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How nagging text messages can make you healthier and richer

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Slate
November 10, 2009
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A recent Slate article picks up where the WSJ left off in describing IPA's research in the Philippines, Bolivia, and Peru that explores how text message "reminders" can help people overcome barriers to saving.

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Study:
Using Encouragement to Overcome Psychological Barriers to Saving in Peru, Text Message Reminders and Incentives to Save in Bolivia, Psychology of Savings: Commitment Savings Programs in the Philippines
People:
Dean Karlan, Margaret McConnell, Sendhil Mullainathan, Jonathan Zinman
Country:
Bolivia, Peru, Philippines
Program area:
Financial Inclusion, Entrepreneurship and Private Sector Development
Topics:
Commitments, Information & Communications Technology (ICT), Microenterprise, Product Design, Reminders, Savings
Partners:
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), Ecofuturo, First Valley Bank

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