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The Impact of a Financial Literacy Program in South Africa

Christian Salas Pauliac
Veronica Postal
Bilal Zia
Researchers investigated whether a financial literacy program improved financial knowledge and practices, and increased financial service use among low-income individuals in South Africa. Offering a training improved knowledge about budgeting, increased self-reported savings, and reduced loan...

Returns to Apprenticeship Training in Ghana

Researchers measured the impact of a government apprenticeship program for youth in Ghana on wages, employment, skills, fertility, migration, and other outcomes. The results suggest that apprenticeship programs can provide youth with skills and transition them into self-employment.

Giving Cash to Help Women Make Their Own Reproductive Choices in Zambia

Natalie Bau
Corinne Low
Bryce Millett Steinberg
In partnership with Innovations for Poverty Action Zambia, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to measure the effects of providing cash to women college students in Zambia on their contraceptive use and future family planning decisions, mental health, and likelihood of engaging in sexual...