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Financial Inclusion for the Rural Poor Using Agent Networks

Sebastian Galiani
Paul Gertler
Camila Navajas Ahumada
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation in rural Peru to assess the impact of providing a workshop designed to foster trust in banks on participants’ levels of trust, financial literacy, and saving and account use patterns of cash transfer recipients. Overall, participants who were offered the...

Mobile-izing Savings - Evaluating a Phone-Based Defined-Contribution Account

Joshua Blumenstock
Michael Callen
Tarek Ghani
Jeff Mosenkis
Beniamino Savonitto
Dimitri Berenstein
Pooja Wagh
Galen Murray
In partnership with a mobile network operator launching a new phone-based savings account, researchers evaluated the role of defaults and financial incentives on savings decisions. Two months after the launch of the phone-based savings account, the company’s employees randomly assigned a default...
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Mitigating the Economic and Mental Health Impacts of Covid-19 in India

Gautam Rao
Frank Schilbach
Kevin Carney
Lisa Ho
Anahita Karandikar
Sangeetha Ramanathan
R. Thara
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected health systems and economies across the world. Low-income communities have experienced particularly detrimental impacts, as a lack of financial stability further exacerbated augment the crisis. In partnership with the mental health care center SCARF, researchers...

Impact of Youth Entrepreneurship Education in Uganda (SEED)

Paul Gertler
Dana Carney
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Bourses d'études secondaires pour favoriser le développement des compétences et l'autonomisation des filles au Niger

Hélène Giacobino
Élise Huillery
Bastien Michel
Mathilde Sage
Le gouvernement du Niger, l'Institut National de la Statistique du Niger et la Banque mondiale se sont associés à des chercheurs pour évaluer l'impact de bourses d'études secondaires pour les filles sur le développement de leurs compétences et leur autonomisation. La réduction des obstacles...
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Plugging the leaky bucket: Generating experimental evidence to support Indonesia's social protection reforms

Abhijit Banerjee
Rema Hanna
Ben Olken
Elan Satriawan
Sudarno Sumarto
Researchers partnered with the Government of Indonesia to measure the impact of replacing the delivery of their food assistance program from in-kind transfers to electronic vouchers on household welfare. The reform was more effective in delivering assistance to targeted beneficiaries and helped...
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Health Care Hotspotting in the United States

Amy Finkelstein
Joseph Doyle
Annetta Zhou
Sarah Taubman

Rapidly rising health care costs in the United States have generated interest in identifying effective ways to improve the quality of care delivery and reduce waste within the health care system. In this ongoing study, researchers are evaluating the impact of a care management program that provides...

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A Multifaceted Approach to Increase Women’s Empowerment in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Manuela Angelucci
Rachel Heath
Eva Noble
Researchers evaluated a multifaceted program for women experiencing extreme poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a region facing protracted conflict. The intervention had positive and enduring effects on women’s consumption, employment, finances, and empowerment, and small positive impacts...