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
Bad taste: Gender discrimination in consumer lending Discrimination in consumer lending seems to come largely from biased male officers; combatting it may require cultural changes at the institutional level Finance Ana María Montoya Raimundo Undurraga Published 13.11.20
Subsidy policies and insurance demand Subsidy policies combined with financial education can generate learning from experiences and promote long-run insurance take-up Finance Jing Cai Alain De Janvry Elisabeth Sadoulet Published 14.08.20
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
Can microfinance unlock the poverty trap for some entrepreneurs? Microfinance has potentially transformative impacts for some entrepreneurs, especially those who otherwise would be stuck in a poverty trap Finance Abhijit Banerjee Emily Breza Esther Duflo Cynthia Kinnan Published 27.03.20
Using intermediaries to deliver credit A study in India suggests that private traders have a potentially valuable role to play as intermediaries for agricultural development interventions Finance Pushkar Maitra Sandip Mitra Dilip Mookherjee Sujata Visaria Published 02.03.20
What happens when investments targeting women’s microbusinesses go to men? Previous estimates of returns to microfinance for women are low partly because they often use it to invest in businesses that are not their own Finance Arielle Bernhardt Erica Field Rohini Pande Natalia Rigol Published 27.01.20
Give women credit A series of experiments in India provide insights into ways microfinance can be refined to strengthen its impact for the world’s poorest women Finance Erica Field Rohini Pande Published 27.09.19
