From immunisation to education: how vaccines shape children’s futures url:https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/immunisation-education-how-vaccines-shape-childrens-futures

🆕 Can home visits enhance the impact of cash transfers? Today on VoxDev, Richard Akresh (UIUC), Damien de Walque (World Bank), Harounan Kazianga (Oklahoma State University) & Abigail Stocker (William & Mary) discuss a social safety net programme in Burkina Faso: https://ow.ly/nqKQ50YmkLx

Can home visits enhance the impact of cash transfers?

Adding home visits to a social safety net programme providing cash transfers and parenting information led to sustained improvements in child development, health behaviours, and education outcomes in Burkina Faso, whereas cash alone produced fewer lasting effects.

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🆕 How information shapes farmers’ expectations and adoption in Uganda Today on VoxDev, Jacopo Bonan (Milan), Harounan Kazianga (Oklahoma State) & Mariapia Mendola (Milano-Bicocca) discuss a national extension programme in Uganda: https://ow.ly/9ZwG50XlBQg

How information shapes farmers’ expectations and adoption in Uganda

A national extension programme in Uganda raised farmers’ expectations and adoption of oilseed crops – revealing how beliefs, not just knowledge, drive agricultural transformation.

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More than a vaccine: A mass vaccination campaign in Burkina Faso transformed survival, schooling, and livelihoods for a generation. Read today's article to learn more:

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🆕 Childhood vaccinations have transformative lifelong benefits Richard Daramola (State College of Florida), Md Shahadath Hossain (University of Houston), Harounan Kazianga (Oklahoma State) & Karim Nchare (Vanderbilt) study a mass vaccination campaign in Burkina Faso: voxdev.org/topic/health...