Finance
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Using intermediaries to deliver credit
A study in India suggests that private traders have a potentially valuable role to play as intermediaries for agricultural development interventions
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What happens when investments targeting women’s microbusinesses go to men?
Previous estimates of returns to microfinance for women are low partly because they often use it to invest in businesses that are not their own
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Give women credit
A series of experiments in India provide insights into ways microfinance can be refined to strengthen its impact for the world’s poorest women
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Cash and the economy: Evidence from India’s demonetisation
Demonetisation in India in December 2016, whilst not reflected in official GDP, led to temporary reductions in employment, output, and credit
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Improving shock-coping with savings: The case of transactional sex
Mobile banking to increase personal savings reduces the use of transactional sex for shock-coping among vulnerable women in Kenya
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Strategic default in the international coffee market
Linking farmers to global markets could spur growth and reduce poverty, but if markets do not work well these gains cannot be realised
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How do migration and remittances affect inequality? A case study of Mexico
Remittances can lower inequality and may help mitigate some of the negative impact of shocks on the poorest
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The benefits of financial inclusion in Rwanda
Positive spillovers of a microcredit expansion programme on the commercial banking system can foster local development
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Mind over money matters: How psychosocial interventions can help with money management
Psychosocial factors matter for financial behaviour. A financial literacy and parenting programme substantially improves families’ financial lives.