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100	1		_aCalvo-Gonzalez, Oscar. _926731
245	1	0	_aBehavioral Insights for Development : _bCases from Central America / _cOscar Calvo-Gonzalez.
264		1	_aWashington, D.C. : _bThe World Bank, _c2017.
300			_a1 online resource (130 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	1		_aDirections in Development;Directions in Development - Countries and Regions;Directions in Development - Human Development
520	3		_aBehavioral Insights for Development: Cases from Central America brings together a set of experiences that applied behavioral insights to different areas of public policy-Win some cases through randomized control trials, and in others using surveys or behavioral games. These experiences collectively show the promise of public policies that are informed by a better understanding of what drives individual behavior. In Costa Rica, for example, informing households of how much water they consume relative to their neighbors reduced water consumption (chapter 1). In Guatemala, altering the way government communicates with taxpayers increased revenue collection (chapter 2). In Nicaragua, an analysis of a cash transfer program found that children in households receiving benefits exhibited significantly higher cognitive development a result influenced by parental behavior changes during the program (chapter 3). In El Salvador, we explore how different biases explain the apparent puzzle of a gas subsidy reform that benefited most of the population yet proved to be widely unpopular (chapter 4). Chapter 5 also uses behavioral insights to analyze subsidy reforms in El Salvador, this time using a different methodology: a set of economic behavioral games designed to evaluate the willingness of individuals to accept subsidy reforms that would affect them directly. Finally, chapter 6 reflects on the progress made in applying behavioral insights in a development context. These cases illustrate, in practice, some of the findings of the World Development Report 2015: Mind, Society, and Behavior. In particular, they demonstrate the possibility of using nontraditional tools, complementary to regulation, in contexts where time and resources are limited. The World Bank has since established a Mind, Behavior, and Development (eMBeD) Unit within the Poverty and Equity Global Practice to mainstream and scale up behavioral science in public policies and programs. We hope these experiences will help to inform other practitioners about the potential of applying behavioral insights in a development context and will encourage them to consider such approaches as a complement to traditional policy measures.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		4	_aBehavioral Insights _926732
650		4	_aDevelopment _926733
650		4	_aEarly Childhood Development _926734
650		4	_aSubsidies _926735
650		4	_aTax Collection _926736
700	1		_aCalvo-Gonzalez, Oscar. _926731
700	1		_aZoratto, Laura. _926737
776	0	8	_aPrint Version: _z9781464811203
830		0	_aWorld Bank e-Library. _926738
856	4	0	_uhttp://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-1-4648-1120-3
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