technology

A large-scale debit card rollout to cash transfer recipients in Mexico led small retailers to adopt point-of-sale terminals and had a broad range of impacts on financial technology adoption, shopping behaviour, and retailer sales and profits.

The rise of a new hub for innovation and entrepreneurship can have large, global benefits by broadening the focus of technology and hence who benefits from it.

Bundling technology and services enabled the soybean boom in the Brazilian savanna - migrant farmers in low-quality land gained the most from bundled contracting

Electronic tax filing lowers compliance costs for firms while reducing the gap in tax revenues between those firms more likely vs less likely to evade

The rich-world bias of agricultural innovation explains a large share of global disparities in technology adoption and agricultural productivity

School-based internet access boosted test scores in Peru, but these effects took time to materialise

Social media provides a powerful mechanism for citizens to make their voices heard, which spurs improvements in how governments regulate pollution

Increasing across-hospital transfer coordination through app-based group chats led to large improvements in the survival rate of heart attack patients

Farmers are willing to pay to induce other farmers to adopt new technologies, and can help identify who among them should adopt first