Frontloaded Task Smoothing
Treatment branches experienced an 18% increase in new loan sourcing and a 10% increase in loan renewals during the first two weeks of the month (~1 additional loan per branch in weeks 1–2, p < 0.10) and a 12% reduction in distance from ideal monthly task distribution (gap indicator decreased by 6.6 to 9.8 points, p < 0.05) without increasing delinquency rates.