“How does microenterprise growth impact child outcomes.” VoxDev, December 10, 2023. (with Patrick Agte, Arielle Bernhardt, Rohini Pande, and Natalia Rigol)
“Simplifying communication dramatically increased job application rates on a platform in Pakistan.” VoxDev, September 25, 2023. (with Maniha Aftab, Aiman Farrukh, Robert Garlick, Sarah Hussain, Lala Rukh Khan, Nivedhitha Subramanian, and Kate Vyborny)
“The lifesaving benefits of convenient infrastructure: evidence from Bangladesh.” VoxDev, December 5, 2022. (with Nina Buchmann, Rachel Glennerster, and Reshmaan Hussam)
“A signal to end child marriage: evidence from Bangladesh.” Ideas for India, March 4, 2022. (with Nina Buchmann, Rachel Glennerster, Shahana Nazneen, and Xiao Yu Wang)
“The economics of child marriage.” VoxDev, September 9, 2020. (with Rachel Glennerster and Nina Buchmann)
“Does vocational educational training work? Experimental evidence from Mongolia.” VoxDev, July 8, 2020. (with Ofer Malamund, Leigh Linden, Daniel Rubenson, and Shing-Yi Wang)
“Reducing rates of child marriage: experimental evidence from Bangladesh.” VoxDev, July 1, 2020.
“Empowering women through direct digital wage payments.” VoxDev, November 4, 2019. (with Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, Simone Schaner, and Charity Troyer Moore). Also published in Ideas for India, November 29, 2019.
“What happens when investments targeting women’s microbusinesses go to men?” Ideas for India, May 2, 2018. (with Arielle Bernhardt, Rohini Pande, and Natalia Rigol). Also published in VoxDev, January 27, 2020.
“Give women credit.” Ideas for India, November 14, 2017. (with Rohini Pande). Also published in VoxDev, September 27, 2019.
“Access to credit and female labour supply in India.” Ideas for India, June 30, 2016. (with Rohini Pande)
“This transaction is still incomplete.” The Indian Express, October 24, 2014. (with Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, Simone Schaner, and Charity Troyer Moore)
“Hablemos entre patas: harnessing WhatsApp to prevent intimate partner violence in Peru.” Innovations for Poverty Action, September, 2025. (with Christopher Boyer, Rachel Lehrer, Andrew Morrison, and Claudia Piras)
“Job search behaviour and access to references on a job-matching platform in Pakistan.” International Growth Centre, June 23, 2025. (with Aiman Farrukh, Robert Garlick, Harmalah Khan, Lala Rukh Khan, Nivedhitha Subramanian, and Katherine Vyborny)
“Reducing violence against women in Peru through evidence-based policies.” World Bank Blogs – Latin America and the Caribbean blog post, December 6, 2024. (with Giselle Marie Bello, Julie Chambers, Greta Granados de Orbegoso, and Javier Haaker)
“Sexual and reproductive rights for indigenous peoples of Ayacucho.” Innovations for Poverty Action, May, 2024. (with Renzo Severino)
“What works to close digital gender gaps?” Yale Inclusion Economics, February, 2024. (with Hemawathy Balarama, Giorgia Barboni, Erik Jorgensen, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, Simone Schaner, and Charity Troyer Moore)
“Why don’t jobseekers search more? Barriers and returns to search on a job-searching platform in Pakistan.” International Growth Centre, January 16, 2024. (with Maniha Aftab, Aiman Farrukh, Robert Garlick, Sarah Hussain, Lala Rukh Khan, Nivedhitha Subramanian, and Katherine Vyborny)
“Strengthening women’s financial control through personal bank accounts.” Innovations for Poverty Action, August 22, 2023. (with Charity Troyer Moore, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, and Simone Schaner)
“How phone calls can encourage people to apply for jobs in Pakistan.” International Growth Centre blog post, September 27, 2023. (with Maniha Aftab, Aiman Farrukh, Robert Garlick, Sarah Hussain, Lala Rukh Khan, Nivedhitha Subramanian, and Katherine Vyborny)
“Understanding gender barriers in the Pakistani labour market: a deep dive in the job search process.” International Growth Centre, May 23, 2021. (with Robert Garlick, Vaishali Jain, Lala Rukh Khan, Alieha Shahid Nivedhitha Subramanian, Katherine Vyborny, Sarah Xu, and Julia Wu)
“Formal vocational training: schools and employment in Mongolia.” Innovations for Poverty Action, February 24, 2021. (with Leigh Linden, Daniel Rubenson, and Shing-Yi Wang)
“The impact of maternal cash transfers on child malnutrition in Myanmar.” Innovations for Poverty Action, September 12, 2019. (with Elisa Maffioli)
“Throwing the baby out with the drinking water: Unintended consequences of arsenic-mitigation efforts in Bangladesh.” Cato Institute, September 11, 2019. (with Nina Buchmann, Rachel Glennerster, and Reshmaan Hussam)
