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Do Cash Transfers Foster Resilience? Evidence from Rural Niger

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dc.contributor.authorStoeffler, Quentin
dc.contributor.authorPremand, Patrick
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-12T17:29:07Z
dc.date.available2020-11-12T17:29:07Z
dc.date.issued2020-11
dc.description.abstractPolicy makers are increasingly interested in strategies to promote resilience and mitigate the effects of future climatic shocks. Cash transfer programs have had widely documented positive welfare impacts. They often also aim to offer protection against shocks, but their role in fostering resilience has been less studied. This paper assesses whether the beneficiaries of a multiyear government cash transfer program in rural Niger are better able to mitigate the welfare effects of drought shocks. It analyzes mechanisms through which cash transfers contribute to resilience, such as savings facilitation, asset accumulation, or income smoothing in agriculture and off-farm activities. It combines household survey data collected as part of a randomized control trial with satellite data used to identify exogenous rainfall shocks. The results show that cash transfers increase household consumption by about 10 percent on average. Importantly, this increase is mostly concentrated among households affected by drought shocks, for whom welfare impacts are larger than transfer amounts. Cash transfers increase savings. They also help households protect earnings in agriculture and off-farm businesses when shocks occur. Few differences in household durables or livestock are observed. Overall, these findings suggest that cash transfer programs targeting poor households can foster resilience by facilitating savings and income smoothing.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/281821605039063267/Do-Cash-Transfers-Foster-Resilience-Evidence-from-Rural-Niger
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9473
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34774
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9473
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFERS
dc.subjectRESILIENCE
dc.subjectINVESTMENT
dc.subjectINCOME SMOOTHING
dc.subjectDIVERSIFICATION
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectCLIMATE SHOCKS
dc.subjectRAINFALL
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.titleDo Cash Transfers Foster Resilience? Evidence from Rural Nigeren
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleDo Cash Transfers Foster Resilience? Evidence from Rural Niger
okr.date.disclosure2020-11-10
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/281821605039063267/Do-Cash-Transfers-Foster-Resilience-Evidence-from-Rural-Niger
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9473
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-9473
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryNiger
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okr.topicAgriculture::Climate Change and Agriculture
okr.topicEnvironment::Natural Disasters
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Conditional Cash Transfers
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Services & Transfers to Poor
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Safety Nets and Transfers
okr.unitSocial Protection and Jobs Global Practice; and the Development Impact Evaluation Group, Development Economics
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