Documents & Reports
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Behaviorally Informed Messages Increase COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions : Insights from a Global Meta-Analysis (English)
During the COVID-19 pandemic, low- and middle-income countries struggled with lower vaccination rates compared to wealthier countries, posing challenges to reducing virus transmission, mitigating healthcare...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10981 Document Date: November 19, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Daniel Alejandro Pinzon Hernandez,Jungkyu Rhys Lim,Michelle Dugas,Ellen Elizabeth Moscoe,Mohamad Chatila,Cameron,Corey,Renos Vakis,Zeina Afif,Victor Hugo Orozco Olvera
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Find the Fake : Boosting Resistance to Health Misinformation in Jordan with a WhatsApp Chatbot Game (English)
The proliferation of misinformation and disinformation threatens to erode the credibility of public institutions and limit their capacity to implement policies that enhance public well-being. While health...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10933 Document Date: September 30, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Michelle Dugas,Daniel Alejandro Pinzon Hernandez,Jungkyu Rhys Lim,Renos Vakis,Zeina Afif,Takahiro Hasumi,Diya Nitham Mousa Elfadel
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Behavioral Insights for COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in the Caribbean : Rapid Surveys from Belize, Haiti, and Jamaica (English)
In the wake of the pandemic, the greatest obstacle to COVID-19 vaccination in the Caribbean is vaccine acceptance and uptake rather than supply. Social media surveys were conducted in three Caribbean countries...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 191104 Document Date: June 11, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Behavioral Insights for COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in the Caribbean : Rapid Surveys from Belize, Haiti, and Jamaica (English)
In the wake of the pandemic, the greatest obstacle to COVID-19 vaccination in the Caribbean is vaccine acceptance and uptake rather than supply. Social media surveys were conducted in three Caribbean countries...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 191104 Document Date: June 11, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Behavioral Science Around the World - Volume III : Public Health (English)
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the need for public health departments to improve how they address the behavioral components of health. Efforts to understand and address the linkages between behavior...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 190513 Document Date: May 28, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Using Social Media Surveys and Interventions to Address Vaccine Hesitancy in Saudi Arabia (English)
Countering COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy has been a challenge in Saudi Arabia, one of the countries affected most by the pandemic in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Aims: To identify information needs...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 189324 Document Date: April 18, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lim,Jungkyu Rhys,Moscoe,Ellen Elizabeth,Ada Alqunaibet,Pinzon Hernandez,Daniel Alejandro,Amaal Alruwaily,Chatila,Mohamad,Rasha Alfawaz,Zoratto,Laura De Castro,Afif,Zeina,Vakis,Renos,Berq J Hadi Al-Yasseri,Alsukait,Reem Fahad M,Nguyen,Son Nam,Herbst,Christopher H.
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Behavior Change for Low Carbon Energy Access Technologies - A Toolkit (English)
This toolkit aims to help WB task team leads and other practitioners apply behavioral science principles to identify factors influencing clean energy technology adoption and design effective solutions...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 189218 Document Date: April 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ailin Tomio,DeRoy, Emma
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Behavior Change in Solid Waste Management - A Compendium of Cases (English)
Today the world faces unprecedented challenges in waste management while the state of the municipal waste management sector globally is a matter of concern. To reverse current trends related to waste generation...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 184901 Document Date: March 21, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ionkova,Kremena M.,Tomio,Andrea Ailin,Roy, Emma De,Yadav,Sonakshi,Kaza,Silpa,Karver,Jonathan George,Vakis,Renos
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Leveraging Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) to Transform Gender Attitudes and Norms in Mashreq Countries (English)
Female labor force participation in Mashreq countries is notably low due to a range of structural constraints that are further exacerbated by gender norms. This knowledge brief highlights lessons learned...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 190786 Document Date: March 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dana Ghazi Nabeeh Qarout,Jonna Maria Lundvall,Nour Nasr,Mohamad Chatila
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Cómo Lograr una Buena Comunicación con Mujeres en Áreas Rurales: Hallazgos de una Estrategia Comunicacional Utilizada en México Que Aplicó Ciencias del Comportamiento - Infografía (Spanish)
Un experimento que aplicó ciencias del comportamiento logró aumentar de manera significativa el número de aplicaciones a un programa de gestión de recursos naturales de mujeres en localidades de difícil...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 187703 Document Date: February 13, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Reyes-Retana,Graciela,Pons,Gonzalo Antonio,Siegmann,Katharina,Afif,Zeina
