A multifaceted program causes lasting progress for the very poor: Evidence from six countries
We present results from six randomized control trials of an integrated approach to improve livelihoods among the very poor. The approach combines the transfer of a productive asset with consumption support, training, and coaching plus savings encouragement and health education and/or services. Resul...
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| author | Banerjee, Abhijit Goldberg, Nathanael Karlan, Dean S. Osei, Robert Pariente, William Shapiro, Jeremy Thuysbaert, Bram Udry, Christopher Duflo, Esther |
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| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics Banerjee, Abhijit Goldberg, Nathanael Karlan, Dean S. Osei, Robert Pariente, William Shapiro, Jeremy Thuysbaert, Bram Udry, Christopher Duflo, Esther |
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| description | We present results from six randomized control trials of an integrated approach to improve livelihoods among the very poor. The approach combines the transfer of a productive asset with consumption support, training, and coaching plus savings encouragement and health education and/or services. Results from the implementation of the same basic program, adapted to a wide variety of geographic and institutional contexts and with multiple implementing partners, show statistically significant cost-effective impacts on consumption (fueled mostly by increases in self-employment income) and psychosocial status of the targeted households. The impact on the poor households lasted at least a year after all implementation ended. It is possible to make sustainable improvements in the economic status of the poor with a relatively short-term intervention. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/970472022-10-01T22:32:43Z A multifaceted program causes lasting progress for the very poor: Evidence from six countries Banerjee, Abhijit Goldberg, Nathanael Karlan, Dean S. Osei, Robert Pariente, William Shapiro, Jeremy Thuysbaert, Bram Udry, Christopher Duflo, Esther Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Duflo, Esther Banerjee, Abhijit Duflo, Esther Karlan, Dean S. Pariente, William Udry, Christopher We present results from six randomized control trials of an integrated approach to improve livelihoods among the very poor. The approach combines the transfer of a productive asset with consumption support, training, and coaching plus savings encouragement and health education and/or services. Results from the implementation of the same basic program, adapted to a wide variety of geographic and institutional contexts and with multiple implementing partners, show statistically significant cost-effective impacts on consumption (fueled mostly by increases in self-employment income) and psychosocial status of the targeted households. The impact on the poor households lasted at least a year after all implementation ended. It is possible to make sustainable improvements in the economic status of the poor with a relatively short-term intervention. Ford Foundation International Initiative for Impact Evaluation United States. Agency for International Development 2015-05-21T14:14:45Z 2015-05-21T14:14:45Z 2015-05 2014-09 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0036-8075 1095-9203 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97047 Banerjee, A., E. Duflo, N. Goldberg, D. Karlan, R. Osei, W. Pariente, J. Shapiro, B. Thuysbaert, and C. Udry. “A Multifaceted Program Causes Lasting Progress for the Very Poor: Evidence from Six Countries.” Science 348, no. 6236 (May 14, 2015): 1260799–1260799. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6105-617X https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9923-6088 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1260799 Science Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Duflo |
| spellingShingle | Banerjee, Abhijit Goldberg, Nathanael Karlan, Dean S. Osei, Robert Pariente, William Shapiro, Jeremy Thuysbaert, Bram Udry, Christopher Duflo, Esther A multifaceted program causes lasting progress for the very poor: Evidence from six countries |
| title | A multifaceted program causes lasting progress for the very poor: Evidence from six countries |
| title_full | A multifaceted program causes lasting progress for the very poor: Evidence from six countries |
| title_fullStr | A multifaceted program causes lasting progress for the very poor: Evidence from six countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | A multifaceted program causes lasting progress for the very poor: Evidence from six countries |
| title_short | A multifaceted program causes lasting progress for the very poor: Evidence from six countries |
| title_sort | multifaceted program causes lasting progress for the very poor evidence from six countries |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97047 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6105-617X https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9923-6088 |
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