Project Report – Page 3

Saving the children: how to create effective messaging to stop violence against children

In an experiment where people were asked to place numbers along a linear axis, many respondents placed a million, roughly halfway between a thousand and a billion (it really doesn’t go there).…

Improving online engagement of COVID-19 self-assessments

Nutrition Report: Nutrition learning study qualitative insights report

Assessing the behavioral effects of conflict exposure

Improving uptake while countering adverse selection in digital credit

How can behaviorally informed messaging improve productive uptake of digital credit? The Nigerian Government Enterprise and Empowerment Program (GEEP) is amongst the handful of government-led low-cost microloan programs that are…

Increasing smallholder uptake of seed insurance

How do we make adoption of insurance easier for farmers using behavioral science? ACRE Africa, the brand name of Agriculture and Climate Risk Enterprise Ltd. (ACRE), links farmers to insurance…

Increasing the uptake and usage of mobile money as a savings device

Can simple messaging induce saving habits? The mobile money landscape in Tanzania has been rapidly evolving, closely following Kenya in terms of total penetration. In 2017 more than 50% of…

Improving savings rates among cash transfer recipients

How can we help cash transfer programs better target long-term goals? The Household Uplifting Programme (HUP), otherwise known as the Conditional Cash Transfer, aims at responding to deficiencies in capacity…

Improving retirement savings among informal sector workers

How can behavioral science help informal sector workers meet their savings goals? How do people decide how much to consume today versus how much to save for the future? The…