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How To Better Reach Rural Women: Findings from a Communication Strategy in Mexico Informed by Behavioral Science - Infographic (English)
An experiment using behavioral sciences significantly increased the number of applications to a natural resource management program from women in harder-to-reach localities, showing that rural women in...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 187703 Document Date: February 13, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Reyes-Retana,Graciela,Pons,Gonzalo Antonio,Siegmann,Katharina,Afif,Zeina
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Usando la Ciencia del Comportamiento para Aumentar la Participación de las Mujeres en la Gestión de los Recursos Naturales en México - Resumen de Resultados (Spanish)
Mientras los países continúan buscando formas de recuperarse de la pandemia de COVID-19, tienen la oportunidad única de formular políticas para impulsar sus economías de manera más inclusiva y sostenible...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 187701 Document Date: January 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Reyes-Retana,Graciela,Pons,Gonzalo Antonio,Siegmann,Katharina,Afif,Zeina
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Using Behavioral Science to Increase Women’s Participation in Natural Resource Management in Mexico - Results Brief (English)
As countries continue to seek ways to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, they have the unique opportunity to develop policies aimed at boosting their economies in a way that is more inclusive and sustainable...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 187701 Document Date: January 17, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Reyes-Retana,Graciela,Pons,Gonzalo Antonio,Siegmann,Katharina,Afif,Zeina
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Ampliando as Conexoes de Esgoto um Diagnostico Comportamental: Infográfico (Portuguese)
Em Recife, a empresa de água e saneamento do estado é responsável pela realização das obras da rede de esgoto e cada domicílio é responsável pela sua conexão até a rede instalada na rua. No entanto, nem...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 186381 Document Date: December 11, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Jorge Luis Castaneda Nunez,Juliana Neves Soares Brescianini,Pfeifer,Flora Finamor,Murilo De Carvalho Marques,Santos,Leonardo Gill Correia,Helena Dill
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Increasing Wastewater Connections a Behavioral Diagnostic: Infographic (English)
In Recife, Brazil, the water and sanitation utility company is responsible for constructing the public sewerage network. However, connecting a house to the available network in the street is each household’s...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 186381 Document Date: December 11, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Jorge Luis Castaneda Nunez,Juliana Neves Soares Brescianini,Pfeifer,Flora Finamor,Murilo De Carvalho Marques,Santos,Leonardo Gill Correia,Helena Dill
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Social Norms and Female Labor Force Participation in Egypt (English)
In recent decades, Egypt has made significant investments in closing gender gaps, including the passage of several laws in support of the rights of Egyptian women. Social and gender norms represent critical...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 182972 Document Date: June 20, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Nahla Zeitoun,Souraya El Assiouty,Tasmia Rahman,Osman, Magued,Girgis, Hanan,Dana Ghazi Nabeeh Qarout,Elkhorazaty,Noha
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Using Behavioral Science to Increase Women’s Participation in Natural Resource Management in Mexico (English)
Natural resources management (NRM) helps protect forests and promote sustainable development. Although women are key in strengthening activities in NRM, they are dramatically underrepresented in public...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10419 Document Date: April 21, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Reyes-Retana,Graciela,Pons,Gonzalo Antonio,Siegmann,Katharina,Afif,Zeina,Gomez-Garcia,Margarita,Soto-Mota,Pablo,Castaneda Farill,Carmen Elena
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Behavioral Aspects of Healthy Longevity (English)
Addressing the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases to achieve healthy longevity for an aging population has become central to global health policy goals. New policy tools are needed for effectively...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10347 Document Date: March 7, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ana Maria Rojas Mendez,Ana Maria Munoz Boudet,Ellen Elizabeth Moscoe,Jamison,Julian,Herl,Carlos Rumiallo
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Redirecting Efforts to the Most Vulnerable and Documenting Lessons from COVID-19 for Future Pandemics : Evidence from the Caribbean (English)
Globally, countries did not meet the goal of the World Health Organization (WHO) of reaching 70 percent coverage of vaccination against COVID-19 by June 2022. In July 2022, the WHO updated its COVID-19...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 180194 Document Date: February 21, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Amy Elliott Margolies,Micaela Mussini,Phillis Kim,Laura Di Giorgio
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Reorientación de los Esfuerzos Hacia los más Vulnerables y Documentación de las Lecciones del COVID-19 para Futuras Pandemias : Evidencia del Caribe (Spanish)
Globally, countries did not meet the goal of the World Health Organization (WHO) of reaching 70 percent coverage of vaccination against COVID-19 by June 2022. In July 2022, the WHO updated its COVID-19...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 180194 Document Date: February 20, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Margolies,Amy Elliott,Mussini,Micaela,Kim,Phillis,Di Giorgio,Laura