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Academic Paper

The comparative impact of cash transfers and a psychotherapy program on psychological and economic well-being.

November 23, 2020
Case Study

Improving online engagement of COVID-19 self-assessments

October 12, 2020
Academic Paper

Imperfect Monitoring and Informal Risk Sharing: The Role of Social Ties.

October 1, 2020
Academic Paper

Using sermons to study religions’ influence on political behavior.

September 15, 2020
Agriculture

Nutrition Report: Nutrition learning study qualitative insights report

September 2, 2020
Academic Paper

Using survey questions to measure preferences: Lessons from an experimental validation in Kenya.

August 18, 2020
Academic Paper

International optimism: correlates and consequences of dispositional optimism across 61 countries.

August 7, 2020
East and Southern Africa

Benchmarking Development Programs: A Preference-Based Approach

August 2, 2020
East and Southern Africa

Stress and Temporal Discounting: Do Domains Matter?

August 2, 2020
Academic Paper

How Soon Is Now? Evidence of Present Bias from Convex Time Budget Experiments

August 2, 2020
Publication

Measuring Self-Efficacy, Executive Function and Temporal Discounting in Kenya

August 2, 2020
East and Southern Africa

Risky Choices and Solidarity: Why Experimental Design Matters

August 2, 2020

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  • Agriculture
  • Climate
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Gender
  • Government
  • Health
  • Inclusive finance
Academic Paper

Testing interventions to address vaccine hesitancy on Facebook in East and West Africa.

January 7, 2022
Academic Paper

Are informal transfers driven by strategic risk-sharing or fairness? Evidence from an experiment in Kenya.

August 28, 2021
Asia and Pacific Islands

The digital credit landscape

August 12, 2021
Academic Paper

COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low-and middle-income countries.

July 16, 2021

Regional

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  • Asia and Pacific Islands
  • East and Southern Africa
  • Europe
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • West Africa, East and Southern Africa
  • West and North Africa
Case Study

Improving the efficacy and delivery of social protection programs

July 8, 2022
Academic Paper

The Impact of Reduced Charcoal Usage on Indoor Air Quality and Health in Nairobi, Kenya

March 17, 2022
Academic Paper

The Fruits (and Vegetables) of Crime: Protection from Theft and Agricultural Development.

February 27, 2022
Academic Paper

Alleviating time poverty among the working poor: a pre-registered longitudinal field experiment.

January 14, 2022