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William Jack
Researcher at Georgetown University
Publications - 97
Citations - 5588
William Jack is an academic researcher from Georgetown University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Incentive. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 95 publications receiving 4835 citations. Previous affiliations of William Jack include International Monetary Fund & University of Washington.
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Effects of a mobile phone short message service on antiretroviral treatment adherence in Kenya (WelTel Kenya1): a randomised trial
Richard T. Lester,Richard T. Lester,Richard T. Lester,Paul Ritvo,Edward J Mills,Antony Kariri,Sarah Karanja,Michael H. Chung,William Jack,James Habyarimana,Mohsen Sadatsafavi,Mehdi Najafzadeh,Carlo A. Marra,Benson B. Estambale,Elizabeth N. Ngugi,T. Blake Ball,Lehana Thabane,Lawrence Gelmon,Lawrence Gelmon,Joshua Kimani,Joshua Kimani,Marta Ackers,Francis A. Plummer,Francis A. Plummer +23 more
TL;DR: Patients who received SMS support had significantly improved ART adherence and rates of viral suppression compared with the control individuals, suggesting mobile phones might be effective tools to improve patient outcome in resource-limited settings.
Eff ects of a mobile phone short message service on antiretroviral treatment adherence in Kenya (WelTel Kenya1): a randomised trial
R T Lester,Richard T. Lester,Paul Ritvo,Edward J. Mills,Antony Kariri,Sarah Karanja,Michael H. Chung,William Jack,James Habyarimana,Mohsen Sadatsafavi,Mehdi Najafzadeh,Carlo A. Marra,Benson B. Estambale,Elizabeth N. Ngugi,T. Blake Ball,Lehana Thabane,Lawrence Gelmon,Joshua Kimani,Marta Ackers,Francis A. Plummer +19 more
TL;DR: In this article, a mobile phone short message service on antiretroviral treatment adherence in Kenya (WelTel Kenya1): a randomised trial is presented, which is based on a randomized trial.
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Risk Sharing and Transactions Costs: Evidence from Kenya's Mobile Money Revolution
William Jack,Tavneet Suri +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the impact of reduced transaction costs on risk sharing by estimating the effects of a mobile money innovation on consumption, and find that, while shocks reduce consumption by 7 percent for nonusers, the consumption of user households is unaffected.
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The long-run poverty and gender impacts of mobile money.
Tavneet Suri,William Jack +1 more
TL;DR: It is estimated that access to the Kenyan mobile money system M-PESA increased per capita consumption levels and lifted 194,000 households, or 2% of Kenyan households, out of poverty.
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Mobile Money: The Economics of M-PESA
William Jack,Tavneet Suri +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report initial results of two rounds of a large survey of households in Kenya, the country that has seen perhaps the most rapid and widespread growth of a mobile money product - known locally as M-PESA - in the developing world.