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- 3rd Mar 2022
Changing teachers’ attitudes did not reduce school-based violence in Tanzania
Every day, students in many countries experience some form of physical discipline at school—like being slapped or hit with a stick—which is linked to lower academic achievement, higher dropout, and other lifelong issues. In 2017, BIT partnered with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to design and test a new program. Our…
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Gabriela Saade
Gaby is an Advisor with BIT Americas. She works with city governments and organizations to apply behavioral insights and embed evaluation practices across a wide range of policy areas. She holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Chicago and a BS in Economics from the Universidad Metropolitana…
- Blog
- 5th May 2022
Podcast: Online fraud, peacebuilding, road safety & synthetic data
The latest episode of our podcast Inside The Nudge Unit looks at recent work from the team in the areas of road safety, online fraud, conflict resolution and synthetic data.
- Podcast: Inside The Nudge Unit
- 5th May 2022
Online fraud, peacebuilding, road safety & synthetic data
The latest episode of our podcast Inside The Nudge Unit looks at recent work from the team in the areas of road safety, online fraud, conflict resolution and synthetic data.
- Blog
- 13th May 2022
Reducing victim dropout in criminal proceedings in Chile
In 2019, one in four women in Chile experienced intimate partner violence (IPV). It takes courage to file a criminal complaint in these cases, and few women pursue legal action. Even after filing a complaint, the process is tough. Of those who file, a third drop out before the case…
Also available in: Español
- Blog
- 27th May 2022
Leveraging behavioural insights to build lasting peace
The conflict with Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria has claimed the lives of 39,000 people, displacing over 2.5 million from their homes and destroying over $9 billion of physical infrastructure. The devastation and extreme violence over the last decade has left deep social and psychological wounds, resulting in the need for…
- Blog
- 1st Jun 2022
¿Qué pasa cuando ir en bicicleta, a pie o tomar bus es más rápido que manejar?
En el Día Mundial de la Bicicleta celebramos las calles construidas para las personas y el transporte sostenible. Mientras las muertes por accidentes de tránsito alcanzan el nivel más alto de los últimos 15 años en Estados Unidos, Ciudad de México está demostrando lo que es posible cuando una ciudad…
Also available in: English
- Blog
- 26th Jul 2022
Hard data is good data, but good data can be hard to get
Collecting good field data is challenging, not least for hygiene behaviours. It is even more challenging during a global pandemic - when there is great urgency, but travel restrictions make in-person quality control more difficult. How can you conduct this vital research when it is so hard to collect the…
- Blog
- 11th Aug 2022
Out now! A Behavioural Insights Toolkit for Entrepreneurship Programming
For those looking to examine behavioural components of entrepreneurship policy and programming, we’ve collated our experiences and methods in a step-by-step toolkit that will take you through the process of breaking down your objectives into specific behaviours in order to better understand the challenges and barriers faced by would-be entrepreneurs.
- Report
- 5th Sep 2022
5 years of capacity building collaboration with government partners in Indonesia, Bangladesh and Guatemala
A publication series profiling BIT's capacity building work in Indonesia, Bangladesh and Guatemala.