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Migration Subsidies and Rural Labor Markets in Bangladesh

Agha Akram
Shyamal Chowdhury
Mushfiq Mobarak
Rural to urban migration is an integral component of economic development, but there is limited evidence on the decision to migrate and little evidence on how emigration affects rural labor markets. To better understand these, researchers varied the proportion of travel grants offered to landless...
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Empowering Women through Land Tenure Regularization: Evidence from the Impact Evaluation of the National Program in Rwanda

Daniel A
Klaus Deininger
Eliana La Ferrara
Markus Goldstein
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Direct and Indirect Effects of Malawi’s Public Works Program on Food Security

Kathleen Beegle
Emanuela Galasso
Jessica Goldberg

Social Networks and the Decision to Insure in China

Jing Cai
Alain de Janvry
Elisabeth Sadoulet
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Selective Trials for Agricultural Technology Adoption and Experimentation in Kenya

Sylvain Chassang
Pascaline Dupas
Catlan Reardon
Erik Snowberg
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Formal Rainfall Insurance for the Informally Insured in India

Mushfiq Mobarak
Mark Rosenzweig
Researchers evaluated how informal insurance within Indian sub-castes affects the demand for formal rainfall insurance, and subsequent risk-taking among households employed in agriculture. Informal insurance both increased and decreased the demand for formal rainfall insurance, depending on the...
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Land Leases to Semi-Nomadic Herders in Peri-Urban Areas of Mongolia

Erica Field
Leigh Linden
Daniel Rubenson
Shing-Yi Wang
Herders may change their herding practices to better sustain the land if they own rights to it, which could also translate into bigger and healthier animals, and more income for the herders. In this study, carried out near two cities in Mongolia, researchers evaluated the impact of private property...
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Commitment Savings Accounts for Farmers in Rwanda

Maria Jones
Florence Kondylis
Mushfiq Mobarak
In an ongoing study, researchers are aiming to identify product features that increase demand for commitment savings accounts and evaluate the effect of the accounts on farm investments and yields.