gui²de In the News

February 9th, 2021

The February 3 Issue of VoxDevLit, co-edited by gui2de co-director Billy Jack, summarizes recent research on mobile money solutions in the developing world. Read how mobile money can reduce transaction costs, improve convenience, smooth consumption, help endure external shocks, and reduce poverty. …

September 3rd, 2020

Zeitlin and co-Author Craig McIntosh compare the effects of Give Directly cash transfers with a USAID youth employment program, and find that cash improved economic outcomes more than the training program. …

July 28th, 2020

Created in collaboration with colleagues Alaka Holla and Owen Ozier at the World Bank, the course focuses on measuring the effectiveness of development interventions, and is targeted to undergraduate and masters students around the world, as well as to practitioners, mid-career professionals, and policy makers.…

July 28th, 2020

Research by gui2de affiliates Jishnu Das and Andy Zeitlin on the impacts of COVID-19 globally is featured in a Georgetown research announcement.…

March 3rd, 2020

Undergraduate and Masters students can submit an application to spend the summer working on one of gui2de’s field projects in East Africa by Monday, March 9th. Apply…

February 29th, 2020

The 8th annual WADES conference will be held May 1, 2020.…

January 20th, 2020

Please join us on Friday, January 24th for a panel discussion with Georgetown faculty and gui2de affiliates Jishnu Das, Shanta Devarajan, and Billy Jack. The event will take place in ICC 700 from…

July 4th, 2019

gui2de Co-director Billy Jack is currently evaluating the impact of DigiFarm and DigiFarm Loans with the support of Mercy Corps and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Read the AgriFin blog, and check out the interim report to learn more! …

February 7th, 2019

gui2de is looking to send up to 10 Georgetown student interns to East Africa and/or India this summer. The deadline to apply is Friday, February 22nd. Visit our Opportunities page to learn more.…

October 16th, 2018

With support from the Office of Global Engagement, gui2de is co-hosting the 3rd Zurich Conference on Public Finance in Developing Countries alongside the World Bank, the Centre for Economic Policy Research, and the Zurich Center for Economic Development on December 17-18, 2018. See the full agenda now!…

September 25th, 2018

gui2de affiliate Adriana Kugler outlines the facts and analyzes the effectiveness of conditional cash transfers in the latest Econofact memo…

September 20th, 2018

Research by McCourt School faculty and gui2de affiliates Andrew Zeitlin and Jacobus Cillers, and former gui2de RA Sam Solomon, on education in Tanzania with the RISE Programme is featured in the Center for Education Economics Annual Research Digest.…

September 13th, 2018

gui2de affiliate and Georgetown Professor Andrew Zeitlin and UCSD Professor Craig McIntosh recently released their study on benchmarking a child nutrition program against GiveDirectly cash transfers in Rwanda. Follow the coverage in NYT, Vox, the Atlantic, and NPR, and read the authors’ comments in the World Bank Development Impact Blog.…

June 6th, 2018

With support from the Office of Global Engagement, gui2de is co-hosting the 3rd Zurich Conference on Public Finance in Developing Countries alongside the World Bank, the Centre for Economic Policy Research, and the Zurich Center for Economic Development on December 17-18, 2018.…

May 3rd, 2018

Check out this month’s The Economist Special Report: Exclusive Access (May 2018), which discusses financial inclusion and highlights research conducted by gui²de and MIT researchers.…

May 30th, 2017

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.…

May 30th, 2017

The BBC News interviews gui2de staff on the Zusha! campaign in Kenya, highlighting how small nudges can change behavior and reduce road accidents.…

May 9th, 2017

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tina Rosenberg discusses findings of the mobile money study conducted by gui²de and MIT researchers.…

June 23rd, 2016

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.…

May 12th, 2016

McCourt Professor and gui2de affiliate Jacobus Cilliers releases a new study in Science Magazine looking at the effect of post-conflict reconciliation programs on societal healing and psychological health.…

March 1st, 2016

Professor James Habyarimana named 2016 Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor for remarkable achievements in research and teaching.…

February 12th, 2016

gui2de will bring together mobile operators, financial institutions, IT developers and academics to develop and assess the social and economic impact of mobile money innovations.…

January 19th, 2016

The McCourt School, the Department of Economics, and gui2de to host the 2016 BREAD Conference on April 29-30, 2016…

November 2nd, 2015

USAID grant awarded to expand gui2de’s successful road-safety intervention, Zusha!, across East Africa…

October 2nd, 2015

This summer, a group of students worked with gui2de on a series of research and development projects in East Africa. As this was my first trip to the continent, I was incredibly excited to live…

April 25th, 2015

The Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (WADES) highlights cutting edge development economics research at leading economic institutions in D.C.…

January 28th, 2015

NPR discusses findings of the Zusha road safety project as part of its “goats and soda” series.…

November 21st, 2014

USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures grant will support Stage 3 of gui2de’s Zusha study.…

June 16th, 2014

A conversation with Billy Jack on his research into the use of mobile money in East Africa…

March 7th, 2014

Read more about gui2de’s conference on innovation and development, hosted in partnership with UC Berkeley last March.…

February 24th, 2014

The Economist publishes our letter to the editor about road safety initiatives.…

February 10th, 2014

The Georgetown Public Policy Review published an op-ed by gui2de’s co-directors about their successful road safety intervention in Kenya and the opportunity for scale-up…

January 28th, 2014

MITnews discusses co-director Billy Jack’s paper on mobile money in Kenya, written with Tavneet Suri.…