Project: Ethiopia Financial Diaries
DEADLINE TO APPLY: 2nd January, 2017
START DATE: 15th January, 2017
LOCATION: Addis Ababa and any other location specified in the project
ELIGIBILITY: Open to Ethiopian Citizens only
Term of employment: 6 Months Contract with a possibility of extension
Field Officer Report to: Project Lead
Busara Center for Behavioral Economics is a research organization that seeks to improve the understanding of how people living in poverty make decisions and to leverage that knowledge to produce better social outcomes. It enables researchers to conduct rigorous laboratory-based studies in behavioral economics in a developing country and applying the outcomes of research to real-world problems.
The project
The client that Busara is working with is conducting a study to investigate and track household financial flows of female entrepreneurs who get a microloan to explore how loans are being spent and to understand how poor household manage financial resources. The main goal of the study is to provide a better understanding of the patterns of cash outflows within the household and identify whether the impact of microfinance on welfare can be improved after understanding financial pressure from household and other family members.
General Field Officer Duties
Required
Desired