Some environmental influences, including intentional interventions, have shown persistent
effects on psychological characteristics and other socially important outcomes years and …

How large economic stimuli generate individual and aggregate responses is a central
question in economics, but has not been studied experimentally. We provided one‐time …

Macroeconomic development remains an important policy goal because of its ability to lift
entire populations out of poverty. In our review of the literature, we emphasize that the best …

There are two broad views as to why people stay poor. One emphasizes differences in
fundamentals, such as ability, talent, or motivation. The poverty traps view emphasizes …

The rising popularity of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in development applications has
come with continuing debates about the merits of this approach. The paper takes stock of the …

In October 2019, Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer jointly won the 51st
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel" for their …

Geopolitical shifts, increasing demands for accountability, and growing competition have
been driving the need for change within transnational nongovernmental organizations …

We evaluate an intervention targeting early life nutrition and well-being for households in
extreme poverty in Northern Nigeria. The intervention leads to large and sustained …

Purpose The purpose of the present paper is to provide a systematic overview of dimensions
that need to be enfolded or considered in microfinance policies and strategies designs as …

Estimating the impact of child health investments on adult living standards entails multiple
methodological challenges, including the lack of experimental variation in health status, an …