
Tanzania
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Empowering women through digital financial services
Increasing women’s use of a digital financial service in Tanzania, mobile money, empowered women and led to improvements in women’s control over their finances.
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Improving foundational learning in Tanzania through teacher rewards
A programme rewarding teachers for increasing their students’ foundational skills improved learning in public primary schools in Tanzania. A cheap and easy to communicate version of the programme was most (cost-)effective, and is currently being scal...
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Building trust in the quality of fertilisers in Tanzania
A low-touch information campaign in Tanzania improved farmers’ confidence in the quality of fertiliser, leading to an increase in purchases
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Uncertainty about seed quality undermines agricultural development in Africa
Technological improvements alone are unlikely to modernise agriculture if farmers are uncertain about the quality of new innovations
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The effects of food scarcity on trusting behaviour: Evidence from Tanzania
Food scarcity decreases trust among Tanzanian farmers, reducing the resilience of affected communities
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Spatial frictions and high-frequency human mobility: Evidence from three African countries
Insights from a year of smartphone app data suggest high levels of spatial mobility
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Combining improved seed varieties and index insurance to address drought losses
Bundling genetic and financial technologies can make small-scale agriculture more resilient and productive
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Getting bang for your buck on education spending: Evidence from Tanzania
Interventions aimed at alleviating multiple constraints are often needed to achieve the desired impact
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How soccer and goals make better relationships
Lessons on gender parity and staying healthy reduced intimate partner violence and led goal-minded girls to choose age-appropriate and ‘better’ boys