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Can Mobile-Linked Bank Accounts Bolster Savings? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Sri Lanka
de Mel, Suresh - 2018
provide a truly new conduit that could be used to facilitate the flow of savings into banks. We test this premise by … that there are moderate percentage increases in savings deposits with the partner institution and formal banks more … generally, but no change in overall savings deposits. When the transaction costs are completely removed, only 26 percent of …
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Saving for Multiple Financial Needs : Evidence from Lockboxes and Mobile Money in Malawi
Aggarwal, Shilpa; Brailovskaya, Valentina; Robinson, … - 2022
We test whether the provision of multiple labeled savings accounts affects savings and downstream outcomes in an … experiment with 761 microentrepreneurs in urban Malawi. Treatment respondents received one or multiple savings accounts, in the … form of lockboxes or mobile money. We find that while providing additional boxes increased savings by 40%, technical issues …
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Savings in Transnational Households : A Field Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador
Ashraf, Nava - 2014
-country savings does not affect remittances sent home by migrants …We implemented a randomized field experiment that tested ways to stimulate savings by international migrants in their … Salvador. We randomly varied migrant control over El Salvador-based savings by offering different types of accounts across …
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Cape Verde and Mozambique as Development Successes in West and Southern Africa
Braga de Macedo, Jorge - 2010
This paper applies an interpretation of how globalization and governance (G&G) interact with convergence given Cape Verde and Mozambique's particular geographical and historical contexts. We hold that development success under globalization entails, necessarily but not exclusively, positive...
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When Economic Reform Goes Wrong : Cashews in Mozambique
McMillan, Margaret - 2009
Mozambique liberalized its cashew sector in the early 1990s in response to pressure from the World Bank. Opponents of the reform have argued that the policy did little to benefit poor cashew farmers while bankrupting factories in urban areas. Using a welfare-theoretic framework, we analyze the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012767812
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Landmines and Spatial Development
Chiovelli, Giorgio - 2020
No abstract avaLandmine contamination affects the lives of millions in many conflict-ridden countries long after the cessation of hostilities. Yet, little research exists on its impact on post-conflict recovery. In this study, we explore the economic consequences of landmine clearance in...
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Directed Giving : Evidence from an Inter-Household Transfer Experiment
Batista, Catia - 2014
We investigate the determinants of giving in a lab-in-the-field experiment with large stakes. Study participants in urban Mozambique play dictator games where their counterpart is the closest person to them outside their household. When given the option, dictators do a large fraction of giving...
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Subsidies and the Persistence of Technology Adoption : Field Experimental Evidence from Mozambique
Carter, Michael - 2015
We report the results of a randomized experiment testing impacts of subsidies for modern agricultural inputs in rural Mozambique. One-time provision of a voucher for fertilizer and improved seeds leads to substantial increases in fertilizer use, which persist through two subsequent agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032617
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Subsidies and the African Green Revolution : Direct Effects and Social Network Spillovers of Randomized Input Subsidies in Mozambique
Carter, Michael - 2019
The Green Revolution bolstered agricultural yields and rural well-being in Asia and Latin America, but bypassed sub-Saharan Africa. We study the first randomized controlled trial of a government-implemented input subsidy program (ISP) in Africa. A temporary subsidy for Mozambican maize farmers...
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Distinguishing Constraints on Financial Inclusion and Their Impact on GDP, TFP, and the Distribution of Income
Dabla-Norris, Era - 2015
A general equilibrium model featuring multiple realistic sources of financial frictions is developed to study how different constraints interact in equilibrium. We highlight, distinguish, and evaluate their differential impacts and rich interactions. The economic impact of financial inclusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013030631