Evidence in Financial Inclusion II: New Findings and their Applications
On July 6th in Manila, IPA and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (with support from the Citi Foundation) co-hosted a workshop for 40 high- and mid-level policymakers and financial service providers interested in learning how rigorous evidence can help them better serve their customers. During the one-day event, attendees engaged in a series of discussions that encouraged them to think about how recent financial inclusion evidence applies to their institutions and how RCTs can be useful for decision-making. The event showcased evidence produced by evaluations funded by the Citi IPA Financial Capability Research Fund and included presentations by Amando Tetangco, Governor of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas; Aftab Ahmed, CEO of Citi Philippines; and Dean Karlan, professor at Yale University and President of IPA. The agenda and PowerPoint presentations from the event are available below. This workshop was the second in a series of three; the other two workshops were held in Bogota and Mumbai.
IPA Welcome Remarks PPT (See attached below)
Session 2: Innovating Financial Education
- Tablet-Based Financial Education (Matthew Bird) PPT
- Rules of Thumb: Providing Timely Useful Financial Management Advice at Scale (John Arun) PPT
Session 3: Remittances and Financial Capability of Overseas Workers
Session 4: Information Design
- Enhanced Implementation of the Truth in Lending Act (Mynard Mojica) PPT
- Unshrouding Effects on Demand for a Costly Add-on: Evidence from Bank Overdrafts in Turkey (Dean Karlan) PPT
Session 5: Encouraging Long-term Savings
- James Choi’s research page
- Personalizing Information to Improve Retirement Savings (Julio Riutort) PPT
