Use of Mobile Money Lifts Nearly 200,000 Kenyans Out of Poverty
Georgetown and MIT researchers publish study in Science that finds expansion of a mobile money system in Kenya helped bring hundreds of thousands of households out of poverty.
Welcome to gui2de, an initiative at Georgetown University working to incubate and evaluate effective development solutions.
The Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development and Evaluation conducts empirical field-based research to assess the impact and effectiveness of interventions and policies aimed at empowering individuals in developing countries to improve their lives. Major research themes include governance and accountability, the promotion of agency in the delivery of health, education, and other public services, the role of mobile technology in development, and financial development and integration.
The Initiative, jointly convened by the Economics Department and the McCourt School of Public Policy and co-directed by Billy Jack and James Habyarimana, brings together academics, innovators, policymakers, and development practitioners to incubate and evaluate ideas. We harness the energy and enthusiasm of the University’s undergraduate and graduate student body to contribute to these efforts at both the innovation and evaluation stages, through event participation, academic supervision, and summer and semester-long field assignments.
Featured Stories
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Learn about the Zusha! campaign on BBC's World Service podcast
Tune in to the BBC People Fixing the World episode on Zusha! to learn more on gui2de's effort to improve road safety in Kenya.
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BBC News reports on the Zusha! campaign in Kenya
The BBC News interviews gui2de staff on the Zusha! campaign in Kenya, highlighting how small nudges can change behavior and reduce road accidents.
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Op-Ed in The New York Times highlights mobile money research
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tina Rosenberg discusses findings of the mobile money study conducted by gui²de and MIT researchers.
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gui²de affiliates to evaluate and test education reform in Tanzania
gui2de co-founder James Habyarimana along with faculty members Andrew Zeitlin, Jacobus Cilliers and Ken Opalo will help evaluate Big Results Now in Education, a multifaceted, multimillion-dollar Government of Tanzania-funded reform program to address the country’s educational crisis in primary and secondary schools.
