Finance and Private Sector Impact Evaluation Policy Notes

BRIEF December 22, 2020

Finance and Private Sector Impact Evaluation Policy Notes

Impact evaluation policy notes provide 2-page summaries of efforts to evaluate the impacts of finance and private sector policies. Do you have a project you want evaluated? Researchers with the Finance and Private Sector Development Research Program are looking for opportunities to work with colleagues in the World Bank and IFC. If you would like to ask our experts for advice or to collaborate on an evaluation, contact the editor, David McKenzie (dmckenzie@worldbank.org).

Date	Title (PDF link)	Issue	Author(s)
Sep. 2023		65	Xavier Gin��, Meritxell Mart��nez and Virginia Melo
Jan. 2023		64	Leonardo Iacovone, Rachael Meager and David McKenzie
Jan. 2023		63	Lasse Brune, Xavier Gine? and Dean Karlan
Dec. 2022		62	Ana Cusolito, Ornella Darova and David McKenzie
Oct. 2022		61	Miriam Bruhn and Caio Piza
Sep. 2022		60	Tijan Bah, Catia Batista, Flore Gubert and David McKenzie
Aug. 2022		59	Miriam Bruhn, Gabriel Garber, Sergio Koyama and Bilal Zia
Dec. 2020		58	Stephen J. Anderson and David McKenzie
Sep. 2020		57	Alessandro Maffioli, David McKenzie, and Diego Ubfal
Sep. 2020		56	Carolina Corral, Xavier Gin��, Aprajit Mahajan and Enrique Seira
Oct. 2019	?	55	Miriam Bruhn and Christina Wieser
Aug. 2019		54	Leonardo Iacovone and David McKenzie
Jun. 2019		53	Leonardo Iacovone, William Maloney and David McKenzie
Oct. 2018		52	Francisco Campos, Markus Goldstein, and David McKenzie
Sep. 2018		51	Ana Paula Cusolito, Ernest Dautovic, and David McKenzie
Jun. 2018		50	Miriam Bruhn, Rekha Reddy, Claudia Ruiz Ortega
May 2018	?	49	Miriam Bruhn, Dean Karlan, and Antoinette Schoar
May 2018		48	Sinja Buri, Robert Cull, Xavier Gin��, Sven Harten and Soren Heitmann
Feb. 2018		47	Nicholas Bloom, Aprajit Mahajan, David McKenzie, and John Roberts
Jan. 2018		46	Xavier Gin��, Ghazala Mansuri and Slesh A. Shrestha
Dec. 2017		45	Gabriel Lara Ibarra, David McKenzie, and Claudia Ruiz Ortega
Nov. 2017		44	Xavier Gin�� and Rafael Mazer
Oct. 2017		43	Xavier Gin��, Cristina Mart��nez, and Rafael Mazer
Mar. 2017		42	David McKenzie and Susana Puerto
Feb. 2017		41	Stephen Joseph Anderson-Macdonald, Rajesh Chandy, and Bilal Husnain Zia
Feb. 2017		40	Fenella Carpena, Shawn Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia
Jan. 2017		39	Miriam Bruhn and David McKenzie
Jan. 2017		38	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, and Christoper Woodruff
Nov. 2016		37	Najy Benhassine, David McKenzie, Victor Pouliquen, and Massimiliano Santini
Apr. 2016	s?	36	Miriam Bruhn
Mar. 2016		35	Irani Arr��iz, Miriam Bruhn, and Rodolfo Stucchi
Nov. 2015		34	David McKenzie, Nabila Assaf and Ana Paula Cusolito
Sep. 2015		33	David McKenzie
Nov. 2014	?	32	Miriam Bruhn and Jan Loeprick
Oct. 2014		31	Matthew Groh, David McKenzie
Sep. 2014		30	Matthew Groh, David McKenzie, Nour Shammout and Tara Vishwanath
Aug. 2014		29	Xavier Gin�� and Ghazala Mansuri
Jul. 2014		28	Xavier Gin��, Cristina Mart��nez and Rafael Mazer
Jun. 2014		27	Giuseppe De Arcangelis, Majlinda Joxhe, David McKenzie, Erwin Tiongson and Dean Yang
Jan. 2014		26	Miriam Bruhn, Luciana Le?o, Arianna Legovini, Rogelio Marchetti, and Bilal Zia
Jun. 2013		25	Miriam Bruhn, Gabriel Lara Ibarra and David McKenzie
May 2013		24	Gustavo Henrique de Andrade, Miriam Bruhn, and David McKenzie
Apr. 2013		23	Gunhild Berg and Bilal Zia
