A breath of fresh air: Raising awareness for clean fuel adoption in India Providing information about both the health hazards of cooking with solid fuel and subsidy benefits led to behavioural changes and increased LPG usage Energy & Environment Farzana Afridi Sisir Debnath E. Somanathan Published 09.09.22
Incentivising production quality in cooperative agriculture: Evidence from Indian dairy cooperatives Group incentives can lead agricultural cooperative managers to improve production quality, but increasing transparency around incentives can backfire Agriculture Manaswini Rao Ashish Shenoy Published 15.08.22
Improving last-mile service delivery using phone-based monitoring: Evidence from India Monitoring a programme by calling recipients is a cost-effective way to improve implementation quality Institutions & Political Economy Karthik Muralidharan Paul Niehaus Sandip Sukhtankar Jeff Weaver Published 01.08.22
Road connectivity and rural economic development: Evidence from India’s rural roads programme Road connectivity leads to workers moving out of agriculture and improvements in education but no substantial effects on income, assets or consumption Infrastructure Anjali Adukia Sam Asher Paul Novosad Published 25.07.22
Can workfare programmes moderate conflict? Evidence from India Through providing guaranteed employment for a period, workfare programmes provide insurance against the shocks to income that can lead to conflict Institutions & Political Economy Published 20.07.22
Direct and spillover effects of access to health insurance in India Demand for insurance is high even at the actuarially fair price and receiving it alongside peers increases utilisation, yet health effects are elusive Health Gabriella Conti Cynthia Kinnan Anup Malani Alessandra Voena Published 01.07.22
Private input suppliers can drive technology adoption in agriculture Small agricultural input suppliers can drive farm-level adoption of new technologies by over 50% more than conventional extension service methods Agriculture Manzoor Dar Alain De Janvry Kyle Emerick Elisabeth Sadoulet Eleanor Wiseman Published 13.06.22
Working with small input suppliers to drive adoption of agricultural technologies Agricultural extension services delivered through small input suppliers lead to higher adoption of new technologies by farmers Agriculture Published 01.06.22
Long-term effects of the Targeting the Ultra Poor programme Ten years later, households targeted by the programme consume more and earn more than control households and enjoy better mental and physical health Methods & Measurement Published 18.05.22
