In collaboration with IPA and Proyecto de Desarrollo Santiago (Prodessa), researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation in Guatemala to measure whether a mentoring program and information sessions for sixth grade students reduce school dropout rates and increase awareness of child labor and human trafficking.

Funded by IPA's Human Trafficking Research Initiative (HTRI), researchers traveled to Guatemala to build a partnership with the Pan American Development Foundation and examine its community-led awareness and information sharing counter-trafficking intervention.

In collaboration with IPA, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation in Guatemala that found that a video and text message campaign for women agricultural producers about the government’s School Feeding Program increased knowledge of the program and better prices and sales of the products it demanded. However, the campaign had no impact on getting women to participate in the School Feeding Program itself, suggesting better alignment of the program with local market conditions is needed.