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The Power of Co-Design: Lessons Learned from Diverse Stakeholder Perspectives

by Rahin Khandker, Anne Stotler, Allison Schachter, and James Nyara, CCP

As behavioral designers, we know it’s important for end users and other stakeholders to participate in the design process for any new solution. But when a diverse array of perspectives are important, determining when and how to approach design collaboratively may feel daunting. A recent co-design process in South Sudan illustrates how stakeholders’ input, provided […]

Rebuilding the Safety Net by Reducing Administrative Burden

by Amanda Kaplan and Kelli Garcia

A few weeks before 4-year-old Paul Peterson was scheduled to have surgery to close a hole in his stomach as part of his recovery from a stroke, he was dropped from Medicaid coverage. While his mother frantically worked to figure out what happened and get him re-enrolled, his surgery was delayed and he missed needed […]

Changing Poverty Narratives Starts with Understanding Our Own Associations

by Allison Yates-Berg

I used to not think much about narratives, let alone their role in shaping public opinion and policy. If you had asked me at the start of my poverty-fighting career what narratives were, I would have told you they were simply stories or referenced a quote about “controlling the narrative.” It’s true that I knew […]

Closing the Global COVID-19 Vaccine Gap: Three Encouraging Insights to Support Vaccine Demand

by Sara Flanagan

It has been more than a year since the global roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines, yet the gap in vaccination rates between high- and low-income countries continues to grow. Supply shortages are no longer the primary issue, with logistics challenges and vaccine hesitancy emerging as the main barriers to uptake in many low-income countries. Among an […]

Changing Narratives Around Care Work in Argentina and Beyond

by Eva Matos

Achieving gender equity doesn’t require better arguments or more evidence, it needs new narratives. Last year, Argentina’s marea verde, or green tide, delivered a sweeping abortion reform, moving the needle in favor of gender equity in a society that’s still influenced by prevailing Catholic values and norms that stigmatize a woman’s right to choose. Millions […]

Overcoming Barriers to Voting in Local Elections

by Maya Alper

In the decade since becoming eligible to vote, I’ve moved seven times across four different states. Along the way, I’ve prided myself on re-registering with each move and doing my best to get familiar with my new elected officials. But despite the fact that my job literally revolves around elections, I still struggle like most […]

How Does Uncertainty Influence Decisions About COVID Vaccination? Part 2

by Tom Tasche, Lee-Sien Kao, and Ric LaGrange

Behavioral science provides a crucial framework for understanding human responses to uncertainty. As we unpacked in a recent post, we’ve all been living with high levels of uncertainty and instability throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. When it comes to uncertainty regarding COVID-19 vaccines, there are four “cognitive pitfalls” in particular that are likely to affect decision-making. […]

Building Behavioral Design Skills: A Conversation with Breakthrough ACTION Innovator Binta Soumana Gaoh

by Finou Thérèse Mendy

This is part of a series of conversations with members of the National Innovations Teams (NIT), a group of 54 health professionals across government and non-profit sectors in Burkina Faso and Niger. NIT members engage in a hybrid online and in-person applied learning curriculum developed by ideas42, which includes an introduction to behavioral design and […]

Introducing Behavioral Science to Global Social Protection Program Staff and Policymakers: Our New, Virtual Training Series

by Faraz Haqqi, Mukta Joshi

The success of social protection programs often hinges on people’s ability to make and act on a series of choices. For example, participants of cash transfer programs have to consider what their financial priorities are, and how best to allocate cash transfer between those priorities. They may also have to decide how to engage in […]

How Does Uncertainty Influence Decisions About COVID Vaccination? Part 1

by Tom Tasche, Lee-Sien Kao, and Ric LaGrange

Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, it can feel like there’s new developments and updated guidance every week. Consider the last few months of 2021 alone, which saw the first full FDA approval of a COVID-19 vaccine, authorization of a vaccine for the 5-11 age group, two different pills to treat COVID-19, and the […]

The Power of Co-Design: Lessons Learned from Diverse Stakeholder Perspectives

Rebuilding the Safety Net by Reducing Administrative Burden

Changing Poverty Narratives Starts with Understanding Our Own Associations

Closing the Global COVID-19 Vaccine Gap: Three Encouraging Insights to Support Vaccine Demand

Changing Narratives Around Care Work in Argentina and Beyond

Overcoming Barriers to Voting in Local Elections

How Does Uncertainty Influence Decisions About COVID Vaccination? Part 2

Building Behavioral Design Skills: A Conversation with Breakthrough ACTION Innovator Binta Soumana Gaoh

Introducing Behavioral Science to Global Social Protection Program Staff and Policymakers: Our New, Virtual Training Series

How Does Uncertainty Influence Decisions About COVID Vaccination? Part 1

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