Feb. 2013		22	Miriam Bruhn and David McKenzie
Jan. 2013		21	Francisco Campos, Aidan Coville, Ana Fernandes, Markus Goldstein, and David McKenzie
Oct. 2012		20	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie and Christopher Woodruff
Oct. 2012		19	Yoko Doi, David McKenzie and Bilal Zia
May 2012		18	John Gibson, David McKenzie and Bilal Zia
Mar. 2012		17	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie and Christopher Woodruff
Feb. 2012		16	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, and Christopher Woodruff
Aug. 2011		15	Xavier Gine
Jun. 2011		14	Marcel Fafchamps, David McKenzie, Simon Quinn, and Christopher Woodruff
May 2011		13	Miriam Bruhn and Bilal Zia
Dec. 2010		12	John Gibson and David McKenzie
May 2010		11	Xavier Gine
April 2010		10	Nick Bloom, Benn Eifert, Aprajit Mahajan, David McKenzie, and John Roberts
Oct. 2009		9	Miriam Bruhn and Inessa Love
Sep. 2009		8	David McKenzie and Michaela Weber
Jun. 2009	?	7	David McKenzie
May 2009		6	Xavier Gine and Inessa Love
May 2009		5	Bilal Zia
Apr. 2009		4	David McKenzie
Mar. 2009		3	Xavier Gine
Feb. 2009	?	2	Miriam Bruhn
Feb. 2009	?	1	David McKenzie

Date	Title	Issue	Author(s)
Feb. 2018		47	Nicholas Bloom, Aprajit Mahajan, David McKenzie, and John Roberts
Jan. 2018		46	Xavier Gin��, Ghazala Mansuri and Slesh A. Shrestha
Dec. 2017		45	Gabriel Lara Ibarra, David McKenzie, and Claudia Ruiz Ortega
Nov. 2017		44	Xavier Gin�� and Rafael Mazer
Oct. 2017		43	Xavier Gin��, Cristina Mart��nez, and Rafael Mazer
Mar. 2017		42	David McKenzie and Susana Puerto
Feb. 2017		41	Stephen Joseph Anderson-Macdonald, Rajesh Chandy, and Bilal Husnain Zia
Feb. 2017		40	Fenella Carpena, Shawn Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia
Jan. 2017		39	Miriam Bruhn and David McKenzie
Jan. 2017		38	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, and Christoper Woodruff
Nov. 2016		37	Najy Benhassine, David McKenzie, Victor Pouliquen, and Massimiliano Santini
Apr. 2016		36	Miriam Bruhn
Mar. 2016		35	Irani Arr��iz, Miriam Bruhn, and Rodolfo Stucchi
Nov. 2015		34	David McKenzie, Nabila Assaf and Ana Paula Cusolito
Sep. 2015		33	David McKenzie
Nov. 2014		32	Miriam Bruhn and Jan Loeprick
Oct. 2014		31	Matthew Groh, David McKenzie
Sep. 2014		30	Matthew Groh, David McKenzie, Nour Shammout and Tara Vishwanath
Aug. 2014		29	Xavier Gin�� and Ghazala Mansuri
Jul. 2014		28	Xavier Gin��, Cristina Mart��nez and Rafael Mazer
Jun. 2014		27	Giuseppe De Arcangelis, Majlinda Joxhe, David McKenzie, Erwin Tiongson and Dean Yang
Jan. 2014		26	Miriam Bruhn, Luciana Le?o, Arianna Legovini, Rogelio Marchetti, and Bilal Zia
Jun. 2013		25	Miriam Bruhn, Gabriel Lara Ibarra and David McKenzie
May 2013		24	Gustavo Henrique de Andrade, Miriam Bruhn, and David McKenzie
Apr. 2013		23	Gunhild Berg and Bilal Zia
Feb. 2013		22	Miriam Bruhn and David McKenzie
Jan. 2013		21	Francisco Campos, Aidan Coville, Ana Fernandes, Markus Goldstein, and David McKenzie
Oct. 2012		20	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzieand Christopher Woodruff
Oct. 2012		19	Yoko Doi, David McKenzie and Bilal Zia
May 2012		18	John Gibson, David McKenzie and Bilal Zia
Mar. 2012		17	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie and Christopher Woodruff
Feb. 2012		16	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, and Christopher Woodruff
Aug. 2011		15	Xavier Gine
Jun. 2011		14	Marcel Fafchamps, David McKenzie, Simon Quinn, and Christopher Woodruff