“A tough call: Understanding barriers to and impacts of women’s mobile phone adoption in India.” Evidence for Policy Design, Harvard Kennedy School, October, 2018. (with Giorgia Barboni, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, Simone Schaner, and Charity Troyer Moore)
“An account of one’s own: Can targeting benefits payments address social constraints to labor force participation?” Gender, Growth and Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries, December, 2017. (with Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, Simone Schaner, and Charity Troyer Moore)
“Overcoming barriers to women’s mobility in Pakistan.” International Growth Centre blog post, November 17, 2017. (with Ghulam Abbas Anjum, Fizzah Sajjad, and Katherine Vyborny)
“Gender equity in transport planning: Improving women’s access to public transport in Pakistan.” International Growth Centre, October 18, 2017. (with Ghulam Abbas Anjum, Fizzah Sajjad, and Katherine Vyborny)
“Access to credit and female labour force participation in India.” International Growth Centre blog post, August 29, 2017. (with Jose Martinez and Rohini Pande)
“Maternal mortality risk and gender gap in desired fertility.” International Growth Centre, July 21, 2017. (with Nava Ashraf and Alessandra Voena)
“Empowering girls in rural Bangladesh.” Innovations for Poverty Action, May 15, 2017. (with Rachel Glennerster, Shahana Nazneen, Nina Buchmann, and Svetlana Pimkina).
“Can we talk in private (about family planning)?” Innovations for Poverty Action, July 25, 2016. (with Nava Ashraf and Jean Lee)
“Microfinance repayment schedules in West Bengal, India.” Innovations for Poverty Action, May 14, 2014. (with Rohini Pande, Jeanette Park, Natalia Rigol, and John Papp)
“Long run-effects of repayment flexibility in microfinance: evidence from India.” International Growth Centre, June 1, 2011. (with Rohini Pande, John Papp, and Natalia Rigol)
Financial Times. “Bridging the gap between business school research and policymaking.” November 8, 2024.
The Economist. “Why it’s a bad idea for managers to attempt to engineer office friendships.” September 20, 2023.
The Economist. “Many hands, light work.” February 20, 2021.
World Bank Development Impact Blog. “Is an informed husband a better husband?” January 13, 2021.
World Bank Development Impact Blog. “Can more control over earnings improve low female labor force participation?” September 25, 2019.
The Economist. “Attempts to improve public health in Bangladesh appear to have misfired.” April 18, 2019.
Vox Future Perfect. “Warning people off tainted drinking water may have killed children.” April 15, 2019.
World Bank Development Impact Blog. “What works to reduce child marriage?” February 7, 2018.
The Economist. “Your inflexible friend.” October 6, 2016.
World Bank Development Impact Blog. “What works to keep adolescent girls in school? Part 2.” September 28, 2015.
World Bank Development Impact Blog. “Business training that goes better with friends.” November 5, 2014.
World Bank Development Impact Blog. “Love and secrets.” May 10, 2011.
World Bank Development Impact Blog. “Is there an ‘unmet need’ for birth control?” April 7, 2011.
World Bank All About Finance Blog. “The Fad of Financial Literacy?” August 12, 2010.
The Economist. “Big trouble for microfinance.” December 2, 2010.
The Economist. “The mystery of capital deepens.” August 24, 2006.
Stanford University’s Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. “A Signal to End Child Marriage: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh.” YouTube video, 59:07. August 2, 2023.
Center for Economic Policy Research and VideoVox Economics. “A Signal to End Child Marriage: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh.” YouTube video, 1:16:56. September 7, 2021.
UCLA California Center for Population Research. “A Signal to End Child Marriage: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh.” YouTube video, 1:29:02. May 17, 2021.
Econimate. “Can an Epidemic Shape the Urban Landscape?” YouTube video, 6:47. April 23, 2020.
Microsoft Research. “Does the Classic Microfinance Model Discourage Entrepreneurship Among the Poor?” YouTube video, 1:04:10. August 8, 2016.
International Food Policy Research Institute. “3ie-IFPRI Joint Seminar Series – June 6, 2012 – Erica Field.” YouTube video, 44:04. June 6, 2012.
Wheaton College. “Entitled to Growth? Land Titling and Economic Development in Urban Slums.” YouTube video, 56:03. November 16, 2011.
Keynote Speaker. “The Economics of Violence and Harassment Against Women Conference.” Stanford University King Center on Global Development, November 30 – December 1, 2023.
Keynote Speaker. “20th Midwest International Economic Development Conference.” University of Houston, March 31 – April 1, 2023.
