Is mobile money changing the rural landscape? Evidence from Mozambique The introduction of mobile money promoted migration out of rural areas by easing long-distance transfers and increasing resilience Finance Catia Batista Pedro Vicente Published 19.03.21
The limited effect of a mobile-linked deposit service on increasing savings: Evidence from Sri Lanka A digital mobile-deposit service reduced deposit transaction costs but did not increase savings Finance Suresh De Mel Craig McIntosh Ketki Sheth Christopher Woodruff Published 27.11.20
Alleviating financial strain to drive productivity: Evidence from India Does easing the financial stress of short-term workers by paying them earlier lead to productivity improvements? Finance Supreet Kaur Published 01.04.20
Building trust: Evidence from workshops on increasing savings in Peru Trust is important in encouraging poor households to hold their savings in bank accounts Finance Sebastian Galiani Paul Gertler Camila Navajas-Ahumada Published 30.03.20
Improving shock-coping with savings: The case of transactional sex Mobile banking to increase personal savings reduces the use of transactional sex for shock-coping among vulnerable women in Kenya Finance Kelly Jones Erick Gong Published 19.07.19
Evidence to practice: Unintended consequences in the absence of data Rodger Voorhies shares a first-hand account of the importance of empirical analysis for development practitioners Finance Rodger Voorhies Published 29.08.18