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Woman carrying baby on her back pays for her greens at a rural market in Malawi

Access to Credit and the Scale-Up of Biometric Technology in Malawi

Xavier Giné
Jessica Goldberg
Dean Yang

Increasing Access to Microcredit to Encourage Business Start-up and Participant Welfare in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Britta Augsburg
Ralph De Haas
Heike Harmgart
Costas Meghir
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The Use of Nonbinding Contribution Suggestions for a Charitable Fundraising Scheme in Germany

Maja Adena
Steffen Huck
Imran Rasul

The Impact of Farmer-to-Farmer Training on Agricultural Productivity in Uganda

Luc Behaghel
Jeremie Gignoux
Rick Kamugisha
Jane Kugonza
Karen Macours
Margaret Najjingo Mangheni
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The Labor Market Return to an Attractive Face: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Argentina

Florencia Lopez Boo
Martin Rossi
Sergio Urzua
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Motivating Bureaucrats through Performance Recognition in Nigeria

Varun Gauri
Nina Mazar
Owen Ozier
Karima Salem
Researchers introduced a performance recognition system for employees to improve record keeping in clinics in Ekiti and Niger, Nigeria. They found that the performance recognition improved record keeping in Ekiti but not in Niger. Researchers suggested that important institutional, managerial and...
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The Impact of School-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on High School Dropout Rates in Mexico

Ciro Avitabile
Janina Cuevas
Rafael de Hoyos
In Mexico, researchers evaluated a math tutoring intervention and a cognitive behavioral therapy-based (CBT) program that aimed to encourage students to slow their decision-making processes and to improve academic readiness for secondary school students at risk of dropping out. The study found mixed...
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The Impact of Demonstration Plots on Adoption of New Rice Varieties in Bangladesh

Manzoor H. Dar
Kyle Emerick
Alain de Janvry
Erin Kelley
Elisabeth Sadoulet
In Bangladesh, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test whether helping selected farmers set up demonstration plots could increase awareness in the community about a new rice variety by triggering information exchanges through new interactions. Demonstration plots comparing new versus...