Research

Current research

Current gui²de research covers topics such as education, road safety, and digital financial inclusion. Click on the project title for a more detailed description.

RISE: Research on Improving Systems of Education (new window)

Location: Tanzania

Project description: the RISE Programme aims to answer the following question: “What works to improve education systems to deliver better learning for all at scale?”

Zusha! (road safety) (new window)

Location: Kenya

Project description: Zusha! is a Swahili word that means ‘speak up.’ Zusha! is a road safety intervention aimed at improving the behavior of passenger-carrying vehicle (PCV) drivers in three Sub-saharan African countries

Featured research

Policy paper

The Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Refugees and Vulnerable Youths in Nairobi, Kenya (new window)

By Giuliana Daga, Jon Helfers, Béatrice Leydier, and Alex Wendoh

Policy paper

(new window)The Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Small Retail Shops in Nairobi, Kenya

By Jon Helfers, Martha Mutua, and Josiah Muyesu

Op-ed

How can India address big surge for health care after coronavirus lockdown? (new window)

By Jishnu Das – June 3, 2020

Policy paper

The COVID-19 Development Innovation Agenda: An Economic and Financial Lens (new window)

By James Habyarimana – May 27, 2020

Policy paper

Smart Containment: How Low-Income Countries Can Tailor Their COVID-19 Response (new window)

With Jishnu Das – May 15, 2020

Op-ed

Smart containment: How low-income countries can tailor their COVID-19 response (new window)

By Jishnu Das – May 14, 2020

Manuscript

Covid-19 Diaries: Early Impressions from an Online Questionnaire 1 (new window)

By Benjamin Daniels, Ali Hamza, Beatrice Leydier, and Jishnu Das – May 1, 2020

Podcast

Ask a Political Scientist: What makes a good democracy? Lessons from research in India

With Irfan Nooruddin – May 11, 2020

See gui²de‘s earlier work on COVID-19 here.