Andrew Morrison

Suzanne Duryea

Marta Garnelo

Chloe Bustin

According to global survey data, 30 percent of women who have ever been in a relationship have experienced physical and/or sexual violence, perpetrated by their intimate partner. In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), it is estimated that 29.8 percent of ever partnered women have been physically or sexually abused by their partners. This report leverages insights from the behavioral sciences, including behavioral economics, social psychology and neuroscience, to provide recommendations to improve the design of survivor services in the LAC region and, ultimately, to lead to better life outcomes for women. We aim to provide policymakers and service providers alike with: 1) A diagnosis informed by qualitative research of potential behavioral barriers that service providers and survivors face in the process of delivering and accessing services, respectively; and 2) Proposed interventions ideas, informed by a review of the behavioral science literature, that can be tailored to existing services and evaluated for impact.

Improving Services for Survivors in Latin America and the Caribbean

Applying Behavioral Insights to Intimate Partner Violence

William D. Savedoff

Andrew Powell

Juan Carlos Navarro

Carmen Pagés

Carlos Scartascini

Rita Funaro

Lucía Madrigal

Juan Camilo Chaparro

María Victoria Rodríguez-Pombo

Eduardo Lora

Pablo Sanguinetti

Aimee Verdisco

Mariana Alfonso

Traditionally, the concept of quality of life has been viewed through objective indicators. Beyond Facts looks at quality of life through a new lens, namely, the perceptions of millions of Latin Americans. Using an enhanced version of the recently created Gallup World Poll that incorporates Latin America-specific questions, the Inter-American Development Bank surveyed people from throughout the region and found that perceptions of quality of life are often very different from the reality. These surprising findings have enormous significance for the political economy of the region and provide a wealth of information for policymakers and development practitioners to feast upon.

Understanding Quality of Life

Beyond Facts

Suzanne Duryea

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