Chowdhury, Sadia2012-08-132012-08-132001-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11371In Bangladesh an education program aimed at teaching mothers how to prepare and use oral rehydration solution to treat diarrhea relied on output-based incentives to ensure that the teaching was effective. The program tied field workers' pay to fast-cycle feedback on performance against output indicators. Monitoring results show that the approach worked: the mothers learned effectively. Over 10 years the program reached 12 million households.CC BY 3.0 IGOEDUCATION PROGRAMSMOTHERS' EDUCATIONHEALTH EDUCATIONORAL REHYDRATIONDIARRHOEAL DISEASESINCENTIVE PAYMENTSTEACHING METHODSPERFORMANCE INDICATORSMONITORING CRITERIACHILD CAREDEATHSDEHYDRATIONDIARRHEADIARRHOEADISEASEDISEASE RESEARCHDISSEMINATIONDOCTOREXPENDITURESFAMILIESFAMILY PLANNINGFEMALEGENDERGENDER BIASHEALTH RESEARCHHEALTH SPECIALISTHEALTH WORKERSHIV/AIDSILLNESSINCOMEINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFANTSINTERVENTIONLAWSMARKETINGMORTALITYMORTALITY RATESMOTHERMOTHERSOFFICIAL POLICYORAL REHYDRATIONORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTIONORAL REHYDRATION THERAPYORTPOPULATION DIVISIONPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC POLICYPURCHASING POWERQUALITY CONTROLRADIORURAL AREASSAFE DRINKING WATERSAFE WATERSANITATIONSPECIALISTSTERILE EQUIPMENTTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETELEVISIONTREATMENTTUBINGWOMANWORKERS EDUCATION PROGRAMSMOTHERS' EDUCATIONHEALTH EDUCATIONORAL REHYDRATIONDIARRHOEAL DISEASESINCENTIVE PAYMENTSTEACHING METHODSPERFORMANCE INDICATORSMONITORING CRITERIAWorld Bank10.1596/11371