catcthomas
- How can psychology help fight poverty? Our @pnas.org article shows how “culturally wise” interventions can support women’s agency and boost poverty reduction (Patrick Premand, Thomas Bossuroy, Abdoulaye Sambo, Hazel Markus, Greg Walton @stanforduniversity.bsky.social): t.co/maI5vf3meP
- We embedded an RCT with 2,500+ women in a govt-run poverty-reduction program in Niger (nature.com/articles/s41...), one of the lowest income countries. We found that only interventions reflecting local interdependent agency—not Western-style independence—led to economic gains
