Measuring taboo topics: List randomization for research on gender-based violence
February 25, 2018
Gender-based violence is notoriously under-reported—for understandable reasons. Experience of violence is highly stigmatized and victims are often shamed. Respondents may be fearful of retaliation if perpetrators and others find out they have disclosed their experiences. There may also be cultural … Read more
Opening the black box: Cash transfers and post-intervention research
February 25, 2018
Luisa Natali (UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti) – Last Fall I visited three of the most poverty-stricken rural districts of Zambia: Kaputa, Kalabo and Shangombo. Each location took two days’ travel by car from Lusaka. We drove up to … Read more