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The Impact of Advanced Payments on Farmer Welfare and Company Profitability in Zambia

Gunther Fink
Kelsey Jack
Felix Masiye

Adoption of Commitment Savings Accounts Among Garment Workers in Bangladesh

Emily Breza
Martin Kanz
Leora Klapper
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Incentivizing Savings through Default Deposits and SMS Reminders

Abhijit Banerjee
Claudia Martinez
Esteban Puentes
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Increasing Financial Aspirations to Improve Financial Decision-Making and Outcomes in the Philippines

David McKenzie
Aakash Mohpal
Dean Yang
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test whether encouraging entrepreneurs to raise their aspirations helped them improve their financial decisions and outcomes. The aspirations training led individuals to set higher savings goals, but most participants failed to achieve their goals.
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School-Based Financial Education for Improved Financial Decision-Making and Academic Performance among Youth in Ghana

James Berry
Dean Karlan
Menno Pradhan
In southern and eastern Ghana, researchers evaluated two youth financial literacy programs to test their impact on savings, labor, academic performance, and financial decision-making. One program integrated financial and social education, while the second only offered financial education. Both...
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Financial Coaching in Peru

Dean Karlan
Jonathan Zinman
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Nudging Consumers to Use Tax Refunds to Repay High-Interest Debt

Jeremy Burke
Dean Karlan
Jonathan Zinman

Returns to Information and Temporary Discounts on Remittances for Guatemalan and Salvadora Migrants in Washington DC

Kate Ambler
Diego Aycinena
Dean Yang