May 2011		13	Miriam Bruhn and Bilal Zia
Dec. 2010		12	John Gibson and David McKenzie
Oct. 2009		9	Miriam Bruhn and Inessa Love
Sep. 2009		8	David McKenzie and Michaela Weber
Jun. 2009		7	David McKenzie
May 2009		6	Xavier Gine and Inessa Love
May 2009		5	Bilal Zia
Apr. 2009		4	David McKenzie
Mar. 2009		3	Xavier Gine
Feb. 2009		2	Miriam Bruhn
Feb. 2009		1	David McKenzie

Date	Title	Issue	Author(s)
Feb. 2018		47	Nicholas Bloom, Aprajit Mahajan, David McKenzie, and John Roberts
Jan. 2018		46	Xavier Gin��, Ghazala Mansuri and Slesh A. Shrestha
Dec. 2017		45	Gabriel Lara Ibarra, David McKenzie, and Claudia Ruiz Ortega
Nov. 2017		44	Xavier Gin�� and Rafael Mazer
Oct. 2017		43	Xavier Gin��, Cristina Mart��nez, and Rafael Mazer
Mar. 2017		42	David McKenzie and Susana Puerto
Feb. 2017		41	Stephen Joseph Anderson-Macdonald, Rajesh Chandy, and Bilal Husnain Zia
Feb. 2017		40	Fenella Carpena, Shawn Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia
Jan. 2017		39	Miriam Bruhn and David McKenzie
Jan. 2017		38	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, and Christoper Woodruff
Nov. 2016		37	Najy Benhassine, David McKenzie, Victor Pouliquen, and Massimiliano Santini
Apr. 2016		36	Miriam Bruhn
Mar. 2016		35	Irani Arr��iz, Miriam Bruhn, and Rodolfo Stucchi
Nov. 2015		34	David McKenzie, Nabila Assaf and Ana Paula Cusolito
Sep. 2015		33	David McKenzie
Nov. 2014		32	Miriam Bruhn and Jan Loeprick
Oct. 2014		31	Matthew Groh, David McKenzie
Sep. 2014		30	Matthew Groh, David McKenzie, Nour Shammout and Tara Vishwanath
Aug. 2014		29	Xavier Gin�� and Ghazala Mansuri
Jul. 2014		28	Xavier Gin��, Cristina Mart��nez and Rafael Mazer
Jun. 2014		27	Giuseppe De Arcangelis, Majlinda Joxhe, David McKenzie, Erwin Tiongson and Dean Yang
Jan. 2014		26	Miriam Bruhn, Luciana Le?o, Arianna Legovini, Rogelio Marchetti, and Bilal Zia
Jun. 2013		25	Miriam Bruhn, Gabriel Lara Ibarra and David McKenzie
May 2013		24	Gustavo Henrique de Andrade, Miriam Bruhn, and David McKenzie
Apr. 2013		23	Gunhild Berg and Bilal Zia
Feb. 2013		22	Miriam Bruhn and David McKenzie
Jan. 2013		21	Francisco Campos, Aidan Coville, Ana Fernandes, Markus Goldstein, and David McKenzie
Oct. 2012		20	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzieand Christopher Woodruff
Oct. 2012		19	Yoko Doi, David McKenzie and Bilal Zia
May 2012		18	John Gibson, David McKenzie and Bilal Zia
Mar. 2012		17	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie and Christopher Woodruff
Feb. 2012		16	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, and Christopher Woodruff
Aug. 2011		15	Xavier Gine
Jun. 2011		14	Marcel Fafchamps, David McKenzie, Simon Quinn, and Christopher Woodruff
May 2011		13	Miriam Bruhn and Bilal Zia
Dec. 2010		12	John Gibson and David McKenzie
Oct. 2009		9	Miriam Bruhn and Inessa Love
Sep. 2009		8	David McKenzie and Michaela Weber
Jun. 2009		7	David McKenzie
May 2009		6	Xavier Gine and Inessa Love
May 2009		5	Bilal Zia
Apr. 2009		4	David McKenzie
Mar. 2009		3	Xavier Gine
Feb. 2009		2	Miriam Bruhn
Feb. 2009		1	David McKenzie

Date	Title	Issue	Author(s)
Feb. 2018		47	Nicholas Bloom, Aprajit Mahajan, David McKenzie, and John Roberts
Jan. 2018		46	Xavier Gin��, Ghazala Mansuri and Slesh A. Shrestha
Dec. 2017		45	Gabriel Lara Ibarra, David McKenzie, and Claudia Ruiz Ortega
Nov. 2017		44	Xavier Gin�� and Rafael Mazer
Oct. 2017		43	Xavier Gin��, Cristina Mart��nez, and Rafael Mazer
Mar. 2017		42	David McKenzie and Susana Puerto
