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At CEGA, we believe that evidence should be used to make decisions about how development funding is spent.

Through competitive grant-making, we fund actionable research that can be used by policymakers to inspire equitable growth. We believe that grant competitions generate the highest-quality research; attract new talent and mobilize networks; and foster stewardship, transparency, and fairness. Browse all CEGA-funded research projects—spanning diverse topical areas and over 55 countries—by applying the filters or clicking on the tiles below.

Financial Inclusion

Leveraging Payment Data for Greater Gender Equity in Credit Scoring

Paul Gertler | Mexico
Financial Inclusion

Agricultural Credit, Insurance and Over-Indebtedness Among Smallholder Farmers

Berber Kramer | India
Financial Inclusion

Provably Private Data for Targeting Humanitarian Aid

Nitin Kohli | Togo
Financial Inclusion

Impact of Digital Credit on Low-Income Women in Nigeria

Olayinka David-West | Nigeria
Financial Inclusion

“My data or yours?” Unraveling Privacy Among Consumers of Digital Credit in India

Janaki Srinivasan (IIIT-Bangalore) | India
Financial Inclusion

Decoding Digitally Enabled Financial Privacy: What it Means for Women

Prachi Jain | Kenya
Financial Inclusion

Using Digital Finance to Incentivize Clean Fuel Transitions

Kelsey Jack | Ghana
Financial Inclusion

Assessing the Utility of Differential Privacy for RCTs

Aleksandra Slavkovic |
Financial Inclusion

A Second Chance at Financial Inclusion: The Impact of Repayment Plans and Incentives on Delinquent Digital Credit Borrowers

Alfredo Burlando | Zambia
Financial Inclusion

Effects of Credit Limit Changes on Digital Airtime Loan Repayment

Alain Shema |
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Welfare-centric Credit Scoring in Nigeria

Joshua Blumenstock | Nigeria
Financial Inclusion

The Impacts of Liquidity Loans to Mobile Money Agents on Women Agents’ Empowerment, and Their Business and Transaction Behavior

Russell Toth | Myanmar
AgricultureFinancial Inclusion

Gender Norms and Agricultural Credit in Odisha

Berber Kramer | India
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Discrimination and Access to Capital: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia

Shibiru Melesse | Ethiopia
AgricultureFinancial Inclusion

Digital Credit and Payments in the Dairy Sector in Uganda

Alfredo Burlando | Uganda
Financial Inclusion

Knowledge, Use, and Repayment of Digital Credit in Malawi

Jonathan Robinson | Malawi
AgricultureFinancial Inclusion

Digital Credit for Agriculture

Sarah Janzen | Kenya
Financial Inclusion

Manipulation-Proof Credit Scoring Algorithms in Kenya

Joshua Blumenstock | Kenya
Financial Inclusion

Slowing Down Digital Credit

Alfredo Burlando | Mexico
AgricultureFinancial Inclusion

Digital credit for farmers in Ghana: a randomized field trial

Christopher Udry | Ghana
Financial Inclusion

Adoption of Digital Payments by Small Merchants in India

Ethan Ligon | India
Financial Inclusion

Gender-Differentiated Credit Algorithms using Machine Learning

Sean Higgins | Dominican Republic
Financial Inclusion

Consumer Protection Oversights in the Chinese Digital Credit System

Shazeda Ahmed | China
Financial Inclusion

Impacts of Airtime Loans on Network Usage and Communications Expenditures in Haiti

Travis J. Lybbert | Haiti
Financial Inclusion

Access to Digital Credit and Its Spillover Effects in China

Zenan Wang | China

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