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Cashing In (and Out): Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Mobile Money in Malawi

By Shilpa Aggarwal, Valentina Brailovskaya, and Jonathan Robinson

òòò½Íø Papers and Proceedings, May 2020

We present results from a randomized control trial on access to mobile money with 480 entrepreneurs in Malawi. Treated individuals received account opening assistance and basic training on mobile money and were encouraged to save. Withdrawal fees were wai...

Is Community-Based Targeting Effective in Identifying Intimate Partner Violence?

By Jorge M. ´¡²µ³Ü̈±ð°ù´Ç, Ú°ù²õ³Ü±ô²¹ Aldana, Erica Field, Veronica Frisancho, and Javier Romero

òòò½Íø Papers and Proceedings, May 2020

We measure the effectiveness of community-based targeting to identify victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) in rural Peru. In 254 villages, we collected self-reported data on IPV via a DHS-style questionnaire and compared it to a listing of women eli...

Reducing Violence against Women in Uganda through Video Dramas: A Survey Experiment to Illuminate Causal Mechanisms

By Jasper Cooper, Donald P. Green, and Anna M. Wilke

òòò½Íø Papers and Proceedings, May 2020

A randomized trial was conducted in rural Uganda in which 112 villages were exposed to video dramatizations about violence against women (VAW) or placebo topics. The treatment videos encouraged viewers to report VAW. Eight months later, surveys showed inc...

Spousal Disagreement in Reporting of Intimate Partner Violence in Kenya

By Johannes Haushofer, Charlotte Ringdal, Jeremy Shapiro, and Xiao Yu Wang

òòò½Íø Papers and Proceedings, May 2020

We investigate differences in spousal reports of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women and men using a sample of 800 couples in rural Kenya. We find that up to one-third of couples disagree but that disagreement varies by violence type and victim'...