In Bloomberg, Noah Smith on Helping Small and Medium Enterprises Grow
Media Coverage
July 25, 2019
Writing in Bloomberg, economist Noah Smith points to research on how consulting services have helped small and medium enterprises grow, including an IPA study in Mexico which found it boosted productivity and hiring.
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Social Effects in the Age of Digital Finance
May 14, 2018

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Efectos sociales en la era de las finanzas digitales
May 14, 2018

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IPA Peace & Recovery Program Launches First Call for Expressions of Interest
Announcement
August 15, 2017
The Peace & Recovery (P&R) Program at Innovations for Poverty Action is launching its first request for proposals, through an Expression of Interest (EOI) Form available now. Expressions of Interest are due on September 15, 2017. The P&R Program is designed to support field experiments and related research in several broad areas:
Your inflexible friend
Media Coverage
October 06, 2016
The Economist talks about IPA's work in microcredit, flexible repayment loans, and ultra-poor graduation studies.
Microcredit does not live up to promise of transforming lives of the poor, six studies show
Press Release
January 21, 2015
January 22, 2015, NEW HAVEN, CT - Microcredit—providing small loans to underserved entrepreneurs—has been both celebrated and vilified as a development tool. Six new studies from four continents bring rigorous evidence to this debate, finding that while microcredit has some benefits, it is not a viable poverty alleviation tool.  
El Economista on reminders to save
Media Coverage
January 20, 2015
Mexico's El Economista financial news reviews IPA's work across several Latin American countries showing how simple reminders can boost savings.
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Measurement and Diversification: The Recovery and Potential of the Microcredit Industry
Antoinette Schoar, Ximena Cadena, Joshua Blumenstock, Tarek Ghani, Michael Callen, Manuela Angelucci, Dean Karlan, Jonathan Zinman, Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Rachel Glennerster
September 29, 2014
 
Dean Karlan's Utilitarian Guide to the World Cup
Media Coverage
July 07, 2014
In the Upshot section of the New York Times, IPA founder and president Dean Karlan applies IPA's utilitarian methodology to choosing a World Cup team. With data crunched by IPA's Nate Barker, Karlan ranks each team according to the impact on world happiness its victory would have: 
The Economist Writes About New Compartamos Studies
Media Coverage
May 20, 2013
The Economist wrote about IPA's recently released studies on interest rate sensitivity and the impact of microcredit on women with Mexican microfinance bank Compartamos Banco.
El Economista Discusses Microcredit Interest Rate Study
Media Coverage
May 20, 2013
Mexico's El Economista discusses our study on the impact of lowering interest rates for microloans in Mexico (article in Spanish).
New Evidence Shows Microloan Impacts Are Not Where Expected
Press Release
May 14, 2013
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Crowding out Informal Savings and Borrowing
Dean Karlan, Sendhil Mullainathan, Jonathan Zinman
March 20, 2012

This blog series highlights the randomized trial of the impact of Compartamos, a for-profit microlender in Mexico, and their expansion in the Nogales area. The questions came from the original post here.

Outcome measure: Is there substitution between use of Compartamos (Crédito Mujer) and informal lending/savings mechanisms?
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Posting Hypotheses for an Impact Study of Compartamos
Dean Karlan, Sendhil Mullainathan, Jonathan Zinman
March 13, 2012

We are nearing completion of a randomized trial of the impact of Compartamos, a for-profit microlender in Mexico, and their expansion in the Nogales area. We will be posting our hypothesis before we do the analysis, and encourage readers to do the same, for three reasons:
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Do you know better than the experts?
Dean Karlan, Christopher Udry, Miriam Bruhn, Antoinette Schoar
February 28, 2012

At Academy Award parties on Sunday across the country, people filled out sample ballots to guess the Oscar winners before they were announced. Now we’re doing the same thing. We’ve got a new challenge for all you blog readers out there: predict the results of our studies.

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