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LAURA B RAWLINGS

Lead Economist, World Bank
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Cited by 6767

An impact evaluation of education, health, and water supply investments by the Bolivian Social Investment Fund

J Newman, M Pradhan, LB Rawlings… - The World Bank …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
This article reviews the results of an impact evaluation of small‐scale rural infrastructure
projects in health, water, and education financed by the Bolivian Social Investment Fund …

[BOOK][B] Impact evaluation in practice

PJ Gertler, S Martinez, P Premand, LB Rawlings… - 2016 - books.google.com
The second edition of the Impact Evaluation in Practice handbook is a comprehensive and
accessible introduction to impact evaluation for policy makers and development …

Evaluating the impact of conditional cash transfer programs

LB Rawlings, GM Rubio - The World Bank Research Observer, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Several developing economies have recently introduced conditional cash transfer programs,
which provide money to poor families contingent on certain behavior, usually investments in …

A new approach to social assistance: Latin America's experience with conditional cash transfer programmes

LB Rawlings - International Social Security Review, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Conditional cash transfers are a departure from more traditional approaches to social
assistance that represents an innovative and increasingly popular channel for the delivery of …

[BOOK][B] Evaluating the impact of conditional cash transfer programs: lessons from Latin America

LB Rawlings, G Rubio - 2003 - books.google.com
Unlike most development initiatives, conditional cash transfer programs recently introduced
in the Latin America and the Caribbean region have been subject to rigorous evaluations of …

The impact and targeting of social infrastructure investments: Lessons from the Nicaraguan Social Fund

M Pradhan, LB Rawlings - The World Bank Economic Review, 2002 - academic.oup.com
The benefit incidence and impact of projects financed by the Nicaraguan Emergency Social
Investment Fund are investigated using a sample of beneficiaries, a national household …

Effect of a home-visiting parenting program to promote early childhood development and prevent violence: a cluster-randomized trial in Rwanda

SKG Jensen, M Placencio-Castro, SM Murray… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Families living in extreme poverty require interventions to support early-
childhood development (ECD) due to broad risks. This longitudinal cluster randomised trial …

[HTML][HTML] Promoting parent-child relationships and preventing violence via home-visiting: a pre-post cluster randomised trial among Rwandan families linked to social …

TS Betancourt, SKG Jensen, DA Barnhart… - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Sugira Muryango is a father-engaged early child development and
violence-prevention home-visiting programme delivered by trained lay workers. This cluster …

Promoting early childhood development through combining cash transfers and parenting programs

AM Arriagada, J Perry, LB Rawlings… - World Bank Policy …, 2018 - papers.ssrn.com
This paper examines the potential for bringing together cash transfer and parenting
programs focused on child stimulation to boost child development, particularly for children …

Lay-worker delivered home visiting promotes early childhood development and reduces violence in Rwanda: a randomized pilot

DA Barnhart, J Farrar, SM Murray, RT Brennan… - Journal of Child and …, 2020 - Springer
Early child development (ECD) programs are increasingly combined with targeted cash
transfers for poor households to break intergenerational poverty. However, few evidence …