Information campaigns aimed at empowering the poor often fall short of meeting their desired aims. We study literacy …'s role in determining their efficacy. First, exploiting an RD design, we show that receipt of information increased household …

In 2013, the Government of Indonesia conducted one of the largest information interventions in histo-ry, in an attempt … and nationally representative surveys, we evaluate the impact of the information campaign on the receipt of two of … Indonesian districts, using program eligibility as an instrument for having received the information treatment. Further …