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A woman using her tablet in Colombia.

Tablet-Based Financial Education in Colombia

Orazio Attanasio
Matthew Bird
Lina Cardona-Sosa
Pablo Lavado

The Impact of Formal Savings on Salaried Workers’ Spending and Borrowing in Eastern Ghana

Niklas Buehren
Markus Goldstein
Leora Klapper
Tricia Koroknay-Palicz
Robert Osei
Simone Schaner
Woman working on her laptop.

Virtual and Face-to-Face Peer Interactions to Improve the Quality of Business Proposals among Entrepreneurs in 49 Countries across Africa

Cristiana Benedetti-Fasil
Charles Brummitt
Tommaso Fornaciari
Dirk Hovy
Paolo Pin
Gaia Rubera
Diego Ubfal
Fernando Vega-Redondo
Researchers compared the effects of face-to-face and virtual peer interaction on the submission and quality of business proposals by individuals from 49 African countries enrolled in an online entrepreneurship course. They found that face-to-face networks and the virtual interaction of groups of...
Dar es Salaam

The impact of financial incentives on female land ownership in Tanzania

Daniel Ayalew Ali
Matthew Collin
Klaus Deininger
Stefan Dercon
Justin Sandefur
Andrew Zeitlin
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to measure the impact of unconditional price discounts and price discounts conditional on including a woman on formal purchased land titles in traditionally informal settlements in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Price discounts increased demand for formal land...
Man puts large loaf of bread into outdoor wood fired brick oven

Improving Employability, Earning Potential, and Sexual Behaviors through Vocational Training for Youth in Malawi

Yoonyoung Cho
Davie Kalomba
Mushfiq Mobarak
Victor Orozco

Improving the Effectiveness of Vouchers for Free Family Planning after Childbirth in Kenya

Jessica Cohen
Allison Ettenger
Margaret McConnell
Faith Muigai
Claire Watt Rothschild
In partnership with Jacaranda Health, researchers evaluated a family planning program that provided pregnant women with varying combinations of vouchers for free modern contraception and reminders of the importance of family planning. While none of the combinations increased self-reported use of...
Pregnant woman visits doctor

The Impact of Cash Transfers on Delivery Planning and Maternal Care Quality in Kenya

Jessica Cohen
Ginger Golub
Margaret E Kruk
Katherine Lofgren
Margaret McConnell
George N. Omondi
Claire Rothschild

Scaling Up Male Circumcision Programs: Demand Responses to Prices and Information

Jobiba Chinkhumba
Susan Godlonton
An evaluation of a voucher program in urban Malawi found that providing information and reducing the price of circumcision only slightly increased take-up.