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Farmers plow fields in Kenya.

Dairy Market Responses to Saving Constraints in Kenya

Lorenzo Casaburi
Rocco Macchiavello
In partnership with a local dairy cooperative, researchers utilized a combination of evaluations and surveys to measure dairy farmers’ responses to various price and timing incentives. They found that farmers willingly declined daily payments at higher milk prices in favor of monthly payments at...
Larger cumulative transfers to the household significantly improved outcomes in many aspects of child physical, cognitive, and language development, both in the short and long term.

Role of Conditional Cash Transfers in Early Childhood Development in Mexico

Lia Fernald
Paul Gertler
Lynnette Neufeld
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Comparing Livelihood Approaches for the Ultra-Poor in Ghana

Nate Barker
Elizabeth Bradley
Gharad Bryan
Dean Karlan
Angela Ofori-Atta
Christopher Udry
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Tailored Microcredit in Rural Morocco

Bruno Crépon
Florencia Devoto
Ralph De Haas
William Pariente
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Examining the Impact of Rainfall Insurance and Family Networks in Burkina Faso

Harounan Kazianga
Zaki Wahhaj
Researchers partnered with IPA and PlaNet Guarantee to conduct a large-scale randomized evaluation that will measure demand for rainfall insurance among both urban migrants and rural households and its impact on the economic outcomes of the latter group.
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Leveraging the Parents and Children Together (PACT) Program for Increased Parental Engagement in the United States

Sebastian Gallegos
Ariel Kalil
Susan Mayer
Philip Oreopoulos
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Can mobile phones improve learning? Evidence from a field experiment in Niger

Jenny Aker
Christopher Ksoll
Travis Lybbert
Women receiving financial literacy training in the Philippines

The Psychology of Debt: An Experiment in the Philippines

Researchers are testing whether giving vendors money to pay off their outstanding debts or offering financial literacy trainings can help break these borrowers' cycles of debt.