Inadequate nourishment in the first years of life can impair children’s physical and cognitive development, with long-term consequences on their earnings and productivity. In Myanmar, which has one of the highest rates of stunting in the Asia-Pacific region, IPA worked with researchers to evaluate the impact of cash transfers to mothers––both with and without social and behavioral change communication (SBCC) ––on determinants and indicators of child malnutrition.

What’s the impact of digital credit on micro, small and medium enterprises? Are there differential effects on enterprises owned by women? If so, why? To help answer these questions, researchers studied the effect of a liquidity loan available to mobile mobile agents (the majority of whom were women) on agents’ business and transaction behaviors, household welfare outcomes, differential effects between male and female agents, and their potential role in promoting women’s economic empowerment among their customers and community.