Encouraging Officials’ Use of Impact Evidence: Field Experiment Results from Latin America

• In Event: Openness to Democratic Ideals and Scientific Findings Among Latin American Public Officials

Brief Overview

What induces government officials to be more interested in learning from high-quality impact evidence? We conducted a field experiment of 180,000 government officials across Latin America to find out.

Author

• Darren Hawkins, Brigham Young University-Provo