Digital Information Provision and Behavior Change: Lessons from Six Experiments in East Africa
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- Raissa Fabregas & Michael Kremer & Matthew Lowes & Robert On & Giulia Zane, 2025. "Digital Information Provision and Behavior Change: Lessons from Six Experiments in East Africa," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 17(1), pages 527-566, January.
- Fabregas, Raissa & Kremer, Michael & Lowes, Matt & On, Robert & Zane, Giulia, 2024. "Digital Information Provision and Behavior Change: Lessons from Six Experiments in East Africa," CEPR Discussion Papers 18819, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2024-02-26 (Agricultural Economics)
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