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The Impact of Bid Training on Small Firm Growth in Liberia
Researchers evaluated the impact of a bid training program on the business performance of local small and medium-sized firms. The bid training led firms to bid on and win more contracts, with the positive impacts concentrated on a quarter of firms.
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Tavneet Suri
Tavneet Suri's research centers on a variety of applied economics issues in sub-Saharan Africa. She uses microeconomic and econometric models to examine the efficiency of household behavior and to understand subsequent policy implications.
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Jeremy Magruder
Jeremy Magruder is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, at University of California, Berkeley.
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Emily Sylvia
Emily Sylvia is a Policy Manager at J-PAL, where she manages the Agriculture sector. Under J-PAL's Agriculture sector, she advises the Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative (ATAI) and the Digital Agricultural Innovations and Services Initiative (DAISI) and liaises with the UM6P-J-PAL...
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Leonie Rauls
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Charul Dhingra
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Craig McIntosh
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Elizabeth Linos
Elizabeth is the Emma Bloomberg Associate Professor for Public Policy and Management and Faculty Director of The People Lab at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Her work primarily focuses on how to improve government services.
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Michael Greenstone
Michael Greenstone is the Milton Friedman Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. The focus of his research is on estimating the costs and benefits of environmental quality.
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Kelsey Jack
Kelsey Jack is an Associate Professor of Environmental and Development Economics at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Faculty Research Fellow at the NBER. Prior to joining the Bren School, she was an Assistant Professor in...
Evaluation
Encouraging Adoption of Rainwater Harvesting Tanks Through Collateralized Loans in Kenya
In partnership with Nyala Dairy Cooperative, researchers evaluated the impact of offering asset collateralized loans for rainwater harvesting tanks on both credit access for dairy farmers and profitability for the lender. Using the tanks as loan collateral led to higher take-up of loans by farmers without worsening repayment or leading to losses for the lender and also allowed farmers to invest in an agricultural technology.
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Eric Mvukiyehe
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