"Small Miracles" --Behavioral Insights to Improve Development Policy

One of the most fruitful advances in modern economics has been the introduction of psychological realism into the model of "economic man." The World Development Report 2015 organizes the evidence about how humans actually think and make decisions into a coherent framework useful for designing development policy. This paper elaborates on the three principles of human thinking that constitute the report's intellectual framework: Human thinking is dual process -- automatic as well as deliberative (thinking automatically); it is conditioned by social context and the salience of social identities (thinking socially); and it is shaped by mental models that are socially constructed (thinking with mental models). Behavioral insights create scope for policy interventions that produce "miracles" from the perspective of traditional economics.

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Main Authors: Demeritt, Allison, Hoff, Karla
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015-02
Subjects:ACHIEVEMENT, AGED, AGGRESSIVE, ANXIETY, ATTENTION, ATTITUDES OF TEACHERS, AUTISM, BEHAVIOR CHANGE, BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT, BEHAVIORS, BELIEFS, BEST PRACTICES, CATEGORIZATION, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, CHILD SURVIVAL, CIVIL SOCIETY, CLASSROOMS, COGNITIVE SCIENCE, COLLEGES, COMMON SENSE, COMMUNITIES, COMPETENCE, COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT, CRIME, DECISION MAKING, DECISION-MAKING, DEMAND FOR EDUCATION, DISCIPLINES, DISCUSSIONS, DISENGAGEMENT, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EDUCATIONAL CAREER, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, EFFICIENT COORDINATION, EMOTION, EMPLOYMENT, ENROLLMENT, ETHICS, EXAM, EXERCISES, FAMILIES, FEMALE EDUCATION, GENDER, GIRLS, HEALTH CARE, HEURISTICS, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, HUMAN RESOURCES, IDEA, IDEAS, INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS, INSIGHTS, INTERVENTION, INTERVENTIONS, LAWS, LEADERSHIP, LEADING, MARKETING, MENTAL CONSTRUCTS, MENTAL MODELS, MORTALITY, NATURAL SCIENCES, OPEN ACCESS, PAPERS, PATIENTS, PERCEPTION, PERSONALITY, PHYSICIANS, POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS, PRACTITIONERS, PRIMING, PRODUCTIVITY, PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY, PSYCHOLOGISTS, PSYCHOLOGY, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, QUALITY SCHOOLS, REASONING, RESEARCHERS, RITUALS, RULES OF THUMB, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SMOKING, SOCIAL EXCLUSION, SOCIAL FABRIC, SOCIAL GROUP, SOCIAL GROUPS, SOCIAL IDENTITY, SOCIAL SCIENTISTS, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, TEACHER, TEACHERS, TEXTBOOKS, THERAPY, THINKING, UNDERGRADUATES, UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, VIOLENCE, YOUTH,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/24021435/small-miracles-behavioral-insights-improve-development-policy-world-development-report-2015
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21592
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