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Unconditional Cash Transfers and Civic Engagement in Kenya

Kate Orkin
Michael Walker
Citizen participation in local civic affairs and in decision-making processes around village resources can be a way to align policies with local preferences, hold politicians accountable, and improve public service delivery. In rural Western Kenya, researchers are partnering with GiveDirectly to...

Subsidized Employment in Michigan

Elisabeth Gerber
Brian Jacob
H. Luke Shaefer
young women

A 20-year Follow-Up to an Early Childhood Stimulation Program in Jamaica

Susan M. Chang-Lopez
Paul Gertler
Sally Grantham-McGregor
James J. Heckman
Rodrigo Pinto
Christel Vermeersch
Susan Walker
Arianna Zanolini
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Determining Optimal Subsidy Levels for Agricultural Insurance Take-up in China

Jing Cai
Alain de Janvry
Elisabeth Sadoulet
Ethiopian farmer picking lettuce

Linking Weather Index Insurance and Credit to Improve Agricultural Productivity in Rural Ethiopia

Shukri Ahmed
Craig McIntosh
Alexandros Sarris
Researchers combined subsidized weather index insurance with input loans for fertilizer and modern seed use for smallholder farmers in rural Ethiopia to investigate the impact of these products on demand for insurance and resulting shifts in agricultural technology use and crop yields. Results...
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Disseminating Innovative Resources and Technologies to Smallholders in Ghana (DIRTS)

Mathias Fosu
Dean Karlan
Shashidhara Kolavalli
Christopher Udry
Building on that evidence, researchers evaluated the impact of access to rainfall insurance either coupled with or compared to tailored extension advice, weather forecasts, and improved access to inputs on intensity of land cultivation and earnings for farmers. Preliminary results show that farmers...
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Vocational Training and Cash Transfers for Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in Kenya

Joan Hamory
Michael Kremer
Isaac Mbiti
Edward Miguel
In Kenya, researchers are studying the impacts of a program that combines vocational training with one-time cash grants to boost youth employment and entrepreneurship.
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The Impact of Cash vs. In-Kind Transfers on Food Security in India

Karthik Muralidharan
Paul Niehaus
Sandip Sukhtankar