Feb. 2017		41	Stephen Joseph Anderson-Macdonald, Rajesh Chandy, and Bilal Husnain Zia
Feb. 2017		40	Fenella Carpena, Shawn Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia
Jan. 2017		39	Miriam Bruhn and David McKenzie
Jan. 2017		38	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, and Christoper Woodruff
Nov. 2016		37	Najy Benhassine, David McKenzie, Victor Pouliquen, and Massimiliano Santini
Apr. 2016		36	Miriam Bruhn
Mar. 2016		35	Irani Arr��iz, Miriam Bruhn, and Rodolfo Stucchi
Nov. 2015		34	David McKenzie, Nabila Assaf and Ana Paula Cusolito
Sep. 2015		33	David McKenzie
Nov. 2014		32	Miriam Bruhn and Jan Loeprick
Oct. 2014		31	Matthew Groh, David McKenzie
Sep. 2014		30	Matthew Groh, David McKenzie, Nour Shammout and Tara Vishwanath
Aug. 2014		29	Xavier Gin�� and Ghazala Mansuri
Jul. 2014		28	Xavier Gin��, Cristina Mart��nez and Rafael Mazer
Jun. 2014		27	Giuseppe De Arcangelis, Majlinda Joxhe, David McKenzie, Erwin Tiongson and Dean Yang
Jan. 2014		26	Miriam Bruhn, Luciana Le?o, Arianna Legovini, Rogelio Marchetti, and Bilal Zia
Jun. 2013		25	Miriam Bruhn, Gabriel Lara Ibarra and David McKenzie
May 2013		24	Gustavo Henrique de Andrade, Miriam Bruhn, and David McKenzie
Apr. 2013		23	Gunhild Berg and Bilal Zia
Feb. 2013		22	Miriam Bruhn and David McKenzie
Jan. 2013		21	Francisco Campos, Aidan Coville, Ana Fernandes, Markus Goldstein, and David McKenzie
Oct. 2012		20	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzieand Christopher Woodruff
Oct. 2012		19	Yoko Doi, David McKenzie and Bilal Zia
May 2012		18	John Gibson, David McKenzie and Bilal Zia
Mar. 2012		17	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie and Christopher Woodruff
Feb. 2012		16	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, and Christopher Woodruff
Aug. 2011		15	Xavier Gine
Jun. 2011		14	Marcel Fafchamps, David McKenzie, Simon Quinn, and Christopher Woodruff
May 2011		13	Miriam Bruhn and Bilal Zia
Dec. 2010		12	John Gibson and David McKenzie
Oct. 2009		9	Miriam Bruhn and Inessa Love
Sep. 2009		8	David McKenzie and Michaela Weber
Jun. 2009		7	David McKenzie
May 2009		6	Xavier Gine and Inessa Love
May 2009		5	Bilal Zia
Apr. 2009		4	David McKenzie
Mar. 2009		3	Xavier Gine
Feb. 2009		2	Miriam Bruhn
Feb. 2009		1	David McKenzie

Date	Title	Issue	Author(s)
Feb. 2018		47	Nicholas Bloom, Aprajit Mahajan, David McKenzie, and John Roberts
Jan. 2018		46	Xavier Gin��, Ghazala Mansuri and Slesh A. Shrestha
Dec. 2017		45	Gabriel Lara Ibarra, David McKenzie, and Claudia Ruiz Ortega
Nov. 2017		44	Xavier Gin�� and Rafael Mazer
Oct. 2017		43	Xavier Gin��, Cristina Mart��nez, and Rafael Mazer
Mar. 2017		42	David McKenzie and Susana Puerto
Feb. 2017		41	Stephen Joseph Anderson-Macdonald, Rajesh Chandy, and Bilal Husnain Zia
Feb. 2017		40	Fenella Carpena, Shawn Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia
Jan. 2017		39	Miriam Bruhn and David McKenzie
Jan. 2017		38	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, and Christoper Woodruff
Nov. 2016		37	Najy Benhassine, David McKenzie, Victor Pouliquen, and Massimiliano Santini
Apr. 2016		36	Miriam Bruhn
Mar. 2016		35	Irani Arr��iz, Miriam Bruhn, and Rodolfo Stucchi
Nov. 2015		34	David McKenzie, Nabila Assaf and Ana Paula Cusolito
Sep. 2015		33	David McKenzie
Nov. 2014		32	Miriam Bruhn and Jan Loeprick
Oct. 2014		31	Matthew Groh, David McKenzie
Sep. 2014		30	Matthew Groh, David McKenzie, Nour Shammout and Tara Vishwanath
