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The Impact of Access to Credit and Business Training on Entrepreneurs’ Business Outcomes and Resilience to COVID-19

Nathan Fiala
Lise Masselus
Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to test the impact of access to credit and business training on entrepreneurs’ business outcomes and households’ resilience to cope with the consequences of COVID-19. Research is ongoing; results are forthcoming.
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The Impact of Phone-based Job Search Assistance on Women's Economic Recovery From the Covid-19 Pandemic in Pakistan

Erica Field
Robert Garlick
Nivedhitha Subramanian
Kate Vyborny
The economic crisis resulting from COVID-19 is expected to affect women disproportionately. In Pakistan, researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a job search assistance platform on men's and women’s return to searching for jobs and working during the COVID-19...
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Impact of School Leadership Training on Management Practices and Student Learning in India

Lee Crawfurd
Todd Pugatch
Ketki Sheth
In this randomized evaluation, researchers will test the impact of a large-scale leadership training program in India on improving school management practices and student learning. The intervention is ongoing, and results are forthcoming.
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Digital Delivery of Humanitarian Aid to Improve Food Security of Women in Afghanistan

Michael Callen
Miguel Fajardo-Steinhäuser
Michael Findley
Tarek Ghani
Researchers evaluated a program delivering digital aid payments on food security and mental well-being for vulnerable female-headed households in Afghanistan. Digital payments led to improved food security and mental well-being for beneficiaries. Digital delivery of aid was also cost-effective and...
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The Impact of Information Campaigns on Voter Polarization in Turkey

Ceren Baysan
The researcher evaluated an opposition party’s door-to-door information campaign regarding increases in executive power or executive performance to determine the impact of widespread, non-state-authorized information on voter partisanship. In neighborhoods with majority opposition supporters...
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Building Footbridges to Improve Market Access and Agricultural Outcomes in Rwanda

Wyatt Brooks
Kevin Donovan
In partnership with Bridges to Prosperity, the researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation across 23 districts in Rwanda to determine the impact of building footbridges on wages and agricultural technology adoption and production.
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Encouraging Paid Sick Leave among Female Garment Workers in Bangladesh

Laura Boudreau
Rachel M. Heath
Manufacturing jobs can improve women’s economic empowerment, but health issues or caretaking often drive women out of the labor force. In partnership with a large garment Banladeshi manufactory firm, researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to test the impact of text messages about paid...
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The Effect of Matching on Worker Skills versus Preferences on Firm-Worker Matches in South Africa

Robert Garlick
Lukas Hensel
Kate Orkin
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to improve the quality of job matches in South Africa. They matched applicants to entry-level vacancies using different types of information: workers’ preferences for job types; communication and socio-emotional skills; or grades and work experience.