Improving Loan Repayment through Positive Incentives in Uganda
Researchers: Antoinette SchoarAdditional Researchers: Ximena Cadena Partners: Ideas42Uganda Microfinance Limited (UML) Sample: 1121 loan recipients Country: UgandaStatus: Complete Context of the...
View ArticleThe Psychology of Debt: An Experiment in the Philippines
Researchers: Dean KarlanSendhil MullainathanPartners: Research Institute for Mindanao Culture at Xavier UniversitySample: 250 vendors in the vicinity of Cagayan de Oro City who repeatedly fall into...
View ArticleBusiness Education for Microcredit Clients in Peru
Researchers: Dean KarlanMartin ValdiviaPartners: Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP)ATINCHIKCorporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) Research Program on Development Issues FINCA PeruFord...
View ArticleGroup versus Individual Liability for Microfinance Borrowers in the Philippines
Researchers: Xavier GinéDean KarlanPartners: Green Bank, Inc.Sample: 3,271 microentrepreneurs Country: PhilippinesStatus: Complete Short Description: Microfinance based on group lending with...
View ArticleHealth Education for Microcredit Clients in Peru
Researchers: Rita HamadDean KarlanAdditional Researchers: Lia CH Fernald Partners: Freedom From HungerPRISMASample: 2130 clients (85% women) distributed among 135 village banks in the city of...
View ArticleTrust and Microfinance in Poor Communities in Peru
Researchers: Dean KarlanMarkus M. MöbiusAdditional Researchers: Adam Szeidl Partners: National Science Foundation (NSF)PRISMARussell Sage Foundation (RSF)Sample: 9000 Households in 30 neighborhoods...
View ArticleExamining the Effects of Crop Price Insurance for Farmers in Ghana
Researchers: Dean KarlanEdward KutsoatiMargaret McMillanChristopher UdryPartners: Mumuadu Rural BankSample: 169 Maize and Eggplant Farmers in the Eastern Region of Ghana Country: GhanaStatus:...
View ArticleText Message Loan Repayment Reminders for Micro-Borrowers in the Philippines
Researchers: Dean KarlanJonathan ZinmanAdditional Researchers: Melanie Morten Partners: Green Bank, Inc.Microenterprise Access to Banking (MABS) myClick Technologies IncRural Bank of MabitacSample:...
View ArticlePowering Small Retailers: the Adoption of Solar Energy under Different...
Researchers: Billy JackTavneet SuriPartners: Angaza DesignSunnyMoney Sample: 1,849 small retailers Country: KenyaStatus: Ongoing Policy Issues: Nearly 70 percent of people living in Sub-Saharan...
View ArticleFinancial Literacy, Access to Finance and the Effect of Being Banked in...
Researchers: Shawn ColeAdditional Researchers: Thomas Sampson Bilal Zia Partners: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCountry: IndonesiaStatus: Ongoing...
View ArticleChallenges in Banking Poor in Rural Kenya
Researchers: Pascaline DupasAdditional Researchers: Sarah Green Anthony Keats Jonathan Robinson Partners: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCountry:...
View ArticleCredit Market Consequences of Improved Personal Identification: Field...
Researchers: Dean YangAdditional Researchers: Xavier Giné Jessica Goldberg Partners: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCountry: MalawiStatus: Ongoing...
View ArticleThe Role of Mobile Banking in Expanding Trade Credit and Business Development...
Researchers: Billy JackTavneet SuriChris WoodruffPartners: Coca-Cola Bottling CompanyEquity BankFinancial Sector Deepening (FSD)United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Sample: 1,200...
View ArticleFinancial Education vs. Access to Finance in Transnational Households
Researchers: Rashmi BaruaDean YangPartners: Alalay sa Kaunlaran (ASKI), Inc.Bank of the Philippine IslandsOverseas Workers Welfare AdministrationSample: 1,800 transnational households Country:...
View ArticleInformal Finance - Mapping Global Savings and Lending Practices
Researchers: Greg FischerDean KarlanCountry: GlobalStatus: Ongoing Short Description: To understand the potential gains from formal banking, we must first understand the risks and returns that the...
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