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AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
Volume 104, Issue 7, Pages 1909-1941Publisher
AMER ECONOMIC ASSOC
DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.7.1909
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- Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship [FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IXF] Funding Source: Medline
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease [R03AI078119] Funding Source: Medline
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We describe findings from the first large-scale cluster randomized controlled trial in a developing country that evaluates the uptake of a health-protecting technology, insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs), through micro-consumer loans, as compared to free distribution and control conditions. Despite a relatively high price, 52 percent of sample households purchased ITNs, highlighting the role of liquidity constraints in explaining earlier low adoption rates. We find mixed evidence of improvements in malaria indices. We interpret the results and their implications within the debate about cost sharing, sustainability and liquidity constraints in public health initiatives in developing countries.
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