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School Meals, Educational Achievement and School Finance in Kenya

Michael Kremer
Christel Vermeersch
Researchers examined the effects of subsidized school meals on school participation, educational achievement, and school finance in Western Kenya. The results suggest that the meals program led to improved school participation, as well as higher curriculum test scores, but only in schools where the...

Text Message Reminders and Incentives to Save in Bolivia

Dean Karlan
Margaret McConnell
Sendhil Mullainathan
Jonathan Zinman
Researchers evaluated the effectiveness of sending text message reminders to clients holding programmed savings accounts.
A woman solicits advice from her doctor

Understanding Male Fertility Preferences in Zambia

Nava Ashraf
Erica Field
Alessandra Voena
Researchers in Zambia evaluated the impact of teaching husbands about the dangers of maternal mortality on their acceptance of family planning methods.

Text Message Loan Repayment Reminders for Micro-Borrowers in the Philippines

Dean Karlan
Melanie Morten
Jonathan Zinman
In “the text message capital of the world,” the Philippines, researchers tested the effect of text message reminders on client repayment rates. In contrast with previous research, they found that text message reminders did not increase repayment on average. Yet for repeat borrowers, who had known...
Mother blow drys daughter's hair

The Role of Incentives in the Distribution of Public Goods in Zambia

Nava Ashraf
Oriana Bandiera
Kelsey Jack
In Lusaka, Zambia, researchers compared the effect of financial and non-financial reward schemes on sales of female condoms. They found that non-financial incentives were more effective than financial rewards at motivating hair stylists to sell female condoms to their customers.

Savings Accounts for Village Micro-Entrepreneurs in Kenya

Pascaline Dupas
Jonathan Robinson
Researchers offered market vendors and bicycle taxi drivers in rural Kenya the opportunity to open a savings account at no cost. The formal savings accounts increased savings, productive investments, and expenditure levels among female micro-entrepreneurs, but not among males.
A young boy gets his hemoglobin measured in Udaipur, India

Reducing Anemia Through Iron Fortification of Grain in Udaipur, India

Abhijit Banerjee
Esther Duflo
Rachel Glennerster
Researchers in Udaipur, India, evaluated the impact of a village-level iron fortification program on the physical health of local families in 134 villages. Despite high take-up rates at the beginning of the study, overall take-up rates fell by the end of the evaluation. Results showed a significant...

Spousal Control and Intra-Household Decision Making in the Philippines

Nava Ashraf
Researchers designed a field study to identify how information and communication affect intra-household decisions. They found that Filipino spouses who don't control the household spending and savings decisions deposit money into their own accounts in private settings and commit it to consumption...