Aug. 2014		29	Xavier Gin�� and Ghazala Mansuri
Jul. 2014		28	Xavier Gin��, Cristina Mart��nez and Rafael Mazer
Jun. 2014		27	Giuseppe De Arcangelis, Majlinda Joxhe, David McKenzie, Erwin Tiongson and Dean Yang
Jan. 2014		26	Miriam Bruhn, Luciana Le?o, Arianna Legovini, Rogelio Marchetti, and Bilal Zia
Jun. 2013		25	Miriam Bruhn, Gabriel Lara Ibarra and David McKenzie
May 2013		24	Gustavo Henrique de Andrade, Miriam Bruhn, and David McKenzie
Apr. 2013		23	Gunhild Berg and Bilal Zia
Feb. 2013		22	Miriam Bruhn and David McKenzie
Jan. 2013		21	Francisco Campos, Aidan Coville, Ana Fernandes, Markus Goldstein, and David McKenzie
Oct. 2012		20	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzieand Christopher Woodruff
Oct. 2012		19	Yoko Doi, David McKenzie and Bilal Zia
May 2012		18	John Gibson, David McKenzie and Bilal Zia
Mar. 2012		17	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie and Christopher Woodruff
Feb. 2012		16	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, and Christopher Woodruff
Aug. 2011		15	Xavier Gine
Jun. 2011		14	Marcel Fafchamps, David McKenzie, Simon Quinn, and Christopher Woodruff
May 2011		13	Miriam Bruhn and Bilal Zia
Dec. 2010		12	John Gibson and David McKenzie
Oct. 2009		9	Miriam Bruhn and Inessa Love
Sep. 2009		8	David McKenzie and Michaela Weber
Jun. 2009		7	David McKenzie
May 2009		6	Xavier Gine and Inessa Love
May 2009		5	Bilal Zia
Apr. 2009		4	David McKenzie
Mar. 2009		3	Xavier Gine
Feb. 2009		2	Miriam Bruhn
Feb. 2009		1	David McKenzie

Date	Title	Issue	Author(s)
Feb. 2018	Do management interventions last? Evidence from an experiment in India	47	Nicholas Bloom, Aprajit Mahajan, David McKenzie, and John Roberts
Jan. 2018	Designing Wage Contracts in Multi-goal Organizations	46	Xavier Gin��, Ghazala Mansuri and Slesh A. Shrestha
Dec. 2017	Learning the Impact of Financial Education When Take-Up is Low	45	Gabriel Lara Ibarra, David McKenzie, and Claudia Ruiz Ortega
Nov. 2017	You Get What You Ask For: Testing Information Disclosure in a Multi-Country Study	44	Xavier Gin�� and Rafael Mazer
Oct. 2017	The Power of Standardization: Testing Information Disclosure in a Multi-Country Study	43	Xavier Gin��, Cristina Mart��nez, and Rafael Mazer
Mar. 2017	Business Training for Female Microenterprise Owners in Kenya Grew Their Firms without Harming Their Competitors	42	David McKenzie and Susana Puerto
Feb. 2017	Pathways to Profits: Identifying Separate Channels of Business Growth through Business Training	41	Stephen Joseph Anderson-Macdonald, Rajesh Chandy, and Bilal Husnain Zia
Feb. 2017	The ABCs of Financial Education: Experimental Evidence on Attitudes, Behavior, and Cognitive Biases	40	Fenella Carpena, Shawn Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia
Jan. 2017	Can research grants for science-industry collaboration: Do they spur innovation?	39	Miriam Bruhn and David McKenzie
Jan. 2017	Are labor market imperfections the reason so few microenterprises hire workers? An experiment in Sri Lanka suggests they are not	38	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, and Christoper Woodruff
Nov. 2016	Enhancing the Benefits of Formalization under a new status in Benin	37	Najy Benhassine, David McKenzie, Victor Pouliquen, and Massimiliano Santini
Apr. 2016	Can wage subsidies boost employment in the wake of an economic crisis?	36	Miriam Bruhn
Mar. 2016	Psychometrics as a Tool to Improve Access to Credit	35	Irani Arr��iz, Miriam Bruhn, and Rodolfo Stucchi
