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Information, Accountability, and Governance Among the Urban Poor in Delhi, India

Abhijit Banerjee
Selvan Kumar
Rohini Pande
Felix Su

The Rockefeller Effect: Looking at Organizations of the Disadvantaged in Kenya

Mary Kay Gugerty
Michael Kremer
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Providing Endowments to Improve Bargaining Outcomes for Microentrepreneurs in Ghana

Morgan Hardy
Gisella Kagy
Lena Song
Researchers randomly provided more or less cash to garment-making firm owners in Ghana before a bargaining game to evaluate the impact of endowment on the negotiated sale price of a good. Owners of garment-making microenterprises with lower household liquidity agreed to lower sale prices during the...

Informal Math Games to Improve Children's Readiness for Learning School Mathematics in India

Joshua Dean
Moira Dillon
Esther Duflo
Harini Kannan
Elizabeth Spelke

MTV Shuga: Changing social norms and behaviors with entertainment education in Nigeria

Abhijit Banerjee
Eliana La Ferrara
Victor Orozco
Can television shows change how people think and act? In Nigeria, researchers evaluated the impact of MTV Shuga, a drama featuring educational storylines about HIV/AIDS on viewers’ sexual knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. The study shows that exposure to MTV Shuga improved viewers’ knowledge and...
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Governance and the Effectiveness of Public Health Subsidies in Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda

Rebecca Dizon-Ross
Pascaline Dupas
Jonathan Robinson

Interest Rate Subsidies and Savings Behavior in Kenya

Simone Schaner
A randomized evaluation in rural Kenya found that offering higher short-term interest rates on a savings account substantially increased bank account use two and a half years for after the promotional rate ended. Offering the interest rate promotion on individual bank accounts also increased...
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Increasing Financial Inclusion among Religious Individuals in Jordan

Dean Karlan
Adam Osman
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).