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Improving Take-Up of Tax Benefits in the United States

Saurabh Bhargava
Dayanand Manoli

In the United States, many people who are eligible for social and economic benefits do not claim those benefits. Researchers partnered with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to test the effectiveness of different messages to taxpayers designed to encourage them to claim certain tax benefits.

Women receiving financial literacy training in the Philippines

The Psychology of Debt: An Experiment in the Philippines

Researchers are testing whether giving vendors money to pay off their outstanding debts or offering financial literacy trainings can help break these borrowers' cycles of debt.
A family operates their market stall together in Nicaragua.

The Impact of Cash Transfers on Early Childhood Health and Cognitive Development in Nicaragua

Karen Macours
Norbert Schady
Renos Vakis
In Nicaragua, researchers examined the impact of a national conditional cash transfer (CCT) program on early childhood health and development. They found that the program caused substantial and lasting improvements in child health and development outcomes. However, it seems that program components...
Young women seated looking at papers

Improving Labor Market Opportunities to Increase Women's Employment and Education in India

Woman uses a small machine to scan a person's fingerprint

Improving Governance Through Biometric Authentication and Secure Payments in India

Karthik Muralidharan
Paul Niehaus
Sandip Sukhtankar
In India, a biometrically authenticated payment system reduced corruption and substantially improved the delivery of government social assistance programs despite partial implementation.
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Generating Skilled Self-Employment in Uganda

Chris Blattman
Nathan Fiala
Sebastian Martinez

Improving Community Workers' and Beneficiaries' Well-being through a National Conditional Cash Transfer Program in the Dominican Republic

Improving Financial Inclusion and Welfare Outcomes among Women through Savings Groups in Ghana

Researchers partnered with Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) to evaluate the impact of VSLAs on rural households. The promotion of these groups led to an improvement in financial inclusion for participants—including, substantial increases in savings and receiving a loan...