Research

WORKING PAPERS

Digital Information Provision and Behavior Change: Lessons from Six Experiments in East Africa, (with R. Fabregas, M. Kremer, M. Lowes, and R. On), Feb 2022, (R&R AEJ: Applied Economics)

Group-based Reminders and Loan Repayment: Evidence from Maize Farmers in Kenya (with T. Harigaya, M. Kremer, and M. Thomas), May 2022. (R&R Review of Development Economics)

Discrimination against Slum Dwellers: How Big, What Explains, and How Do We Tackle It (with W. Zanoni, P. Acevedo and H. Hernandez), September 2022.

Revisiting the Last Mile: The Development Effects of a Mass Electrification Program in Kenya (with D. Kassem, and E. Uzor), Jan 2022, 3IE RIDIE Registration ID 1025

Group-based Reminders and Loan Repayment: Evidence from Maize Farmers in Kenya (with T. Harigaya, M. Kremer, and M. Thomas), April 2020.

Nudges, Information, and Spillovers: Lessons from a Mobile Extension Experiment in Rwanda (with T. Harigaya, M. Kremer, M. Lowes, and R. On), May 2020.

Sharing a Workforce: The Effect of Agricultural Productivity Shocks on Industrial Performance, May 2018

Seasonal Absences and Labor Productivity: Evidence from the Indian Jute Industry, December 2016.

PUBLICATIONS

The contribution of livestock to household livelihoods in Tanzania and Uganda. Measuring tradable and non-tradable livestock outputs, (with U. Pica-Ciamarra), Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2021.

Enumerator bias in yield measurement: A comparison of harvest versus allometric measurement of coffee yields (with V. Hoffmann, M. Murphy, E. Rwakazooba, C. Angebault, and G. Kagezi), IFPRI Discussion Paper, February 2022.

Impact Evaluation of the Chimborazo Rural Development Program – Rural Roads Component (with L. Corral), Technical note, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), January 2021.

Impact Evaluation of SU-L1009: Support to Improve the Sustainability of the Electrical Service (with L. Corral), Technical note, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), November 2020. (Blog)

Chimborazo Rural Development Program: Irrigation Component Impact Evaluation (with L. Corral), Technical note, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), June 2020.

Measuring coffee yields: a comparison of one-time harvest and allometric methods (with V. Hoffman, G. Kagezi, and E. Rwakazooba), Project note, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), December 2019.

Firm Capabilities and Economic Growth (with N. Bloom, G. Fischer, I. Rasul, A. Rodriguez-Clare, T. Suri, C. Udry, E. Verhoogen and C. Woodruff), Evidence paper, International Growth Centre (IGC), December 2013.

OTHER REPORTS

Event Mobile Application (EMA-i) Evaluation of Implementation in Uganda, Evaluation report, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), December 2017.