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Savings Policy and Decision-making in Low-income Households

Guidelines for design and regulation of financial services
Mullainathan, S., Shafir, E., Financial Access Initiative (FAI), Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
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Small Individual Loans and Mental Health: A Randomized Controlled Trial Among South African Adults

Assessing impact of microcredit on mental health
Fernald, L. et al., Financial Access Initiative (FAI), Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
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Trust and Social Collateral

Leveraging social connections as collateral to secure informal loans
Karlan, D., Mobius, M., Rosenblat, T., Szeidl, A., Financial Access Initiative (FAI), Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
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Psychology and Economics: What it Means for Microfinance

Insights into the financial behavior of the poor
Mullainathan, S., Krishnan, S., Financial Access Initiative (FAI), Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
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Impact of Credit: How to Measure Impact, and Improve Operations Too

Leveraging impact evaluations to inform MFI management decisions
Goldberg, N., Karlan, D., Financial Access Initiative (FAI), Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
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Randomized Trials for Strategic Innovation in Retail Finance

Helping financial institutions improve operations, profitability and impact
Goldberg, N., Karlan, D., Zinman, J., Financial Access Initiative (FAI), Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
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Lying About Borrowing

Questioning the reliability of borrowing self-reports
Karlan, D., Zinman, J., Financial Access Initiative (FAI), Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), NYU - Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
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Evaluating Microfinance Program Innovation with Randomized Controlled Trials: Examples from Business Training and Group versus Individual Liability

This paper illustrates the benefits of randomized controlled trials
Karlan, D., Harigaya, T., Nadel, S., Yale University, Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
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Microfinance Impact: Bias from Dropouts

Examining potential source of bias in cross-sectional impact assessment
Alexander-Tedeschi, G., Karlan, D., Financial Access Initiative (FAI), Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)