Investment in improved agricultural inputs is infrequent for smallholder farmers in Africa. One barrier may be limited … access to formal savings. This is the first study to use a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of using mobile … money as a tool to promote agricultural investment. For this purpose, we designed and conducted a field experiment with a …

growth. Investment growth has dominated GDP growth in China during this decade but is also important in the cases of India … region. In terms of sheer magnitudes, China's national savings and current account surpluses dominate the region's saving-investment …. -- Growth contributions ; national savings and investment ; current account balance ; welfare consequences of growth …

human and nonhuman capital investment ; power law of learning …

bride-to-groom marriage payments, i.e., dowries, influence saving behavior in rural India. Exploiting variation in firstborn … household savings, which are primarily financed through increased paternal labor supply. This is the first paper that highlights … this alternative motive for savings in dowry-paying societies. However, we find no impacts of dowry expectations on son …