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Consulting and Capital Experiments with Microenterprise Tailors in Ghana

Dean Karlan
Ryan Knight
Christopher Udry
Researchers partnered with the consulting firm Ernst & Young to test whether providing tailors in Accra with individualized consulting, a sizable cash grant, or both can facilitate growth. Initially, tailors experimented with investments and management practices, but most learned overtime that these...

Improving Electoral Integrity with Information and Communications Technology in Uganda

Michael Callen
Clark Gibson
Danielle Jung
James Long

Researchers sent letters to polling stations announcing smartphone vote-tally audits to evaluate the impact of audits on electoral irregularities such as non-adherence to transparency regulations and falsified vote tallies. Relative to a comparison group, letters increased the number of polling...

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The Impact of Advanced Payments on Farmer Welfare and Company Profitability in Zambia

Gunther Fink
Kelsey Jack
Felix Masiye

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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Instruction and Financial Incentives to Improve Covid-19 Knowledge in Mozambique

James Allen
James Riddell IV
James Allen IV
Arlete Mahumane
Tanya Rosenblat
Dean Yang
Hang Yu
In Mozambique, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test whether teaching about Covid-19 prevention and/or financial learning incentives enhanced participants’ knowledge related to Covid-19. They found that both interventions improved Covid-19 knowledge separately and, moreover...
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Local Leadership and the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods in Bolivia

Kelsey Jack
María P. Recalde
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Past Felony Conviction, Participation, and Political Reintegration in the United States

Daniel Biggers
Alan Gerber
David Hendrey
Gregory A. Huber
Marc Meredith
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Training and Capital for Microentrepreneurs in Chile

Claudia Martinez
Esteban Puentes
Jaime Ruiz-Tagle
Researchers partnered with the Chilean Ministry of Social Development to evaluate a micro-entrepreneur training and cash transfer program in Chile. They examined the effects of business training and cash transfers on individual employment and income. The program increased total employment, income...