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Direct and Indirect Effects of Malawi's Public Works Program on Food Security

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dc.contributor.authorBeegle, Kathleen
dc.contributor.authorGoldberg, Jessica
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-01T21:20:51Z
dc.date.available2018-02-01T21:20:51Z
dc.date.issued2017-09
dc.description.abstractLabor-intensive public works programs are important social protection tools in low-income settings, intended to supplement the income of poor households and improve public infrastructure. In this evaluation of the Malawi Social Action Fund, an at-scale, government-operated program, across- and within-village randomization is used to estimate effects on food security and use of fertilizer. There is no evidence that the program improves food security and suggestive evidence of negative spillovers to untreated households. These disappointing results hold even under modifications to the design of the program to offer work during the lean rather than harvest season or increase the frequency of payments. These findings stand in contrast to those from large public works programs in India and Ethiopia, and serves as a reminder that public works programs will not always have significant and measurable welfare effects.en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Development Economics
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/29302
dc.identifier.issn0304-3878
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29302
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subjectPUBLIC WORKS
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectLABOR POLICY
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectJOB CREATION
dc.subjectPUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectFERTILIZER
dc.subjectSEASONAL WORK
dc.titleDirect and Indirect Effects of Malawi's Public Works Program on Food Securityen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304387817300354 Journal website (version of record)en
okr.associatedcontenthttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/23466 Working paper version (pre-print)en
okr.crossref.titleDirect and Indirect Effects of Malawi's Public Works Program on Food Security
okr.date.disclosure2020-04-18
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctypePublications & Research
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okr.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jdeveco.2017.04.004
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/29302
okr.identifier.report123239
okr.journal.nbpages1-23
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryEthiopia
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.region.countryMalawi
okr.topicAgriculture::Food Security
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.topicPublic Sector Development::Public Sector Expenditure Policy
okr.unitDevelopment Economics Research Group
okr.volume128
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