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Pricing Schemes and Irrigation Techniques for Water Conservation and Farm Profits in Bangladesh

Kyle Emerick
Manzoor Dar
Ujjayant Chakravorty
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The Impact of a Quiz-Style Information Campaign on Covid-19 Prevention in the United States

Susan Athey
Angela Duckworth
Dean Karlan
Erika Kirgios
Michael Luca
Katherine Milkman
Molly Offer-Westort
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The Impacts of In-kind Food Transfers versus Electronic Vouchers on Poverty Reduction in Indonesia

Abhijit Banerjee
Rema Hanna
Benjamin A. Olken
Elan Satriawan
Sudarno Sumarto
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Long-Term Effects of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Nicaragua

Karen Macours
Tania Barham
John A. Maluccio
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The Impact of Sanitation and Hand-Washing Promotion Campaigns on Child Health in Tanzania

Bertha Briceño
Aidan Coville
Paul Gertler
Sebastian Martinez
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The Effectiveness of Financial Disclosure in the United Kingdom

Paul D. Adams
Stefan Hunt
Christopher Palmer
Redis Zaliauskas
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Evaluating an Exporting Scheme in Tunisia

Aminur Rahman
Eric Verhoogen
Giacomo di Giorgi
To promote export diversification, the Tunisian government is implementing a $22 million export matching-grant scheme, TASDIR+. TASDIR+ aims to increase exports and promote export diversification toward higher value-added exports and new markets. This study is using a randomized controlled trial to...
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Cash-for-Work Program to Improve Social Cohesion between Syrian Refugees and Host Communities in Jordan

Eliana La Ferrara
Marcus E. Holmlund
Pedro Rosa-Dias
Researchers use a large-scale RCT to evaluate a program aimed to improve cohesion between Syrian refugees and their host communities in Jordan.
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Evidence-Based Medicine for Family Planning in Jordan

Rebecca Thornton
Marianne El-Khoury
Minki Chatterji
Nadia Al-Alawi
Shirin Al-Adwan
Soonie Choi
Researchers partnered with USAID to study the impact of Evidence-Based Medicine programs on changing family planning providers’ biases against injectable contraceptives. Overall, researchers found no change in provider practices and self-reported prescriptions.
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Increasing Financial Inclusion among Religious Individuals in Jordan

Adam Osman
Dean Karlan
Nour Shammout
Researchers partnered with Tamweelcom, a microcredit institution in Jordan, to estimate the demand for loans that comply with Islamic law (sharia-compliant loans).

The Impact of Exporting: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Egypt

David Atkin
Adam Osman
Amit Khandelwal
Researchers partnered with Aid to Artisans (ATA), a US-based nonprofit, and Hamis Carpets, an Egypt-based distributor, to provide small-scale rug manufacturers the opportunity to export to high-income countries. Offering small firms the opportunity to export rugs to high-income markets increased...
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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Inter-religious Soccer Leagues to Promote Social Cohesion in Post-ISIS Iraq

Salma Mousa
Researchers evaluated the impact of mixed Christian-Muslim soccer teams on social cohesion and interactions between these groups in an ISIS-affected area of Iraq. Christians who played on mixed teams demonstrated a higher likelihood of engaging with Muslim teammates after the league ended, but the...
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Microcredit in Rural Morocco

Bruno Crépon
Florencia Devoto
Esther Duflo
William Parienté
Researchers estimated the impact of a microcredit program, which was randomly rolled out in rural areas of Morocco. Thirteen percent of the households in treatment villages took a loan, and none in comparison villages did. Among households identified as more likely to borrow, microcredit access led...