Nov. 2015	Spurring Innovation with Matching Grants: Evidence from Yemen	34	David McKenzie, Nabila Assaf and Ana Paula Cusolito
Sep. 2015	Creating jobs through a Business Plan Competition: Evidence from Nigeria's YouWiN! competition	33	David McKenzie
Nov. 2014	Do special tax regimes for micro and small enterprises encourage formal firm creation? Do they lead firms to underreport revenues?	32	Miriam Bruhn and Jan Loeprick
Oct. 2014	Piloting Macroinsurance for Microenterprises in Post-Revolution Egypt	31	Matthew Groh, David McKenzie
Sep. 2014	Testing Job Matching Services for Unemployed Educated Youth in Jordan	30	Matthew Groh, David McKenzie, Nour Shammout and Tara Vishwanath
Aug. 2014	Barriers to Entrepreneurship in Rural Pakistan	29	Xavier Gin�� and Ghazala Mansuri
Jul. 2014	Financial Disclosure in Mexico: Evidence from an Audit Study	28	Xavier Gin��, Cristina Mart��nez and Rafael Mazer
Jun. 2014	Will Migrants Remit More if They Can Channel Payments Directly for Education? Lab-in-the-Field and Proof of Concept Trial Results	27	Giuseppe De Arcangelis, Majlinda Joxhe, David McKenzie, Erwin Tiongson and Dean Yang
Jan. 2014	The Impact of High School Financial Education: Large-Scale Experimental Evidence from Brazil	26	Miriam Bruhn, Luciana Le?o, Arianna Legovini, Rogelio Marchetti, and Bilal Zia
Jun. 2013	Why is voluntary financial education so unpopular? Evidence from Mexico	25	Miriam Bruhn, Gabriel Lara Ibarra and David McKenzie
May 2013	A Helping Hand or the Long Arm of the Law? Do carrots or sticks work best for bringing informal firms into the formal sector?	24	Gustavo Henrique de Andrade, Miriam Bruhn, and David McKenzie
Apr. 2013	Harnessing Emotional Connections to Improve Financial Decisions: Evaluating the Impact of Financial Education through Mainstream Media	23	Gunhild Berg and Bilal Zia
Feb. 2013	The impact of expanding simplified start-up procedures to more remote areas: The Minas F��cil Expresso program	22	Miriam Bruhn and David McKenzie
Jan. 2013	Lessons for Matching Grant Programs from Failed Attempts to Evaluate Them	21	Francisco Campos, Aidan Coville, Ana Fernandes, Markus Goldstein, and David McKenzie
Oct. 2012	Business Training for New and Existing Female-Owned Firms in Sri Lanka	20	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzieand Christopher Woodruff
Oct. 2012	The Impact of Financial Literacy Training for Migrants and their Families	19	Yoko Doi, David McKenzie and Bilal Zia
May 2012	The Impact of Financial Literacy Training for Migrants at Destination	18	John Gibson, David McKenzie and Bilal Zia
Mar. 2012	Do informal firms want to formalize and does it help them if they do?	17	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie and Christopher Woodruff
Feb. 2012	Long-term impacts of one-off grants to microenterprises	16	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, and Christopher Woodruff
Aug. 2011	The Impact of Commitment Savings Accounts: The Case of Malawi	15	Xavier Gine
Jun. 2011	Capital, Gender, and Microfinance Growth in Ghana	14	Marcel Fafchamps, David McKenzie, Simon Quinn, and Christopher Woodruff
May 2011	The Impact of Business and Financial Literacy Training for Young Entrepreneurs in Bosnia-Herzogovina	13	Miriam Bruhn and Bilal Zia
Dec. 2010	Spurring Development through a Seasonal Migration Program	12	John Gibson and David McKenzie
Oct. 2009	The Economic Impact of Expanding Access to Finance in Mexico	9	Miriam Bruhn and Inessa Love
