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Giving policy practitioners the tools to design behavioural interventions and find out what works for themselves, rather than rely on external evidence reviews, is one of the best ways behavioural scientists can achieve social impact. The Global Innovation Fund is funding both BIT and Ideas42 to separately support developing country governments to institutionalise behavioural approaches to public policy. BIT has been working in Indonesia, Bangladesh and Guatemala. ideas42 has been working in Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania. This session hears from policymakers in these countries about their experience running trials with BIT and ideas42, including the results they achieved, challenges they had to overcome, skills they developed, and how they will continue using behavioural insights in future.
Gulzar Natarajan, Global Innovation Fund
Benjamin Kumpf, Department for International Development
Monica Wills-Silva, BIT
Sartika Kooshanafiah, BPJS Ketenagakerjaan
Saugato Datta, ideas42
John Gachigi, Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, Kenya
Session in partnership with the Global Innovation Fund
Giving policy practitioners the tools to design behavioural interventions and find out what works for themselves, rather than rely on external evidence reviews, is one of the best ways behavioural scientists can achieve social impact. The Global Innovation Fund is funding both BIT and Ideas42 to separately support developing country governments to institutionalise behavioural approaches to public policy. BIT has been working in Indonesia, Bangladesh and Guatemala. ideas42 has been working in Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania. This session hears from policymakers in these countries about their experience running trials with BIT and ideas42, including the results they achieved, challenges they had to overcome, skills they developed, and how they will continue using behavioural insights in future.
Gulzar Natarajan, Global Innovation Fund
Benjamin Kumpf, Department for International Development
Monica Wills-Silva, BIT
Sartika Kooshanafiah, BPJS Ketenagakerjaan
Saugato Datta, ideas42
John Gachigi, Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, Kenya
Session in partnership with the Global Innovation Fund
