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Cash and Conflict: Large-Scale Experimental Evidence from Niger

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dc.contributor.authorPremand, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorRohner, Dominic
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-13T20:24:12Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-06T15:50:26Z
dc.date.available2023-02-13T20:24:12Z
dc.date.available2023-03-06T15:50:26Z
dc.date.issued2023-02
dc.description.abstractConflict undermines development, while poverty, in turn, breeds conflict. Policy interventions such as cash transfers could lower engagement in conflict by raising poor households' welfare and productivity. However, cash transfers may also trigger appropriation or looting of cash or assets. The expansion of government programs may further attract attacks to undermine state legitimacy. To investigate the net effect across these forces, this paper studies the impact of cash transfers on conflict in Niger. The analysis relies on the large-scale randomization of a government-led cash transfer program among nearly 4,000 villages over seven years, combined with geo-referenced conflict events that draw on media and nongovernmental organization reports from a wide variety of international and domestic sources. The findings show that cash transfers did not result in greater pacification but—if anything—triggered a short-term increase in conflict events, which were to a large extent driven by terrorist attacks by foreign rebel groups (such as Boko Haram) that could have incentives to “sabotage” successful government programs.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099651402062332589/IDU0914fd60d0df8f04091081fe042e6b84b58ec
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10293
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/39408
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;10293
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectCONFLICT
dc.subjectTERRORISM
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFER EFFECTIVENESS
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFERS AND CONFLICT
dc.subjectSABATOGE OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL TERRORISM
dc.subjectBOKO HARAM
dc.titleCash and Conflicten
dc.title.subtitleLarge-Scale Experimental Evidence from Nigeren
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleCash and Conflict: Large-Scale Experimental Evidence from Niger
okr.date.disclosure2023-02-06
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:21:48.148683Z
okr.date.lastmodified2023-02-06T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeWorking Papers
okr.doctypeWorking Papers::Policy Research Working Papers
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099651402062332589/IDU0914fd60d0df8f04091081fe042e6b84b58ec
okr.guid099651402062332589
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10293
okr.identifier.externaldocumentumIDU-914fd60d-df8f-4091-81fe-42e6b84b58ec
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum33996475
okr.identifier.reportWPS10293
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099651402062332589/pdf/IDU0914fd60d0df8f04091081fe042e6b84b58ec.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Western and Central (AFW)
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryNiger
okr.region.geographicalSahel
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Conditional Cash Transfers
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Safety Nets and Transfers
okr.topicConflict and Development::Conflict and Fragile States
okr.topicConflict and Development::International Terrorism & Counterterrorism
okr.topicConflict and Development::National Protection and Security
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