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Rebecca Toole
Rebecca Toole joined J-PAL’s Policy Group in 2015 as a Policy Associate. She works to communicate findings of J-PAL evaluations to policymakers and strengthen policy outreach. Becca earned a M.S from Tufts University in Economics and Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning. Her master’s thesis explored household cooking fuel choice in sub-Saharan Africa. During Becca’s studies, she interned with IPA, as well as a non-profit focusing on nutrition and agriculture in Rwanda and several other organisations related to economic development.
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The devil is in the details: Successes and limitations of bureaucratic reform
To address absenteeism among staff at public healthcare facilities, the government of Karnataka introduced an innovative biometric device to monitor and enforce attendance rules. This column presents findings of a large randomised evaluation of the programme. While some health gains were achieved, imperfect enforcement illustrates the limits of monitoring solutions if there are constraints on full implementation in practice.
