How can community knowledge and incentive-based mechanisms improve the targeting of high-potential microentrepreneurs in low-income…
What drives financial inclusion in emerging markets—lower banking costs or improved financial literacy?A recent paper by CID Faculty…
Once upon a time in the world of development finance, it was assumed that simply investing in developing economies was enough—that the flow…
/publications/community-influence-microfinance-loan-defaults-under-crisis-conditions-evidence-indian
Research Summary
The microfinance “group lending” approach has achieved widespread success in promoting high rates of repayment, and thus…
Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the power of problem-oriented governance as a way to address complex public…
We test for financial constraints as a market failure in education in a low-income country by experimentally allocating unconditional cash…
The international community has historically maintained hope that advances in science and technology offer humanity a wide range of options…
For more information, go to Professor Jie Bai's full website.
I am an Assistant Professor in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School.…