraints to growth. Studies highlight the difficulty of accessing credit, fragmented markets, poor management practices, lack of infrastructure and an uncertain regulatory environment. Addressing barriers such as these could contribute to growth, productivity and job creation across SSA. CDC Group plc…
  • Blog
  • 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.
  • Blog
  • 15th Oct 2019

Humble Empiricists win the Nobel Prize in Economics!

A huge congratulations to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer who have just won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics. 
  • Academic publication
  • 15th Oct 2019

Preventing violence against children in schools (PVACS)

Abstract Background We aim to test the effectiveness of the EmpaTeach intervention to prevent physical violence from teachers to students in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, Tanzania. EmpaTeach is a 10-week, 14-session, classroom management and cognitive-behavioural therapy-based intervention for groups of teachers for delivery by lay personnel in resource-constrained settings. Methods We…
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Irma Goldberg

Irma is a Program Manager at BIT Americas. She supports a wide portfolio of international programs with government, nonprofits, and other social impact partners. Prior to BIT, she worked as a project coordinator at a creative agency, assisted with product development at a tech company, and produced events in the…
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Paloma Bellatin

Paloma Bellatin is a Principal Advisor at BIT, where she leads the Latin America and Caribbean portfolio. She designs, implements, and analyzes rigorous evaluations to determine the impact of policies, with a thematic focus on gender-based violence and social protection policy. She specializes in the use of technology and educational…