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Innovations for Poverty Action just released their Best Bets: Emerging Opportunities for Impact at Scale report. It covers what they think are best evidence-backed opportunities in global health and development. The opportunities are:
- Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements to reduce stunting
- Mobile phone reminders for routine childhood immunization
- Social signaling for routine childhood immunization
- Cognitive behavioral therapy to reduce crime
- Teacher coaching to improve student learning
- Psychosocial stimulation and responsive care to promote early childhood development
- Soft-skills training to boost business profits and sales
- Consulting services to support small and medium-sized businesses
- Empowerment and Livelihoods for Adolescents to promote girls’ agency and health
- Becoming One: Couples’ counseling to reduce intimate partner violence
- Edutainment to change attitudes and behavior
- Digital payments to improve financial health
- Childcare for women’s economic empowerment and child development
- Payment for ecosystem services to reduce deforestation and protect the environment
Innovations for Poverty Action just released their Best Bets: Emerging Opportunities for Impact at Scale report. It covers what they think are best evidence-backed opportunities in global health and development. The opportunities are: