Research Projects

Member Research Projects

Larger, ongoing projects by senior and up-and-coming scholars in financial systems and poverty.

Evaluation of Financial Systems and their Impact on the Poor

Robert M. Townsend

Financial Intermediation and Bank Branching in Brazil

Juliano Assunção

Micro Deposits and Their Macroeconomic Impact

Roberto Rigobon

Examining Underinvestment in Agriculture

Christopher Udry

Examining Financial Intermediation in Brazil

Gabriel de Abreu Madeira

Finding the Headwaters of Household Financial Assets: Savings Behaviors of Rural Households and the Use of Mobile Technologies

Christopher Woodruff

The Adoption and Impact of Mobile Banking in Kenya

Tavneet Suri

Evaluation of Microfinance, Policy, and Financial Integration Using Quantitative Models

Francisco J. Buera

Completing the Picture: Thai Enterprise Panel Survey (TEPS)

Weerachart Kilenthong

Graduating from Ultra Poverty: Evaluating the Effect of Services in Ghana

Abhijit Banerjee

Completing the Picture: Thai Enterprise Panel Survey (TEPS) Weerachart Kilenthong \| Thailand	Evaluation of Financial Systems and their Impact on the Poor Robert M. Townsend \| Thailand, Mexico, Spain
Evaluation of Microfinance, Policy, and Financial Integration Using Quantitative Models Francisco J. Buera \| Global	Examining Financial Intermediation in Brazil Gabriel de Abreu Madeira \| Brazil

Seed Grant Research Projects

Smaller projects by leading experts or up-and-coming scholars in important sub-fields.

Do Savings Improve Consumption Smoothing in the Presence of Limited Commitment and Hidden Income? Evidence from a Lab Experiment in the Field

Arun Chandrasekhar, Cynthia Kinnan, Horacio Larreguy

Outlining a Regional Approach to Financial Savings and Intermediation in Mexico

Saide Aranzazu Salazar-Altamirano, Sirenia Vazquez Baez, Carlos Serrano

Savings and Intermediation in Chile

Esteban Puentes

Increasing Savings by Beneficiaries of Mexico's Conditional Cash Transfer Program

Enrique Seira

The Evolution of Financial Systems: Lessons from Advanced Industrialized Economies for Developing Economies

Tae Jeong Lee

Using Monitors to Increase Savings: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Emily Breza

Creating a Cell Phone-Based Defined Contribution Account

Michael Callen, Joshua Blumenstock, Tarek Ghani

An Empirical Analysis of the Financial Self-Help Groups in Tanzania

Emmanuel Maliti

Unlocking the Black Box of Savings: Using Quantitative Theory and Microfinance

Joseph Kaboski

Saving for a Productive Day: Brick Industry Entrepreneurs

Daniel Keniston

An Empirical Analysis of the Financial Self-Help Groups in Tanzania Emmanuel Maliti \| Tanzania	Creating a Cell Phone-Based Defined Contribution Account Michael Callen, Joshua Blumenstock, Tarek Ghani \| Afghanistan
Do Savings Improve Consumption Smoothing in the Presence of Limited Commitment and Hidden Income? Evidence from a Lab Experiment in the Field Arun Chandrasekhar, Cynthia Kinnan, Horacio Larreguy \| India	Evaluation of Privatized Delivery Model for Savings and Internal Lending Committees (SILCs) Joseph Kaboski \| Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

Special Research Projects

Special research projects by established and emerging scholars regarding financial systems and poverty.

Two-Sided Markets and Applications to Payments Systems

Anil Jain

Using Mobile Phones as a Platform for Banking

Przemyslaw Jeziorski, Nicholas Economides

Completing the Picture: Thai Enterprise Panel Survey (TEPS) Weerachart Kilenthong \| Thailand	Evaluation of Financial Systems and their Impact on the Poor Robert M. Townsend \| Thailand, Mexico, Spain
Evaluation of Microfinance, Policy, and Financial Integration Using Quantitative Models Francisco J. Buera \| Global	Examining Financial Intermediation in Brazil Gabriel de Abreu Madeira \| Brazil

An Empirical Analysis of the Financial Self-Help Groups in Tanzania Emmanuel Maliti \| Tanzania	Creating a Cell Phone-Based Defined Contribution Account Michael Callen, Joshua Blumenstock, Tarek Ghani \| Afghanistan
Do Savings Improve Consumption Smoothing in the Presence of Limited Commitment and Hidden Income? Evidence from a Lab Experiment in the Field Arun Chandrasekhar, Cynthia Kinnan, Horacio Larreguy \| India	Evaluation of Privatized Delivery Model for Savings and Internal Lending Committees (SILCs) Joseph Kaboski \| Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda

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