BSA 21 day text Final report [pdf, 893 KB]
...to play an important role, as an RCT on text-message reminders in The Philippines shows simply receiving a text message has no overall effect on loan repayments.46 Findings from New Zealand research During the 2016 local government election in Auckland, the New Zealand Electoral Commission conducted an RCT of text-message reminders to establish their effect on increasing voter turnout. The Commission finds that people who receive a text message on election day are 4.7 percentage poin...