We explore how
financial services
can improve the lives
of poor households
Poverty, inequality, and development through the lens of inclusive finance.
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Sidhya Balakrishnan, Sewin Chan, Tracy Cole, Sara Constantino, Ajay Chaudry, Johannes Haushofer, and Jonathan Morduch
Sometimes people simply need money. With an RCT in Compton—a city within Los Angeles County, California—researchers combined quantitative and qualitative analyses to show how impacts of transfers depend on who gets the transfers and the nature of their constraints.
Natasha D’cruze, Joshua Merfeld, Jonathan Morduch
Poverty is seldom experienced as a steady condition: times get better, and times get worse, even within a given year. By taking a high-frequency view of people’s lives, the project connects poverty to financial capabilities and, ultimately, asks what poverty means.
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