by Dean Karlan
and tracking programs
and Village Education Committees
Dupas, Pascaline
earthquake insurance
East Africa
Easterly, William
economic capacity
Econs
education
and community involvement
and conditional cash transfers
cost to students
and deworming programs
in Ghana
and health care incentives
and HIV/AIDS prevention
and malaria prevention
and the Millennium Development Goals
and remedial instruction
and student absenteeism
and teacher absenteeism
and tracking programs
and tuition subsidies
and uniform giveaways programs
variety of problems and solutions
efficiency. See also classical economics
El Salvador
employment
empowerment
entrepreneurs
and bare-bones loans
and evaluation of loans
and informal savings schemes
and marginal returns
and microcredit
ethics
EurepGap
evaluation of programs
and administrative costs
“before-after” evaluations
and education programs
and effectiveness of aid
and health care incentives
and HIV/AIDS prevention
importance of
and innovation
and microcredit
and Proven Impact Initiative
and randomized control trials (RCTs)
and standardized testing
and teacher absenteeism
tracking actual uses of loans
Evans, David
evidence on poverty reduction programs. See also evaluation of programs
Facebook
face-to-face marketing
farming
and behavioral economics
and choice overload
in the developing world
and DrumNet
and fertilizers
and foundations of development
and marketing
and non-rational behavior
and social learning
Federal Reserve Bank
Feigenberg, Benjamin
fertilizers
coupon programs
and marketing
and pineapple cultivation
rate of usage
Fidelity Investments
Field, Erica
First Macro Bank
Fischer, Greg
fish markets
Fisman, Ray
flower merchants
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
food stamps
foreign aid
Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA)
background of
and business training programs
and cultural issues in lending
and lending practices
and loan terms
and Trust Game study
foundations of development
Freedom from Hunger
fungibility of money
Gale, William
Gates, Bill
gender issues
and education
and group lending
and impact of microlending
and microsavings
and return rates from microlending
Gertler, Paul
Ghana
and benefits of microcredit
and credit reporting
and education system
and field research
and group lending
health care system
and HIV/AIDS prevention
and informal employment
and loan defaults
and loan practices
and malaria prevention
and randomized control trials
and rate of microcredit borrowing
and remedial education programs
and social learning
and taxi drivers
Gichugu Constituency
Giné, Xavier
Glennerster, Rachel
Good Morning America
Google
“goose that lays golden eggs” scenario
government funding
GRADE
Grameen Bank
and entrepreneurship
and gender differences in lending
and group lending
origin of
Grameen Foundation
Grameen II
Green Bank of Caraga
and commitment savings plans
and individual-liability loans
and personalized incentive programs
and SEED savings accounts
group lending
advantages of
assessing loan use patterns
contrasted with simple individual loans
future of
and importance of meetings
and individual-liability loans
lending practices described
and loan defaults
model described
origin of
and peer pressure
problems with
and risk
and social trust
See also microcredit and microfinance
Gugerty, Mary Kay
Gujarat, India
Hanna, Rema
happiness
health care
and conditional cash transfers
and deworming programs
and diarrheal diseases
and education
and HIV/AIDS prevention
and incentive programs
and malaria prevention
and medical worker absenteeism
and smoking cessation
and traditional medicine
and water sanitation
Henry E. Niles Foundation
herbalists
heuristics
Hewlett Foundation
hidden traits
higher education
HIV/AIDS prevention
Honduras
honesty
hookworm
H & R Block
Hyderabad, India
ICS Africa
“identifiable victim” issue
immunizations
incentives
and health care
and HIV testing
and Internet resources
personalized incentive plans
and savings plans
and teacher absenteeism
India
and communications infrastructure
and deworming programs
and education programs
and informal lending
and microlending
and public health care
and rainfall insurance policies
and remedial education
and teacher absenteeism
indígenas
individual-liability loans
Indonesia
informal savings plans. See also moneylenders
information
and farming
and group lending
and HIV/AIDS prevention
infrastructure
in-home sales
innovation
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
and business training programs
and challenges of development research
and community development research
and deworming programs
and evaluation of aid programs
and malaria prevention
origins of
and remedial education programs
and water sanitation
interest rates
and loans to microentrepreneurs
and microcredit marketing
and microcredit usage rates
and microlending theory
and short-term loans
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Internet
and incentive programs
and marketing
and social learning
and solicitation of donations
interview data
IRA plans
iron supplements
Iyengar, Sheena
Jamaica
Jamison, Julian
Jensen, Robert
John Bates Clark medal
Jonathan, Zinman
Kahneman, Daniel
Kenya
and deworming programs
and education programs
and farming practices
and HIV/AIDS prevention
and informal savings schemes
and Kremer’s research
and malaria prevention
and prepaid fertilizer sales
and water sanitation
Kerala, India
Khemani, Stuti
Kinnan, Cynthia
kitchen sink approach to development
Kiva.org
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital
Koyamedu Market
Kremer, Michael
and author’s dissertation
and complexity of development programs
and deworming programs
and fertilizer use study
and genius grants
and student sponsorship programs
and tracking programs
and water sanitation
Laibson, David
Lanao, Iris
last-mile problem
Latin America. See specific countries
legal systems
leisure time. See also opportunity cost
lending practices. See microcredit and microfinance
Lepper, Mark
Liebman, Jeffrey
Linden, Leigh
literacy. See also education
Loewenstein, George
lottery game
Lunyofu Primary School
MacArthur Foundation
Makola
malaria prevention
Malawi
malnutrition
marginal return
market-based solutions. See also classical economics
marketing
and behavioral economics
and credit options
face-to-face
and future of microfinance
and the last-mile problem
of microcredit
promotional programs
of rainfall insurance policies
and salesmanship
Snuggie example
ubiquity of
marriage practices
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
matching funds
McConnell, Maggie
McKenzie, David
mestizas
Mexico
and business training programs
and education programs
and health care incentives
and moneylender borrowing
and sex workers
microcredit and microfinance
benefits of
and capital investments
and community development
and creditworthiness
current status of
and efficiency of programs
and entrepreneurship
and FINCA
and future of microfinance
and individual-liability loans
and loan allocation procedures
and malaria prevention
and marketing
and moneylender borrowing
and rainfall insurance policies
and randomized control trials
rate of borrowing
and risk assessment
shortcomings of
and simple individual loans
support for
terms of loans
theory of
typical loan terms
See also group lending
microsavings. See also savings
Miguel, Edward
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Mindanao, Philippines
Ministry of Agriculture (Kenya)
moneylenders
money transfers
monitoring programs. See also evaluation of programs
Morduch, Jonathan
Mullainathan, Sendhil
Mumbai, India
MySpace
natural experiments
New York City
Ngatia, Muthoni
Nicaragua
Nobel Peace Prize
nonprofit organizations
Nudge (Thaler and Sunstein)
Null, Clair
numeracy
nutritional supplements
Ocampo, Reggie
Oportunidades
opportunity cost
Opportunity International
oral rehydration therapy
Orszag, Peter
Owens, John
Pande, Rohini
parasites
patience
payday loan companies
peer pressure
Pérez-Calle, Francisco
personal loans
Peru
and business training programs
and group lending
and loan usage studies
and microcredit
and savings programs
and social connections in lending
philanthropic foundations. See also charities;
nonprofit organizations
Philippines
and Grameen II
and informal savings
and loans to microentrepreneurs
and sari sari stores
and saving programs
and smoking cessation plans
pineapple cultivation
politics
Population Services International
Portfolios of the Poor (Collins, Morduch, Rutherford and Ruthven)
Portman, Natalie
Port Victoria, Kenya
Potosí Ramírez, María Lucía
poverty
complexity of
day-to-day experiences of
defining
and entrepreneurship
and fungibility of money
and malaria prevention
persistence of
and randomized control trials
and rate of microcredit borrowing
and savings plans
Poverty Action Lab
Pratham
pregnancies
prepaid fertilizer coupons
preventive health care. See health care
price equilibrium
PRIDE AFRICA
private schools
probability
procrastination
product inventories
profits
and fungibility of money
and marginal returns
and return rates from microlending
and savings
and short-term loans
and value of microlending
Progresa program
promotional programs
Pro Mujer
property laws
Proven Impact Initiative
public health. See health care
Puri-Sharma, Charu
race issues
Raffler, Pia
rainfall insurance policies
raisins
Rajasthan, India
randomization
randomized control trials (RCTs). See also specific studies and programs
“Read India” program
Reading Camps
rebates
recency bias
record keeping
regulation of pr
ograms
Relative Risk Information Campaign
remedial education
reminder messages
repayment rates
research methods
retirement savings
risk
and banking systems
and entrepreneurial lending
and group lending
and HIV/AIDS prevention
See also credit reporting
Robinson, Jonathan
Rockefeller Foundation
Rotating Savings and Credit Associations (ROSCAs)
“rule of thumb” training
Rutherford, Stuart
Ruthven, Orlanda
Sachs, Jeffrey
on benefits of microcredit
on effectiveness of aid
and malaria prevention
and poverty reduction strategies
and water sanitation programs
Saez, Emmanuel
salaries
salesmanship
sari sari stores
Save Earn Enjoy Deposit (SEED)
Save More Tomorrow (SMarT)
Save the Children
savings
advantages of
and banking systems
and commitment devices
in the developed world
difficulty of saving
and gentle incentives
importance of
informal saving schemes
microsavings programs
and the poor
reminder systems
short-term loans contrasted with
Savings and Fertilizer Initiative
Schoar, Antoinette
Schultz, Paul
seasonal businesses. See also farming
SEED (Save Earn Enjoy Deposit)
self-control
Seva Mandir
sexually-transmitted disease. See HIV/AIDS prevention
sex workers
Shafir, Eldar
Shah, Manisha
shortsightedness
short-term loans. See also moneylenders; payday loan companies
Singer’s Lake scenario
Sixteen Decisions
Slanket
slipperiness of money
small donors
SMarT (Save More Tomorrow)
smoking cessation
Snuggies
social ties
and farming practices
and group lending
and learning
and loan repayment rates
and peer pressure
and safety nets
and water sanitation programs
South Africa
and consumer credit access
and microcredit marketing
and moneylender borrowing
and sex workers
Spandana
sponsorships, educational
Sri Lanka
and gender issues in microlending
and marginal returns of entrepreneurs
and microentrepreneurs
and rate of microcredit borrowing
standardized testing
statistics
status quo bias
Stewart, Potter
stickK.com
subsidies
Subsidios program
