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In 2004, a randomised controlled trial provided individuals in Malawi with information about their HIV status, despite treatment being unavailable in the country at the time. Did knowing one’s diagnosis help or hurt?

Despite the high HIV prevalence in Malawi, individuals do not seem to adjust their behaviour to avoid infection—this may be due to the perceived transmission risk being so high that people become fatalistic, assuming they are doomed to HIV infection ...

How should governments communicate reforms to fight corruption without reinforcing citizens’ negative perceptions? A carefully designed information intervention in Honduras provides a promising approach to update citizen beliefs about corruption in t...

Authoritarian regimes cultivate misperceptions about the quality of democratic institutions and the value of democracy. How did an intervention, providing accurate information to voters in Türkiye, address these misperceptions and affect demand for d...

Information is power: a low-cost transparency programme reduced vendor misconduct and increased market efficiency in Ghana’s mobile money market.

Social media provides a powerful mechanism for citizens to make their voices heard, which spurs improvements in how governments regulate pollution

Providing performance feedback on delays in public service delivery speeds up bureaucrats, but faster delivery does not decrease corruption. Instead, positive feedback to well-performing bureaucrats worsens corruption.

Training field days increase awareness and adoption of technology, irrespective of how the demonstrators are selected

Mothers who received modest cash inputs along with information on practices to reduce malnutrition were more likely to adopt those practices