Research
Academic Publications:
(2024) Is Digital Credit Filling a Hole or Digging a Hole? Evidence from Malawi with Pascaline Dupas and Jonathan Robinson. The Economic Journal, Volume 134, Issue 658, February 2024, Pages 457–484, https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead083
(2022) Saving for Multiple Financial Needs: Evidence from Lockboxes and Mobile Money in Malawi with Shilpa Aggarwal and Jonathan Robinson. The Review of Economics and Statistics 2023; 105 (4): 833–851. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01086
(2020) Cashing In (and Out): Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Mobile Money in Malawi with Shilpa Aggarwal and Jonathan Robinson. AEA Papers and Proceedings, 110: 599-604. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20201087
Work in Progress:
(2018) Unreliable Electricity: Effects of Power Outages on Small Businesses in Urban Malawi (Job Market Paper)
Literature Reviews:
(2023) Digital labor gig economy from the worker’s perspective: A literature review and a companion paper (also a part of the main literature review) Digital gig work and financial inclusion: Examination of links, promises, and early evidence
(2022) Encouraging Child Mothers to Return to School: Rapid Review of the Literature with Cassandra Asumah, Grace Muriithi and Rachel LuSava
(2022) Child Pregnancy Prevention in Kenya: Rapid Review of the Literature with Cassandra Azumah , Frida Njogu-Ndongwe , Grace Muriithi, Jefferson Mwaisaka, Michael Sebele and Rachel LuSava
(2021) Principles to enhance social-emotional outcomes in adolescents: informing implementation with Heather Lanthorn and Michael McGarrah
Reports:
(2023) Malawi drones for health randomised control trial: Baseline report with Mico Rudasingwa, Alison Connor, Tafwirapo Chihana, Innocent Mainjeni and Luciana Maxim
(2023) Endline report on impacts of a parental engagement SMS intervention in peri-urban Malawi with Jack Thunde, T. Arthur Chibwana , Leonard Oruko and Mtise Mwanza
Policy Briefs:
(2022) Measuring Zipline’s Impact on Health Access, Availability, and Supply Chain in Ghana with Alison Connor, Dan Stein, Rachel LuSava and Young Mkandawire
Blogposts:
(2024) How we’re using a gender lens to increase social sector partners’ impact
(2024) Women Enterprise Fund Learning Partnership with Frida Njogu-Ndongwe, Mico Rudasingwa, Young Mkandawire and Grace Muriithi
(2023) Learnings from conducting phone interviews with school children with Jack Thunde and Mtise Mwanza
(2022) Supporting teen mothers return to school: Lessons from Kenya with Grace Muriithi and Rachel LuSava
(2020) Comparing apples and oranges: how to make tough funding decisions on a timeline with Ari Gandolfo, Martin Gould, and Esther Zulu
(2019) Geographic sampling methodology: Case of Nano with Nate Vernon
(2019) Using digital maps to collect high-quality data in rural Zambia with Nate Vernon and Martin Gould