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The impact of cash in a crisis: evidence from Dandora, Kenya during and after Covid-19

This study will deliver cash grants to microenterprise owners run by women in Dandora, Kenya during the Covid-19 outbreak. We will use a randomized controlled trial to study the impact of cash on economic outcomes both during and after the crisis. Along the way we will collect information about expectations, beliefs, and impact of government policy responses on business outcomes.

Lead investigator:

Wyatt Brooks

Affiliation:

University of Notre Dame

Primary topic:

Attitudes, media & governance

Secondary topic:

Recession & recovery

Region of data collection:

Africa

Country of data collection

Kenya

Status of data collection

In Progress

Type of data being collected:

Experimental

Unit of real-time data collection

Firms

Start date

4/2020

End date

8/2020

Frequency

Periodic (other)