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Cash Transfers During a Pandemic: Evidence from a Kenyan Slum

Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of providing cash transfers to female entrepreneurs during the pandemic on their business outcomes and behavior. Firm profit, inventory spending, and food expenditures all increased for business owners that received the cash transfer...
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Soft Skills Training on Enterprise and Employment Growth in Tanzania

In this study, researchers explored the impact of a soft-skills training program on youth employment.
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Accelerating Changes in Norms about Social Distancing to Combat COVID-19

James Riddell IV
Tanya Rosenblat
Dean Yang
Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluations to test the impact of different types of public health messaging on the practice of social distancing.
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The Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers to Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers on Child Health in India

Karthik Muralidharan
Paul Niehaus
Sandip Sukhtankar
In partnership with the Government of Jharkhand, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to study the impact of unconditional, framed cash transfers to pregnant women and lactating mothers on child health.
maize being run through a mill

Connecting Smallholder Farmers to Agricultural Value Chains in Rwanda

Shilpa Aggarwal
Susan Godlonton
Ammar Kawash
Jonathan Robinson
Alan Spearot
Guanghong Xu
Researchers are evaluating the effects of providing farmers with access to maize processing services that could improve maize quality on their input decisions.

Rapid Re-Housing to Reduce Homelessness in the United States

David Phillips
James Sullivan
Researchers are evaluating the impact of rapid re-housing on homelessness and health outcomes for single adult individuals.
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The impact of payments for ecosystem services on crop burning in India

Kelsey Jack
Seema Jayachandran
Namrata Kala
Rohini Pande
Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a PES program that offers financial rewards to paddy farmers for reducing burning of crop residue (or “stubble”) on stubble burning in Punjab, India.
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The impact of text message nudges on churn in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in the United States

Susanna Loeb
Samuel Madison
Katharine Meyer
Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to test the impact of text message reminders of key recertification processes and deadlines as well as access to paperwork assistance on enrollment in the SNAP program.