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Improving the project design of poverty reduction policies: Structural estimation and RCT

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25285088
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypePartial Multi-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Economic policy
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

Hisaki Kono  京都大学, 経済学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (40450548)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ションチョイ アブ  独立行政法人日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所, その他部局等, 研究員 (40617461)
高橋 和志  上智大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (90450551)
Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥16,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥5,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,320,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥9,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,100,000)
Keywords貧困削減 / プログラム設計 / マイクロクレジット / 教育 / マイクロファイナンス / 契約デザイン / 小規模金融 / 遠隔教育
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The effectiveness of poverty reduction policies can substantially depends on the incentive design of the policy. The desirable policy design, in turn, would depend on the economic and social environment the economic agents are located in. In this project, we show how the repayment scheme in microcredit could affect the outcome of borrowers: Shorter maturity makes poor borrowers more dependent on moneylenders and discourages them from making investment. For the farmers who will not have income until harvesting period, we found that the agricultural loans which allow them to pay after harvesting over-performed the traditional microcredit in terms of uptake rate, repayment rate, and saving accumulation. In addition, we showed that DVD-based DVD learning program performed quite well, and its effectiveness is in large part attributable to the commitment mechanisms built in the program.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Annual Research Report
  • 2014 Annual Research Report
  • 2013 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2016 2014 Other

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Microcredit Games with Noisy Signals: Contagion and Free-riding2014

    • Author(s)
      Hisaki Kono
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

      Volume: 33 Pages: 96-113

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jjie.2013.12.006

    • NAID

      120005464817

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] DVD-based Distance Learning Program for University Entrance Exams: RCT Experiments in Rural Bangladesh2016

    • Author(s)
      Shonchoy Abu
    • Organizer
      Canadian Economics Association Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Ottawa
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-02
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] T.B.A. (To Be Arbitraged)? Extensive and Intensive Margin in Rice Trading in Madagascar2016

    • Author(s)
      Hisaki Kono
    • Organizer
      CSAE Conference 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Oxford University
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-20
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Lending Maturity of Microcredit and Dependence on Moneylenders2014

    • Author(s)
      高野久紀
    • Organizer
      日本経済学会
    • Place of Presentation
      西南学院大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-10-11
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Using DVD Lectures to Improve Academic Performance of Rural High Schoolers

    • Author(s)
      高野久紀
    • Organizer
      Pacific Conference for Development Economics (PacDev) 2014
    • Place of Presentation
      University of California, Los Angeles(米国)
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2013-05-21   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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