Cash and the economy: Evidence from India’s demonetisation Demonetisation in India in December 2016, whilst not reflected in official GDP, led to temporary reductions in employment, output, and credit Finance Gabriel Chodorow-Reich Published 19.08.19
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
Strategic default in the international coffee market Linking farmers to global markets could spur growth and reduce poverty, but if markets do not work well these gains cannot be realised Finance Arthur Blouin Rocco Macchiavello Published 04.02.19
The benefits of financial inclusion in Rwanda Positive spillovers of a microcredit expansion programme on the commercial banking system can foster local development Finance Sumit Agarwal Tomas Kigabo Camelia Minoiu Andrea Presbitero Andre Silva Published 19.11.18
Mind over money matters: How psychosocial interventions can help with money management Psychosocial factors matter for financial behaviour. A financial literacy and parenting programme substantially improves families’ financial lives. Finance Janina Isabel Steinert Lucie Cluver Franziska Meinck Jenny Doubt Sebastian Vollmer Published 14.09.18
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
Transforming developing countries through private sector investment What do development finance institutions do, and how do they do it? Finance Nick O’Donohoe Published 01.08.18
Measuring the equilibrium impacts of credit: Evidence from the Indian microfinance crisis Revoking access to microcredit was costly – and not just for the households that borrowed Finance Emily Breza Cynthia Kinnan Published 22.06.18
The cycle of debt among vendors in India and the Philippines Even when street vendors are freed from debt and educated about the benefits of saving, they go back to borrowing from moneylenders at exorbitant rates Finance Dean Karlan Benjamin N. Roth Sendhil Mullainathan Published 10.06.18
