Insights from economics and psychology can improve the delivery of health services and promote positive outcomes for individuals, families, and communities.
Health systems play a central role in driving economic growth by supporting productivity, human capital development, well-being, and resilience. However, constraints to the delivery and adoption of health services—including reproductive health, mental health, and the treatment of communicable and non-communicable disease—can greatly undermine the effectiveness of these systems. CEGA’s interdisciplinary community of practice—including psychologists, economists, public health researchers, implementers, governments, and private sector partners—examines both demand- and supply-side health sector challenges to inspire more cost-effective, high-impact health policies in low-income countries. The Health & Psychology portfolio provides catalytic funding to measure outcomes of health programming (especially behavioral health programming) in the Global South, synthesizes research findings, and develops partnerships with decision-makers to ensure that policies are informed by evidence and effective programs are scaled.
Evidence Insight: How a Focused Budgeting Activity Increased Savings Across the Hungry Season in Zambia
Read the research briefInitiatives
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Psychology and Economics of Poverty
PEP explores how preferences, beliefs, and decisions affect households living in poverty in low-income countries. -
Deworming and the Kenya Life Panel Survey
KLPS is a series of evaluations exploring the health, educational, and economic impacts of mass school-based deworming interventions in rural Kenya. - Parvaaz is an impact-focused initiative that applies insights from research in behavioral science to improve livelihoods, health, and well-being.
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Behavioral Economics in Reproductive Health Initiative
BERI provided catalytic funding to conduct rigorous impact evaluations of programs that test behavioral interventions for improved health in LMICs.
