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Anamika Misra
As a Senior Policy Associate, Anamika focuses on two specific areas: supporting the institutional partnership with the Government of Tamil Nadu, and supporting scale-up pathways for the Graduation Approach for ultra-poor families with different state governments in India.
Evaluation
Providing Free Internet Connectivity to Improve Financial and Economic Outcomes in Kenya
Researchers are partnering with a leading mobile network operator to investigate how the internet affects financial and economic outcomes, particularly for women.
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Guillermo Cruces
Guillermo Cruces is a professor of economics at the University of Nottingham and the deputy director of the Center for Distributive, Labor and Social Studies at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina.
Evaluation
The Impact of a Women-Specific Credit Scoring Model on Women’s Access to Credit in the Dominican Republic
Researchers are partnering with a bank and a mobile money operator in the Dominican Republic to evaluate the impact of credit scoring models designed specifically for women on access to credit.
Evaluation
Leveraging Referrals to Improve Targeting for Agricultural Training in Bangladesh
Researchers tested whether referrals by past trainees—both with and without incentives—improved the effectiveness of an agricultural training. Overall, the training increased adoption rates and improved agricultural performance. Referred farmers were only slightly more likely to adopt than those randomly selected, while rewarding or incentivizing referrals did not improve the quality of the referred farmer and may have led those ill-suited to the technology to adopt it.
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Ilf BENCHEIKH
Ilf Bencheikh is the Director of Training, Finance and Operations of j-PAL Europe.
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Indonesians are turning to digital financial services during the COVID-19 pandemic
Social distancing guidelines in Indonesia and around the world have profoundly impacted many aspects of people’s lives, from the way we communicate to the ways we work, shop, and transact. These shifts have brought the potential of digital financial services as a means of easing some of the economic...
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The Impact of Improved Communication on Cal-Grant Take-Up Rates in the United States
Researchers evaluated the impact of simplified award letters and different framing and messaging on students’ decision-making in their college selection process and uptake of financial aid. Researchers found that notification letters containing simplified and behaviorally informed language increased Cal Grant account registration but had no impact on eventual take-up of financial aid. Letters that included individualized net cost calculations as well as psychological nudges were found to slightly increase enrollment at community colleges.
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Teaching Students Perspective-taking to Mitigate Social Exclusion of Refugee Children in Turkey
Researchers partnered with the Ministry of Education in Turkey to conduct a randomized evaluation of Understanding Each Other, a program which aims to foster social cohesion through perspective-taking activities that encourage students to consider others’ perspectives. They found that the program improved students’ perspective-taking abilities, encouraged students to be more inclusive, and reduced peer violence.