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Text Message Loan Repayment Reminders for Micro-Borrowers in the Philippines

Dean Karlan
Melanie Morten
Jonathan Zinman
In “the text message capital of the world,” the Philippines, researchers tested the effect of text message reminders on client repayment rates. In contrast with previous research, they found that text message reminders did not increase repayment on average. Yet for repeat borrowers, who had known...
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Microfinance to Increase Agricultural Technology Adoption among Rural Farmers in India

Erica Field
Rohini Pande
Christopher Robert
Researchers evaluated the expansion of a rural financial services provider in Tamil Nadu, India in order to understand how access to financial services, information, and exposure to risk affect technology adoption and well-being among farming households.
Larger cumulative transfers to the household significantly improved outcomes in many aspects of child physical, cognitive, and language development, both in the short and long term.

El Rol de las Transferencias Monetarias Condicionadas en el Desarrollo Infantil en México

Lia C.H. Fernald
Paul Gertler
James Manley
Lynnette Neufeld
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Leveraging Business Networks to Boost Women’s Entrepreneurship in Ghana

Edward Asiedu
Monica Lambon-Quayefio
Francesca Truffa
Ashley Wong
Researchers investigated the role of online networking groups (via WhatsApp) and free legal aid on improving business innovation, practices, sales, and profits among growth-oriented women-owned firms in Ghana. They found that online networking groups meaningfully encouraged business innovation...
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School Grants and Parents' Education Spending in India

Jishnu Das
Stefan Dercon
James Habyarimana
Pramila Krishnan
Karthik Muralidharan
Venkatesh Sundararaman
Researchers studied how a school grant program affected learning outcomes and household spending. After the first year of the grant program, students in treatment schools performed significantly better than those in comparison schools, but by the end of the second year, there was no detectable...
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The Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Health Outcomes in Chelsea, Massachusetts

Sumit Agarwal
Benjamin Le Cook
Jeffrey Liebman
The City of Chelsea implemented a cash transfer program called Chelsea Eats, which provided eligible households with up to US$400 per month for nine months. Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation on the impact of the unconditional cash transfer on health care utilization and a variety of...
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Improving Targeting of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Indonesia

Abhijit Banerjee
Rema Hanna
Ben Olken
Ririn Purnamasari
Matthew Wai-Poi
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation with the Indonesian government that compared self-targeting to automatic screening in the context of a conditional cash transfer program. Requiring households to apply for a cash transfer program in Indonesia discouraged rich households from seeking out...

Mejorando la asignación de subsidios de uso de suelo mediante autoselección en Malaui

Kelsey Jack
Elsa Maria Cardona Santos
En Malaui, el equipo de investigación evaluó el impacto de un programa subsidiado de siembra de árboles y analizó si asignar los contratos de forma aleatoria o mediante autoselección generaba mejores resultados del programa. La autoselección superó a la asignación aleatoria de contratos en términos...