Sep. 2009	The Results of a Pilot Financial Literacy and Business Planning Training Program for Women in Uganda	8	David McKenzie and Michaela Weber
Jun. 2009	Do Marginal Firms in Bolivia Benefit from Formalizing?	7	David McKenzie
May 2009	Evaluating the Efficiency of a Bankruptcy Reform	6	Xavier Gine and Inessa Love
May 2009	Valuing Financial Literacy: Evidence from Indonesia	5	Bilal Zia
Apr. 2009	Why is More Capital Not Enough to Grow Female Businesses?	4	David McKenzie
Mar. 2009	The Promise of Index Insurance	3	Xavier Gine
Feb. 2009	Does Business Registration Reform Increase Entrepreneurial Activity?	2	Miriam Bruhn
Feb. 2009	Which Microenterprises have High Returns to Capital?	1	David McKenzie

Date	Title	Issue	Author(s)
Feb. 2018	Do management interventions last? Evidence from an experiment in India	47	Nicholas Bloom, Aprajit Mahajan, David McKenzie, and John Roberts
Jan. 2018	Designing Wage Contracts in Multi-goal Organizations	46	Xavier Gin��, Ghazala Mansuri and Slesh A. Shrestha
Dec. 2017	Learning the Impact of Financial Education When Take-Up is Low	45	Gabriel Lara Ibarra, David McKenzie, and Claudia Ruiz Ortega
Nov. 2017	You Get What You Ask For: Testing Information Disclosure in a Multi-Country Study	44	Xavier Gin�� and Rafael Mazer
Oct. 2017	The Power of Standardization: Testing Information Disclosure in a Multi-Country Study	43	Xavier Gin��, Cristina Mart��nez, and Rafael Mazer
Mar. 2017	Business Training for Female Microenterprise Owners in Kenya Grew Their Firms without Harming Their Competitors	42	David McKenzie and Susana Puerto
Feb. 2017	Pathways to Profits: Identifying Separate Channels of Business Growth through Business Training	41	Stephen Joseph Anderson-Macdonald, Rajesh Chandy, and Bilal Husnain Zia
Feb. 2017	The ABCs of Financial Education: Experimental Evidence on Attitudes, Behavior, and Cognitive Biases	40	Fenella Carpena, Shawn Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia
Jan. 2017	Can research grants for science-industry collaboration: Do they spur innovation?	39	Miriam Bruhn and David McKenzie
Jan. 2017	Are labor market imperfections the reason so few microenterprises hire workers? An experiment in Sri Lanka suggests they are not	38	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, and Christoper Woodruff
Nov. 2016	Enhancing the Benefits of Formalization under a new status in Benin	37	Najy Benhassine, David McKenzie, Victor Pouliquen, and Massimiliano Santini
Apr. 2016	Can wage subsidies boost employment in the wake of an economic crisis?	36	Miriam Bruhn
Mar. 2016	Psychometrics as a Tool to Improve Access to Credit	35	Irani Arr��iz, Miriam Bruhn, and Rodolfo Stucchi
Nov. 2015	Spurring Innovation with Matching Grants: Evidence from Yemen	34	David McKenzie, Nabila Assaf and Ana Paula Cusolito
Sep. 2015	Creating jobs through a Business Plan Competition: Evidence from Nigeria's YouWiN! competition	33	David McKenzie
Nov. 2014	Do special tax regimes for micro and small enterprises encourage formal firm creation? Do they lead firms to underreport revenues?	32	Miriam Bruhn and Jan Loeprick
Oct. 2014	Piloting Macroinsurance for Microenterprises in Post-Revolution Egypt	31	Matthew Groh, David McKenzie
Sep. 2014	Testing Job Matching Services for Unemployed Educated Youth in Jordan	30	Matthew Groh, David McKenzie, Nour Shammout and Tara Vishwanath
Aug. 2014	Barriers to Entrepreneurship in Rural Pakistan	29	Xavier Gin�� and Ghazala Mansuri
