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Introducing irrigation to central Kenya

Encouraging Adoption of Rainwater Harvesting Tanks Through Collateralized Loans in Kenya

Michael Kremer
Tavneet Suri
In partnership with Nyala Dairy Cooperative, researchers evaluated the impact of offering asset collateralized loans for rainwater harvesting tanks on both credit access for dairy farmers and profitability for the lender. Using the tanks as loan collateral led to higher take-up of loans by farmers...
Scarecrow in green field with palm trees

Microfinance to Increase Agricultural Technology Adoption among Rural Farmers in India

Erica Field
Rohini Pande
Christopher Robert
Researchers evaluated the expansion of a rural financial services provider in Tamil Nadu, India in order to understand how access to financial services, information, and exposure to risk affect technology adoption and well-being among farming households.
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Using Social Networks to Spread Word-of-Mouth Information Campaigns in Rural India

Abhijit Banerjee
Arun Chandrasekhar
Esther Duflo
Matthew Jackson
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Can Mobile Phones Improve Take-up and Delivery of Maternal Cash Transfer Programs in India?

Giorgia Barboni
Erica Field
Charity Troyer Moore
Rohini Pande
Natalia Rigol
Simone Schaner
Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to test whether a phone-based information service can increase take-up of India’s maternity cash transfer programs, and whether phone-based feedback can improve local-level program functioning and child health. Research ongoing; Results forthcoming.
Tax forms for the Earned Income Credit.

Increasing Take-Up of the Earned Income Tax Credit

Across six randomized evaluations, researchers studied the impact of low-cost, low-touch informational interventions, or “nudges,” on take-up of the federal and state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in California. None of the interventions had an impact on EITC take-up, suggesting that information...
A young man in a hooded sweatshirt using machinery

Branchless Banking Agents’ Profile, Limitations, and Potential for Agent Network Expansion and Improvement”

Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation in East Java, Indonesia to investigate the impact of the level and transparency of financial incentives on the take-up of these new banking services. They found that larger incentives caused an increase in take-up, but only when the incentives were not...
young Rwandan woman carrying a sack on her head

Benchmarking Cash to an Employment Program in Rwanda

Craig McIntosh
Andrew Zeitlin
In Rwanda, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to compare the impact of Huguka Dukore, a youth employment and training program, to that of cash grants of an equivalent value on several economic outcomes. Huguka Dukore improved hours worked, assets, savings, and subjective well-being, while...
Three women in saris look at paperwork with Bandhan staff

The Impact of a Multi-faceted Livelihoods Program on Low-income Households in India

Abhijit Banerjee
Raghabendra Chattopadhyay
Esther Duflo
Nathanael Goldberg
Dean Karlan
Robert Osei
William Pariente
Jeremy Shapiro
Garima Sharma
Bram Thuysbaert
Christopher Udry
In India, researchers partnered with Bandhan Konnagar to evaluate the impact of a multi-faceted livelihoods program known as the Graduation approach, which aims to encourage occupational change among people living in extreme poverty. The Graduation approach had large and positive effects on economic...