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Is Digital Credit Filling a Hole or Digging a Hole? Evidence from Malawi

Pascaline Dupas
Jon Robinson
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a financial literacy interactive voice response campaign on loan outcomes. The intervention boosted knowledge and slightly improved loan repayment, but it also raised loan demand, increasing the overall risk of default.
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Safe Cities: Improving the Citizen-Police Interface in Pakistan

Daron Acemoglu
Ali Cheema
Asim Khwaja
James Robinson
Researchers partnered with the Punjab Safe Cities Authority to evaluate how to improve citizen’s access to and experience with police services.
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Leveraging Teacher Incentives to Improve Student Performance and Reduce Dropout in Uganda

Daniel O. Gilligan
Naureen Karachiwalla
Ibrahim Kasirye
Adrienne Lucas
Derek Neal
Primary school teachers in Uganda face public scrutiny and high pressure around primary school exit exam results. As a result of the incentives around students being successful on this exam, teachers focus their energy on students who could receive passing marks and encourage lower-performing...
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The Value of Health Insurance: A Randomized Evaluation in India

Cynthia Kinnan
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The Impact of Personalized SMS Messages to Parents on Student Achievement in Kenya

Michael Kremer
Joost de Laat
Researchers are partnering with Bridge International Academies to evaluate the impact of an SMS-based information provision program on students’ learning outcomes in Kenya.
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Leveraging Business Networks to Boost Women’s Entrepreneurship

Edward Asiedu
Monica Lambon-Quayefio
Francesca Truffa
Ashley Wong
Researchers investigated the role of online networking groups (via WhatsApp) and free legal aid on improving business innovation, practices, sales, and profits among growth-oriented women-owned firms in Ghana. They found that online networking groups meaningfully encouraged business innovation...
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Impact of Digital Financial Education and Information Provision on Gender-Based Violence in Colombia

Orazio Attanasio
Mathew Bird
Lina Cardona
Pablo Lavado
In Colombia, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a messaging-based program via WhatsApp focused on financial education, couples’ communication, and information provision on financial capability, women’s empowerment, and intimate partner violence.
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Impact of school-based training on social cohesion for immigrant children in Finland

Michela Carlana
Matti Sarvimaki
Mikko Silliman
Marco Tabellini
Researchers partnered with a local non-profit, Walter, to evaluate the effectiveness of two school-based social cohesion interventions for immigrants’ children in Finnish schools.