Information Campaign to Reduce Plastic Bag Consumption in Supermarkets in Mexico
Researchers: Dean KarlanJeremy ShapiroJonathan ZinmanAdditional Researchers: Alberto Chong Jeremy Shapiro Partners: Comercial MexicanaInter-American Development BankSample: 199 supermarkets located...
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Demand for Rainwater Harvesting Devices in Uganda
Researchers: Mushfiq MobarakPartners: Relief InternationalSample: 3,240 households in 81 villages Country: UgandaStatus: Ongoing Policy Issue: Poor access to safe drinking is an acute problem in many...
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Finding Missing Markets: An Agricultural Brokerage Intervention in Kenya
Researchers: Nava AshrafXavier GinéDean KarlanPartners: DrumNetInternational Development Research Centre (IDRC)World BankSample: More than 1,000 farmers from 36 self-help groups Country: KenyaStatus:...
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Market Structuring of Sludge Management for the Benefit of Vulnerable...
Researchers: Jean-François HoudeMolly LipscombLaura SchechterPartners: L’Office National de l’Assainissement du Sénégal (ONAS)Water and Sanitation for AfricaSample: 8800 Households in peri-urban...
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Credit with Health Insurance: Evidence from the Philippines
Researchers: Anja SautmannAdditional Researchers: Jennifer Ruger Partners: Green Bank, Inc.Office of Population Studies at the University of San CarlosResearch Institute for Mindanao Culture at Xavier...
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Text 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:...
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Text Message Reminders and Incentives to Save in Bolivia
Researchers: Dean KarlanMargaret McConnellSendhil MullainathanJonathan ZinmanPartners: EcofuturoSample: 9,652 clients of Ecofuturo's programmed savings accounts in 2008; 6,119 clients in 2009 Country:...
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Clean Water in Northern Ghana
Researchers: Jim BerryGreg FischerRaymond GuiterasPartners: Pure Home WaterSample: 1500 households in poor, rural communities of Northern Ghana that do not have ready access to clean drinking water....
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Marketing Effects in a Consumer Credit Market in South Africa
Researchers: Marianne BertrandDean KarlanSendhil MullainathanEldar ShafirJonathan ZinmanPartners: Credit Indemnity & Financial Services (CIFS)National Science Foundation (NSF)United States Agency...
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Mobile Commitment Savings in Rwanda
Researchers: Jenny C. AkerJessica GoldbergMercyline KamandePartners: Millicom International CellularSample: 25,000 mobile money users Country: RwandaStatus: Ongoing Short Description: This study...
View ArticleHow can Bill and Melinda Gates Increase Other People’s Donations?
Researchers: Dean KarlanJohn ListPartners: Harvard Institute for Quantitative Social ScienceTechnoServeThe Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationSample: 52,988 prior Technoserve donors and 61,483...
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Building Market Linkages for Smallholder Farmers in Uganda
Researchers: Paul GertlerCraig McIntoshAdditional Researchers: Lauren Falcao Partners: AgriNet Uganda Ltd. KuduSample: 3,000 farmer households; 1,300 traders Country: UgandaStatus: Ongoing Policy...
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The Impact of Ebola on Market Prices in Sierra Leone
Researchers: Rachel GlennersterTavneet SuriPartners: International Growth Center (IGC)Sample: 157 markets Country: Sierra Leone/LiberiaStatus: Ongoing Policy Issue:The Government of Sierra Leone and...
View ArticleSanitation Pricing for the Urban Poor in Burkina Faso
Researchers: Terence JohnsonMolly LipscombPartners: Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationWater and Sanitation for AfricaSample: 5,400 households in 200 neighborhoods Country: Burkina Faso/MaliStatus:...
View ArticleMeasuring the Demand for Aflatoxin Tested Maize
Researchers: Vivian HoffmanChristine MoserPartners: Global Center for Food Systems Innovation (GCFSI)International Food Policy Research InstituteOsho Grain Millers, LtdTexas A&M Agrilife...
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