050: eMBeD at the World Bank on behavioural science in complex environments

Introducing Zeina Afif, Renos Vakis and Ana Maria Muñoz BoudetI’m privileged to welcome to A Load of BS the core team at eMBeD, the Mind, Development and Behaviour Unit at the World Bank. Zeina, Ana Maria and Renos are working on the front lines, alongside governments and policy makers, challenging standard policy design and trying to change behaviour in complex, unpredictable environments and solving the thorniest of problems in gender, inequality and poverty among other.They have worked in over 70 countries, supporting the World Bank by diagnosing, designing, and evaluating behaviourally informed interventions. Show notesHow music and magic contribute to behavioural scienceeMBeD’s role and purposeManaging policy makers in complex environmentsUsing local, cultural and political context to construct behavioural science interventionsCan the skillsets doing BS at eMBeD take you anywhere?Being grittyDisaster risk management in Haiti identifying barriers to act on hurricane early response systems encouraging people to go to their sheltersFocusing on solutions that work vs. the best solution Sustainability: projects are not a one-night standWork on vaccine hesitancyEnsuring diversity in the World BankWhat excites and scares the eMBeD team for the future? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.