The Rockefeller Effect: Looking at Organizations of the Disadvantaged in Kenya

Researchers:
Mary Kay Gugerty
Michael Kremer
Fieldwork by:
Location:
Busia and Teso districts, Western Kenya
Timeline:
2002 - 2003
Target group:
  • Small and medium enterprises
  • Agricultural cooperatives
Outcome of interest:
  • Earnings and income
  • Asset ownership
  • Profits/revenues
  • Social cohesion
Intervention type:
  • Training
  • Community-driven development
  • Consulting
AEA RCT registration number:
https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/1407
Research papers:
Partners:
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Gugerty, Mary Kay, and Michael Kremer. "Outside Funding of Community Organizations: Benefiting or Displacing the Poor?" Working Paper, University of Washington, 2006.