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Impacts and Spillovers of a Low-Cost Multifaceted Economic Inclusion Program in Chad

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dc.contributor.authorPremand, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorSchnitzer, Pascale
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-13T19:46:44Z
dc.date.available2025-03-13T19:46:44Z
dc.date.issued2025-03-13
dc.description.abstractThis study analyzes the direct effects and local spillovers of a low-cost multifaceted economic inclusion program through a randomized controlled trial in Chad. The intervention included group savings promotion, micro-entrepreneurship training, and a lump-sum cash grant delivered to poor female beneficiaries of a regular cash transfer program. It was designed to address multiple constraints to productivity and livelihoods, but at a much lower cost (approximately $104 per household) than most stand-alone nongovernmental organization graduation pilots and government-led economic inclusion programs. The results show substantial impacts on food consumption 18 months after the intervention. A reallocation of labor between economic activities is observed, along with higher revenues from agriculture and off-farm micro-enterprises. The intervention improved women's empowerment and some dimensions of social well-being. The findings show evidence of positive local spillovers, with improvements in food consumption and economic activities among households that were not assigned to the economic inclusion program in targeted villages. The results are consistent with the intervention broadly improving saving, sharing, and financial support mechanisms, as well as potential demand-side effects in the labor and product markets. