Research Insights: Do Better-Connected Community Members Benefit More from Subsidized Credit?
Aug 2021
Author(s): Vera-Cossio, Diego A.
More powerful and less productive households, both in terms of wealth and connections, ended up obtaining more credit from a community-based lending program. Informal markets partially attenuated…
Perspectivas de investigación: ¿Los miembros mejor conectados de la comunidad se benefician más del crédito subvencionado?
Aug 2021
Author(s): Vera-Cossio, Diego A.
Los hogares más poderosos y menos productivos, tanto en términos de riqueza como de conexiones, acabaron obteniendo más préstamos de un programa comunitario de préstamos. Los mercados informales…
Insurance and Propagation in Village Networks
Nov 2020
Author(s): Kinnan, Cynthia;Samphantharak, Krislert;Townsend, Robert;Vera-Cossio, Diego A.
In village economies, insurance networks are key to smoothing shocks, while production networks can propagate them. The interplay of these networks is crucial. We show that a significant health…
From Information to Actionable Intelligence: Adapting Governments to Data Analytics
Aug 2019
Author(s): Bracken, Mike;Greenway, Andrew;Kenny, Angeles
Digital transformation leads to improved analysis and use of data. Through this transformation, the public sector can implement more efficient and effective policies. Although many governments…
De la información a la inteligencia: ¿Cómo adaptar las instituciones para el análisis de datos en el gobierno?
Aug 2019
Author(s): Bracken, Mike;Greenway, Andrew;Kenny, Angeles
La revolución digital que están experimentando los gobiernos, está llevando a que se planteen programas que mejoren el análisis y uso de dato para plantear políticas públicas más efectivas y…
Targeting Credit through Community Members
Aug 2018
Author(s): Vera-Cossio, Diego A.
Decentralizing the allocation of resources to community members is an increasingly popular form of delivering public resources in developing countries. However, this approach is associated with the…