The MRR Lab has developed an economic resilience measurement method that uses a counterfactual to estimate cumulative avoided losses amid shocks.

After eight years and Covid lockdowns, the treatment group that received cash, nutrition trainings and home visits was less likely to be food insecure.

An ex-post evaluation of a nutrition-and-gender-sensitive agricultural intervention in Bangladesh found that bundling nutrition and agriculture training may contribute to resilience as well as to sustained impacts on consumption, women’s empowerment, and asset holdings in the medium term.

Lab-in-the-field experiments in Ghana found that participants were less likely to share risk, and more likely to select insurance, when their wealth was unequal. The findings raise the prospect that addressing inequality could have spillover effects for poverty reduction and resilience.

A reformulation of Index-based Livestock Insurance, made relevant to women's lives, increases demand for insurance among women in Northern Kenya.

A Willingness to Pay (WTP) survey for agro-weather messages estimates what reach would be maintained if a subscription fee was introduced to a currently free service.

The MRR Lab has developed an economic resilience measurement method that uses a counterfactual to estimate cumulative avoided losses amid shocks.

A Contingent Line of Credit (CLOC) is a new financial instrument tailor-made for microfinance institutions and their smallholder clients and a powerful addition to a portfolio that charts a future of business growth. 

A budgeting activity in Zambia increased savings and annual crop output, results that show this kind of intervention at the time of harvest could help address cyclical food shortages while improving future welfare. 

This report documents the results of a randomized controlled trial designed to identify and measure the direct and indirect impacts of the PEPFAR-funded Força à Comunidade e Crianças (FCC) program on households with orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) in Mozambique.