RECOVR Research Projects

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This page lists research projects that are being developed by IPA and others. Our goal is to document active studies taking place on COVID-19’s socio-economic impacts—and results, as they come in—in order to inform researchers and decision-makers working to mitigate the crisis. As this is a public good, the hub contains both IPA and non-IPA studies. Inclusion criteria for the hub can be found here, and new projects and questionnaires can be submitted here.

Contributing Partners

60 Decibels
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
BRAC Institute of Governance & Development
Center for Effective Global Action
Center for Global Development
Global Poverty Research Lab
IDinsight
International Growth Centre
Yale Research Initiative on Innovative & Scale

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Evaluating the Impact of Cloth and Surgical Masks on the Spread of COVID-19

<p>In the US, the CDC has recently recommended cloth face coverings as a supplement to social distancing, especially in areas with significant community-based transmission of COVID-19.Internationally, the World Health Organization and many other countries are yet to recommend universal mask adoption.Evidence on the effectiveness of masks remains scarce but as developing countries consider opening their economies, masks may prove to be crucial policy instruments that reduce the transmission of virus in the absence of social distancing.</p>
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Country Bangladesh
Program Area Health & Nutrition
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Randomized Evaluation

Testing Messaging Interventions in Bangladesh

<p>The best available strategies to stop COVID-19 require individuals to undertake protective actions, including social distancing and proper respiratory hygiene.Convincing people to undertake these strategies requires awareness of the disease, how it spreads, and what protective actions they can take.Evidence suggests that individualized messages from acquaintances and community leaders are more effective than impersonalized text messages in changing behavior and as witnessed during the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone and Liberia, during a time of crisis, information is particularly effective when it comes from influential leaders in the community.</p>
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Country Bangladesh
Program Area Health & Nutrition
Type

Randomized Evaluation

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