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Peer Effects in a Micro-Entrepreneur Training Program in Chile

Jeanne Lafortune
José Tessada
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Nudges and Learning: Evidence from Informational Interventions for Low-Income Taxpayers in the United States

Dayanand Manoli
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Motivating Take up of Savings Accounts in Ghana

Margaret McConnell
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Improving the Lives of Individuals in Financial Distress in the United States

James Greiner
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Developing Sustainable Products for the Financially Underserved in the United States

Jonathan Zinman
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Bad Advice: Explaining the Persistence of Whole Life Insurance in India

Shawn Cole
Women in Kataek, Uganda, make cloths to sell in small-scale trading.

Improving Women’s Labor and Welfare Outcomes through Microfinance in Uganda

Oriana Bandiera
Robin Burgess
Erika Deserranno
Imran Rasul
Munshi Sulaiman
Researchers in rural Western Uganda tested whether a microfinance program can help women borrowers switch out of subsistence agriculture to other labor activities, such as entrepreneurship or small-scale trading. While microloans helped women switch into service-based jobs including small-scale...
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Cash and Microenterprise Support for the Ultra-Poor in Uganda

Chris Blattman
Julian Jamison
In partnership with the Association of Volunteers in International Service, researchers evaluated the impact of the Women’s Income Generating Support (WINGS) program, an initiative which provided low-income Ugandan individuals, mainly women, with financial grants, business skills training, and...