Jul. 2014	Financial Disclosure in Mexico: Evidence from an Audit Study	28	Xavier Gin��, Cristina Mart��nez and Rafael Mazer
Jun. 2014	Will Migrants Remit More if They Can Channel Payments Directly for Education? Lab-in-the-Field and Proof of Concept Trial Results	27	Giuseppe De Arcangelis, Majlinda Joxhe, David McKenzie, Erwin Tiongson and Dean Yang
Jan. 2014	The Impact of High School Financial Education: Large-Scale Experimental Evidence from Brazil	26	Miriam Bruhn, Luciana Le?o, Arianna Legovini, Rogelio Marchetti, and Bilal Zia
Jun. 2013	Why is voluntary financial education so unpopular? Evidence from Mexico	25	Miriam Bruhn, Gabriel Lara Ibarra and David McKenzie
May 2013	A Helping Hand or the Long Arm of the Law? Do carrots or sticks work best for bringing informal firms into the formal sector?	24	Gustavo Henrique de Andrade, Miriam Bruhn, and David McKenzie
Apr. 2013	Harnessing Emotional Connections to Improve Financial Decisions: Evaluating the Impact of Financial Education through Mainstream Media	23	Gunhild Berg and Bilal Zia
Feb. 2013	The impact of expanding simplified start-up procedures to more remote areas: The Minas F��cil Expresso program	22	Miriam Bruhn and David McKenzie
Jan. 2013	Lessons for Matching Grant Programs from Failed Attempts to Evaluate Them	21	Francisco Campos, Aidan Coville, Ana Fernandes, Markus Goldstein, and David McKenzie
Oct. 2012	Business Training for New and Existing Female-Owned Firms in Sri Lanka	20	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzieand Christopher Woodruff
Oct. 2012	The Impact of Financial Literacy Training for Migrants and their Families	19	Yoko Doi, David McKenzie and Bilal Zia
May 2012	The Impact of Financial Literacy Training for Migrants at Destination	18	John Gibson, David McKenzie and Bilal Zia
Mar. 2012	Do informal firms want to formalize and does it help them if they do?	17	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie and Christopher Woodruff
Feb. 2012	Long-term impacts of one-off grants to microenterprises	16	Suresh de Mel, David McKenzie, and Christopher Woodruff
Aug. 2011	The Impact of Commitment Savings Accounts: The Case of Malawi	15	Xavier Gine
Jun. 2011	Capital, Gender, and Microfinance Growth in Ghana	14	Marcel Fafchamps, David McKenzie, Simon Quinn, and Christopher Woodruff
May 2011	The Impact of Business and Financial Literacy Training for Young Entrepreneurs in Bosnia-Herzogovina	13	Miriam Bruhn and Bilal Zia
Dec. 2010	Spurring Development through a Seasonal Migration Program	12	John Gibson and David McKenzie
Oct. 2009	The Economic Impact of Expanding Access to Finance in Mexico	9	Miriam Bruhn and Inessa Love
Sep. 2009	The Results of a Pilot Financial Literacy and Business Planning Training Program for Women in Uganda	8	David McKenzie and Michaela Weber
Jun. 2009	Do Marginal Firms in Bolivia Benefit from Formalizing?	7	David McKenzie
May 2009	Evaluating the Efficiency of a Bankruptcy Reform	6	Xavier Gine and Inessa Love
May 2009	Valuing Financial Literacy: Evidence from Indonesia	5	Bilal Zia
Apr. 2009	Why is More Capital Not Enough to Grow Female Businesses?	4	David McKenzie
Mar. 2009	The Promise of Index Insurance	3	Xavier Gine
Feb. 2009	Does Business Registration Reform Increase Entrepreneurial Activity?	2	Miriam Bruhn
Feb. 2009	Which Microenterprises have High Returns to Capital?	1	David McKenzie

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