RECOVR Research Projects

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This page lists research projects that are being developed by IPA and others. Our goal is to document active studies taking place on COVID-19’s socio-economic impacts—and results, as they come in—in order to inform researchers and decision-makers working to mitigate the crisis. As this is a public good, the hub contains both IPA and non-IPA studies. Inclusion criteria for the hub can be found here, and new projects and questionnaires can be submitted here.

Contributing Partners

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Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
BRAC Institute of Governance & Development
Center for Effective Global Action
Center for Global Development
Global Poverty Research Lab
IDinsight
International Growth Centre
Yale Research Initiative on Innovative & Scale

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Cash and Compliance with Social Distancing: Experimental Evidence from Ghana

<p>As coronavirus begins to spread in developing countries, an important question is whether poor households will adhere to social distancing given the likely inability to work remotely, and the subsequent large income losses.In such a context, mobile money transfers may not only help households maintain consumption levels, they may also complement social distancing policies - those that get the cash may work less, and stay at home more.We are launching a three-arm mobile money transfer study in Ghana to test this idea.</p>
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Country Ghana
Program Area Health & Nutrition Peace & Recovery Social Protection
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Randomized Evaluation

COVID-19 Livelihoods Impact Tracking Survey

<p>In response to the lack of data around the impact of COVID-19, FinMark Trust along with the insight2impact facility are looking to implement a short-to-medium term mobile tracking survey that measures behaviour, risk perceptions, belief in the efficacy of interventions, and experiences related to household adaption and social distancing of a sample of people weekly in at least seven African markets.</p>
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Country Kenya Nigeria Rwanda South Africa Uganda Zambia
Program Area Financial Inclusion

Consumer Protection Consumer Survey

<p>The InterMedia Financial Inclusion Insights Surveys have consistently shown Uganda to have the highest levels of consumer fraud in mobile money amongst countries surveyed in Africa and Asia.These surveys have also documented insufficient consumer use of formal complaints channels.Fraud risk and lack of proper redress channels can reduce use of digital financial services and may in part explain why many Ugandans still use over-the-counter transactions despite having registered mobile wallets.</p>
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Country Uganda
Program Area Financial Inclusion

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