🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

Super excited for v2 of our Mobile Money VoxDev Lit out!! VoxDev Launch event: 10AM EST TODAY! cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Worked with an amazing bunch of co-editors: #JennyAker Catia Batista #MichaelCallen Tarek Ghani #BillyJack Leora Klapper Emma Riley #SimoneSchaner Sandip Sukhtankar

On April 14th, CEGA’s fifth annual Psychology and Economics of Poverty (PEP) Convening will bring researchers to discuss effects of poverty on mental health and financial stress with Victoria Baranov, Emma Riley, and more! Register Now: cega.berkeley.edu/event/psycholo…

I really enjoyed all the studies on digital financial technologies. Lots of exciting papers are coming soon!

1/ Nearly 140 million people around the world were active borrowers from a #microcredit institution in 2018. How has microcredit impacted firms and households? We unpack the evidence in our latest #PolicyInsight: j-p.al/pu78

Submitted two revisions this week! Wish me luck 🤞

📢 Save the date! Join Innovations for Poverty Action , World Bank Research and the Alliance for a discussion on the power of digital financial inclusion to advance the #SDGs 🗓️ Date: Tuesday, September 12th ⏰ Time: 8am-9am EST 📌 REGISTER HERE ➡  bit.ly/finclusion0912 #GlobalGoals

🚨 Less than one week to go! Join us for the #SDG Webinar on the transformative potential of digital financial inclusion in driving forward the SDGs with Innovations for Poverty Action and World Bank. 🗓️ Tuesday, September 12th, 8 am-9 am EST. Register now ➡️ bit.ly/finclusion0912 💡

Can information campaigns encourage adoption of new digital financial services? In Ghana, J-PAL affiliates Emma Riley & Abu Syeid Shonchoy examined the impacts of pre-recorded phone calls & text reminders promoting mobile banking. Read more 👇 j-p.al/79f

What are innovative ways to increase the use of mobile banking services in rural low-access areas? Emma Riley & Abu Syeid Shonchoy explored the impacts of a national information campaign on digital financial service uptake in Ghana: j-p.al/79f

Coping with Weather Disasters through International Migration: The Role of Search Frictions and International Migrant Demand: Guest post by Emir Murathanoğlu - the 2nd in our job market series involves typhoons blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluati…

Digital financial services like mobile banking can be a powerful tool to ⬆️ financial inclusion, especially for those in rural areas. In Ghana, Emma Riley & Abu Syeid Shonchoy looked at the impacts of an info campaign on digital financial service uptake: j-p.al/79f

Delighted to share that my job market paper is forthcoming at the AER!

Delighted to see this out in print!

📖 New #CEGAWorkingPaper 📖 Adding a trusted friend's endorsement to individual incentives can double the adoption of mobile banking in Ghana, find Emma Riley, Abu Syeid Shonchoy & Robert Darko Osei. How does this affect financial + digital inclusion? Learn more: buff.ly/3w7eib4

Excited to share a VoxDev post on my new paper on digital financial services and women’s empowerment with Rachel Heath

How can mobile banking adoption grow in rural areas? An IPA study in Ghana found that combining small incentives and having a group leader endorse & support the new technology doubled adoption rates and increased savings by 30% after six months. bit.ly/43AwV5E

Researchers in Ghana explored how to encourage mobile banking use in rural microfinance groups. Results showed that having a group leader endorse the new technology & offering small incentives boosted adoption and savings. Read about the impact evaluation conducted by

Excited to share work with Kate Orkin Emma Riley in rural Kenya. We show that adding an aspiration-boosting workshop to cash transfers increased women’s control over resources & decreased intimate partner violence as compared to cash transfers alone. tinyurl.com/3fwuhjyc