Incentivising production quality in cooperative agriculture: Evidence from Indian dairy cooperatives Group incentives can lead agricultural cooperative managers to improve production quality, but increasing transparency around incentives can backfire Agriculture Manaswini Rao Ashish Shenoy Published 15.08.22
Improving last-mile service delivery using phone-based monitoring: Evidence from India Monitoring a programme by calling recipients is a cost-effective way to improve implementation quality Institutions & Political Economy Karthik Muralidharan Paul Niehaus Sandip Sukhtankar Jeff Weaver Published 01.08.22
Road connectivity and rural economic development: Evidence from India’s rural roads programme Road connectivity leads to workers moving out of agriculture and improvements in education but no substantial effects on income, assets or consumption Infrastructure Anjali Adukia Sam Asher Paul Novosad Published 25.07.22
Can workfare programmes moderate conflict? Evidence from India Through providing guaranteed employment for a period, workfare programmes provide insurance against the shocks to income that can lead to conflict Institutions & Political Economy Thiemo Fetzer Published 20.07.22
Direct and spillover effects of access to health insurance in India Demand for insurance is high even at the actuarially fair price and receiving it alongside peers increases utilisation, yet health effects are elusive Health Gabriella Conti Cynthia Kinnan Anup Malani Alessandra Voena Published 01.07.22
Private input suppliers can drive technology adoption in agriculture Small agricultural input suppliers can drive farm-level adoption of new technologies by over 50% more than conventional extension service methods Agriculture Manzoor Dar Alain De Janvry Kyle Emerick Elisabeth Sadoulet Eleanor Wiseman Published 13.06.22
Working with small input suppliers to drive adoption of agricultural technologies Agricultural extension services delivered through small input suppliers lead to higher adoption of new technologies by farmers Agriculture Manzoor Dar Alain De Janvry Kyle Emerick Elisabeth Sadoulet Eleanor Wiseman Published 01.06.22
Long-term effects of the Targeting the Ultra Poor programme Ten years later, households targeted by the programme consume more and earn more than control households and enjoy better mental and physical health Methods & Measurement Abhijit Banerjee Esther Duflo Garima Sharma Published 18.05.22
Mobile phone-based extension, peer interactions, and farmer information exchange: Evidence from Gujarat Farmers with access to digital agricultural extension shared more information with their peers and became sought-after members of farmer peer groups Agriculture A. Nilesh Fernando Renee Yaseen Published 16.05.22
