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Information, Accountability, and Governance Among the Urban Poor in Delhi, India

Abhijit Banerjee
Selvan Kumar
Rohini Pande
Felix Su
Boy watching water pour out of a concrete-encased spring.

Cleaning Springs in Kenya

Michael Kremer
Jessica Leino
Edward Miguel
Alix Zwane

The Rockefeller Effect: Looking at Organizations of the Disadvantaged in Kenya

Mary Kay Gugerty
Michael Kremer
A study participant uses the tablet-based bargaining app

Providing Endowments to Improve Bargaining Outcomes for Microentrepreneurs in Ghana

Morgan Hardy
Gisella Kagy
Lena Song
Researchers randomly provided more or less cash to garment-making firm owners in Ghana before a bargaining game to evaluate the impact of endowment on the negotiated sale price of a good. Owners of garment-making microenterprises with lower household liquidity agreed to lower sale prices during the...

Providing Health Insurance through Microfinance Networks in Rural Karnataka, India

Abhijit Banerjee
Esther Duflo
Richard Hornbeck
Researchers partnered with SKS Microfinance to measure the impact of bundling a health insurance product with microloan renewals on health insurance take-up, and health care use and spending. They found that the requirement to purchase health insurance substantially reduced microcredit clients’ loan...

Informal Math Games to Improve Children's Readiness for Learning School Mathematics in India

Joshua Dean
Moira Dillon
Esther Duflo
Harini Kannan
Elizabeth Spelke

MTV Shuga: Changing social norms and behaviors with entertainment education in Nigeria

Abhijit Banerjee
Eliana La Ferrara
Victor Orozco
Can television shows change how people think and act? In Nigeria, researchers evaluated the impact of MTV Shuga, a drama featuring educational storylines about HIV/AIDS on viewers’ sexual knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. The study shows that exposure to MTV Shuga improved viewers’ knowledge and...
Indian boy on school room floor

Balsakhi Remedial Tutoring in Vadodara and Mumbai, India

Abhijit Banerjee
Shawn Cole
Esther Duflo
Leigh Linden
Researchers evaluated the impact of the Balsakhi Program, a remedial tutoring education intervention implemented in schools in Vadodara and Mumbai, India, on student learning. The program significantly improved student test scores in both locations.