In a Bloomberg piece, Dr. Kate Orkin discusses policy options for countries during the pandemic and how many arguments against cash transfers are not supported by rigorous evidence.
François Gerard, Clément Imbert and Kate Orkin argue that by using a broader patchwork of solutions than higher-income countries, low-income and middle-income countries can cast an emergency safety net with extensive coverage.
Will people do as they're told? Kate Orkin speaks with the BBC to discuss how behavioural science can aid COVID-19 government prevention strategies and the power of role modelling good behaviour.
People need simple choices, not suggestions, in the COVID-19 crisis. Researcher Kate Orkin discusses this in a recent University of Oxford blog as well as discusses how people do things that are good for them and for the community by default.
In a New York Times opinion piece, Stefan Dercon encourages governments to break away from medieval reactive approaches and to prepare for disasters using data, highlighting achievements that would not have been possible ten years ago.
Dr. Johannes Haushofer and Dr. Kate Orkin discuss UBI and cash transfers at the most recent Behavioural Exchange conference.
The Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator CEO highlights new research on what is driving mismatches between young South Africans searching for work and businesses who say they struggle to hire.