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Savings Facilitation or Capital Injection?: Impacts and Spillovers of Livelihood Interventions in Post-Conflict Côte d’Ivoire

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dc.contributor.authorMarguerie, Alicia
dc.contributor.authorPremand, Patrick
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-12T16:20:30Z
dc.date.available2023-09-12T16:20:30Z
dc.date.issued2023-09-12
dc.description.abstractPolicy makers grapple with the optimal design of multidimensional strategies to improve poor households’ livelihoods. To address financial constraints, are capital injections needed, or is savings mobilization sufficient This paper tests the direct effects and local spillovers of three instruments to relax financial constraints, each combined with micro-entrepreneurship training. “Cash grants” and “cash grants with repayment” directly inject capital, while “village savings and loan associations” (VSLAs) promote more efficient group saving. The randomized controlled trial took place in western regions of Côte d’Ivoire that were affected by a post-electoral crisis in 2011 and an earlier conflict. The interventions had differential effects on the dynamics of savings and productive asset accumulation. The cash grant modalities generated investments in startup capital, although nearly 30 percent of the grant was saved. In contrast, village savings and loan associations did not increase total savings but gradually induced investments, so that productive assets caught up with cash grant recipients after 15 months. Positive local spillovers on savings and independent activities were also observed. Yet, investments in independent activities were not sufficient to increase profits, possibly because they were limited due to high precautionary saving motives in the post-conflict study setting.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099439409082319139/IDU016356e4e01f4704759089a00b05060f249c1
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10563
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40339
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10563
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectCASH GRANT
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectLIVILIHOODS
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectGRADUATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC INCLUSION
dc.subjectFIELD EXPERIMENT
dc.titleSavings Facilitation or Capital Injection?en
dc.title.subtitleImpacts and Spillovers of Livelihood Interventions in Post-Conflict Côte d’Ivoireen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.crossref.titleSavings Facilitation or Capital Injection?: Impacts and Spillovers of Livelihood Interventions in Post-Conflict Côte d’Ivoire
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10563
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica Western and Central (AFW)
okr.region.countryCote d'Ivoire
okr.topicConflict and Development::Post Conflict Reconstruction
okr.topicSocial Development::Post Conflict Reintegration
okr.topicSocial Development::Social Inclusion & Institutions
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Investment & Savings
okr.unitDIME Gender
okr.unitEco Opp & Fragility (DIME2)
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