International development
The IFS conducts research on the impact of a range of specific interventions related to early child development, health, nutrition, skill acquisition and education, sanitation, credit and insurance, anti-poverty transfers, labour markets, consumption, and tax and benefits reforms in developing countries.
This work is strongly grounded in economic theory and enriched by the development and use of innovative measurement tools and by collaboration with researchers from other disciplines. The IFS also provides support to institutions conducting evaluations and engages in advocacy on best practice in evaluations and on the design of interventions themselves.
Selected highlights
Journal article | American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
We evaluate the long-term impacts of a randomized Colombian training and job placement program.
Briefing note
This briefing note, released as part of the IFS's pre-election analysis, provides key information on UK aid spending.
Journal article | British Medical Journal
The objective of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of an integrated early child development intervention, combining stimulation and micronutrient supplementation and delivered on a large scale in Colombia, for children’s development, growth, and hemoglobin levels.
Journal article | Journal of Development Economics
This paper studies the effects of a randomized intervention in rural Malawi that provided mothers of young infants with information on child nutrition. The intervention improved child nutrition, household food consumption and consequently health. We find evidence that labor supply also increased.
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Professor Orazio P. Attanasio, a Research Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, co-Director of the Centre for Evalution of Development Policies at the IFS and Head of the Department of Economics at University College London (UCL), has been awarded the prestigious Klaus J. Jacobs Research ...
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Contact IFS on 020 7291 4800 or mailbox@ifs.org.uk
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