Published Papers

Impact of inputs, information, and financial services on the adoption of a biofortified crop by women farmers in Uganda

With Shyamal Chowdhury, Sreelakshmi Papineni and Munshi Sulaiman

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, forthcoming

Better loans or better borrowers?  Lifting credit constraints for women-owned firms in Ethiopia

With Salman Alibhai and Sreelakshmi Papineni

Journal of Alternative Finance, forthcoming

Do factory jobs improve welfare? Experimental evidence from Ethiopia

With Girum Abebe and Markus Goldstein

The World Bank Economic Review, 39 (1), 124–142, 2025

Policy brief, data in the Microdata Library and code on GitHub 

What we can learn when impacts fail to replicate: Lessons from an empowerment programme for young women in Tanzania

With Markus Goldstein, Selim Gulesci, Isabelle Salcher, Munshi Sulaiman and Venus Yam

The Journal of Development Studies, 60 (8), 1200–1210, 2024

Data and code on GitHub, data in the Microdata Library

Welfare impacts of public works in fragile and conflict affected economies: The Londö public works in the Central African Republic

With Arthur Alik-Lagrange, Niklas Buehren, Markus Goldstein and Johannes Hoogeveen

Labour Economics, 81 (C), 2023

Policy brief

Spillover effects of girls’ empowerment on brothers’ competitiveness: Evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment in Uganda

With Markus Goldstein, Kenneth Leonard, Joao Montalvao and Kathryn Vasilaky

Economic Development and Cultural Change, 70 (2), 653-670, 2020

Policy brief

Women's empowerment in action: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Africa

With Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Markus Goldstein, Selim Gulesci, Imran Rasul and Munshi Sulaiman

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 12 (1), 210-59, 2020

Policy brief

The impact of strengthening agricultural extension services on women farmers: Evidence from Ethiopia

With Markus Goldstein, Ezequiel Molina and Julia Vaillant

Agricultural Economics, 50 (4), 407-419, 2019

Policy brief, data in the Microdata Library

Salary delays and overdrafts in rural Ghana

With Virginia Ceretti, Ervin Dervisevic, Markus Goldstein, Leora Klapper, Tricia Koroknay-Palicz and Simone Schaner

American Economic Association, Papers and Proceedings, 108, 449-52, 2-18, 2018

Policy Reports

Ethiopia gender diagnostic report: Priorities for promoting equity

Policy brief with gender gap cost estimates

The cost of the gender gap in agricultural productivity in Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda

In cooperation with UN Women, the United Nations Development Programme–United Nations Environment Programme Poverty-Environment Initiative (UNDP-UNEP PEI) Africa

Gender and Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: Review of Constraints and Effective Interventions

Policy Briefs & Case Studies

Re-Thinking Firm Level Data Collection during COVID-19: Using Mobile Sensing to Understand the Financial Behaviors of Entrepreneurs

COVID-19 Impacts on Women Factory Workers in Ethiopia: Results from High-Frequency Phone Surveys

Female Entrepreneurs Who Succeed in Male-Dominated Sectors in Ethiopia

Disruptive Finance: Using Psychometrics to Overcome Collateral Constraints in Ethiopia