Policy Brief: Results of the First Health Center Survey
This briefing paper summarizes a baseline survey of health centres affiliated with the SKY micro-health insurance program in rural Cambodia.
View ArticleResumen de Políticas: Inversión en la Productividad de Pequeños Productores -...
Si bien es cierto que si el programa no afectó de manera uniforme a todos los participantes eso no significa que el programa haya fracasado, es importante entender para quién y para cuántas familias el...
View ArticlePolicy Brief: Investing in Small Farm Productivity - The Nicaragua MCC Compact
With appropriate caution given to the findings on household living standards, it is fair to say that the program succeeded for many, but not all targeted households.
View ArticlePolicy Brief: Changing Decision Horizons Amongst Poor Farmers
Beneficiaries of the agro-input subsidy and the matched savings intervention who were among the poorest increased their planning horizon as a result of their improved economic prospects.
View ArticlePolicy Brief: Evidence of a Land Transfer Program's Impacts on Poverty in...
Compared to cash transfers, where it is possible to simply give the poor target population money, asset transfers are clearly more complicated and have more limited scope since not everyone can be a...
View ArticleSuccess Story: How Considering Aspirations Can Shape Better Development...
A deeper understanding of what causes the poor to be reluctant to plan, save and invest in their future may provide valuable insights into designing interventions that address the source of the...
View ArticlePolicy Brief: Fishery Enforcement Could Have the Unintended Impact of Stock...
Our results suggest that enforcement mechanisms can actually damage cooperative behavior as players shift from cooperative harvest strategies to more self-interested ones that lead to the collapse of...
View ArticlePolicy Brief: Higher Aspirations, to a Point, Can Lead to Greater Investment...
A new study from rural Nepal shows that when people have higher aspirations, up to a point, they tend to make greater investments toward a better future. However, when aspirations are too high compared...
View ArticlePolicy Brief: Shifting Assets, Capacities and Risk to Aid Resilience and End...
In recent years, economists have evolved a theory of poverty traps in ways that have changed how we think about creating opportunity for those in desperate need, suggesting new directions that could...
View ArticlePolicy Brief: An Agricultural Extension Program Reduces Malaria Infections in...
The additional income generated by a large-scale agricultural extension program in Uganda reduced malaria infections by increasing rates of bednet ownership.
View ArticleEvidence Insight: Generating Resilience+ to Reduce Poverty and Spur...
Resilience+ (also Resilience-Plus) describes when rural families are more immediately able to withstand a shock and when that knowledge increases their investment in agricultural productivity....
View ArticleEvidence Insight: A New Type of Indexed Loan to Address Risk and Build Beyond...
USAID-supported research from Bangladesh in partnership with BRAC found that households pre-approved for an indexed line of credit in the event of a flood disaster had higher consumption and...
View ArticleEvidence Insight: Clearing Pathways to Prosperity with a Livelihood Building...
Midline results from an ongoing impact evaluation in northern Kenya found that a comprehensive livelihood building program yielded substantial economic benefits for women directly enrolled as well as...
View ArticleMRR Concept Note: Blending Indexed Financial Tools for Rural Households...
This MRR Concept Note builds out how blended indexed financial tools work in practice, providing additional guidance on how each indexed tool works in good and bad years, as well as how a long-term...
View ArticleEvidence Insight: How a Focused Budgeting Activity Increased Savings Across...
A budgeting activity in Zambia increased savings and annual crop output, results that show this kind of intervention at the time of harvest could help address cyclical food shortages while improving...
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