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This pilot study seeks to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of mobile money–based renewals for Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Researchers will test different reminder systems to identify the most effective way to encourage timely...

This project examines how increasing competition in mobile money markets can influence financial inclusion, innovation, and service quality. In partnership with Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB), researchers are testing a randomized expansion of its mobile wallet...

This project examines how Senegal’s mobile tax payment platform (m-tax) can strengthen tax compliance among informal small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). As part of the government’s ongoing digital tax reforms, researchers conducted a formative study...

This project studies how different types of skills training programs increase resilience to the economic shock caused by Covid-19. We build on an existing RCT, which evaluates the impacts of vocational training and on-the-job training on youth employment in...

Nearly a third of Americans cannot pay their bills on time. For many families, the issue is not insolvency, but rather the short-term illiquidity created by the pay cycle. Recognizing this, financial technology apps have begun to give workers on-demand access...

Differences in academic achievement between high and low socioeconomic status (SES) children arise at a very early age. Understanding the factors that give rise to these differences is essential for understanding the intergenerational transmission of poverty...

Groundwater is a vital input to agricultural production worldwide, but a widespread lack of marginal pricing or other effective regulation often leads to misallocation, overconsumption, and depletion. As precipitation and surface water supplies become scarcer...

India is plagued with the twin problems of exceedingly high levels of air pollution and low access to electricity. To address these issues, India plans to dramatically scale electricity capacity in conventional and renewable resources. To fully harness the...