Media Coverage
The Guardian
May 16, 2011

Politicians are ignorant about trials, and they're weird about evidence. It doesn't need to be this way. In international development work, resources are tight and people know that good intentions aren't enough: in fact, good intentions can sometimes do harm. We need to know what works.

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Study:
Boosting Firms’ Productivity in Mexico with Consulting Services, Business Education for Microcredit Clients in Peru, Using Encouragement to Overcome Psychological Barriers to Saving in Peru, Group versus Individual Liability for Microfinance Borrowers in the Philippines, Psychology of Savings: Commitment Savings Programs in the Philippines, Text Message Reminders and Incentives to Save in Bolivia, The Impact of Providing School Uniforms on Children's Education in Kenya
People:
Xavier Giné, Dean Karlan, Michael Kremer, Sendhil Mullainathan, Antoinette Schoar, Jonathan Zinman, Miriam Bruhn, David Evans, Margaret McConnell, Muthoni Ngatia, Martín Valdivia
Country:
Bolivia, Kenya, Mexico, Peru, Philippines
Program area:
Education, Financial Inclusion, Small and Medium Enterprises
Topics:
Commitments, Education Quality, Financial Capability, Microcredit, Microenterprise, Rural Finance, Savings, Training & Mentoring
Partners:
ATINCHIK, Caja Municipal de Ahorro y Credito de Ica S.A., Catholic Relief Services, Consorcio de Organizaciones Privadas de Promoción al Desarrollo de la Micro y Pequeña Empresa (COPEME), Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) Research Program on Development Issues, Ecofuturo, FINCA Peru, First Valley Bank, Ford Foundation, Freedom From Hunger, Green Bank, Instituto Poblano para la Productividad Competitiva (IPPC), Investing in Children and their Societies (ICS), National Science Foundation (NSF), Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs