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Effectively Targeting Anti-Poverty Programs in Indonesia

Vivi Alatas
Abhijit Banerjee
Rema Hanna
Ben Olken
Julia Tobias
Researchers in Indonesia compared the effectiveness of two methods of identifying the low-income households: a community method where villagers ranked households according to perceived wealth, and a proxy-means test which relied on measures of consumption and assets. The community methods of...
Man in Uganda selling maize

Building Market Linkages for Smallholder Farmers through a Digital Marketplace in Uganda

Lauren Falcao Bergquist
Craig McIntosh
Meredith Startz
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation in Uganda to test the impact of a mobile phone-based marketplace for agricultural commodities on local market prices, entry of traders, farmer revenue, and trader profits. Overall, the platform increased trade flows and decreased price variation across...
A smiling mother holds a young baby close to her, looking at the child.

Randomized Evaluation of the Nurse Family Partnership in South Carolina

Researchers are evaluating the impact of an intensive nurse home visiting program for low-income mothers on pregnancy and birth outcomes, child health and development, and future life-courses for the family. The program had no effect on adverse birth outcomes or prenatal outcomes such as health care...
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Educational Returns of Boarding Schools for Underserved Secondary School Children in France

Luc Behaghel
Clement de Chaisemartin
Axelle Charpentier
Marc Gurgand
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of boarding schools on educational outcomes and well-being for children with disadvantaged backgrounds in France. The top third of students admitted to France’s first “boarding school of excellence” had large improvements in math...
A person holding a red and yellow cocoa pod in Ghana

The Impact of a Digital Credit for Small-Scale Farmers in Ghana

Monica Lambon-Quayefio
Utsav Manjeer
Christopher Udry
Researchers are evaluating the impact of an innovative mobile phone-based digital finance program on loan repayment rates, investment decisions, savings, and use of other financial services, as well as agricultural yields and profits.
Bank Hapoalim Jerusalem

Reducing Gender Differences in Financial Literacy and Confidence in Israel

Saumitra Jha
Moses Shayo
Researchers evaluated the impacts of increased exposure to financial markets on participants’ financial literacy and investment behavior in Israel, and found it reduced the gender gap in financial literacy and confidence. They found that engaging in financial markets increased participants'...
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The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment in the United States

Heidi Allen
Katherine Baicker
Mira Bernstein
Amy Finkelstein
Jonathan Gruber
Joseph P. Newhouse
Eric Schneider
Jae Song
Sarah Taubman
Bill Wright
Alan Zaslavsky
Young child is eating fruits and vegetables. He is reaching for a clementine from an adult.

The Impact of Poverty Reduction on Child Health, Nutrition, and Sleep in the United States

Greg Duncan
Nathan Fox
Lisa A. Gennetian
Sarah Halpern-Meekin
Emma Hart
Alicia Kunin-Batson
Katherine Magnuson
Kimberly Noble
Jessica Sperber
Hiro Yoshikawa
To understand the causal impact of poverty reduction on children’s health, nutrition, sleep, and healthcare utilization, among other outcomes, researchers randomly assigned new mothers to receive an unconditional cash transfer of $333 (high-cash group) or $20 per month (low-cash group) in the Baby’s...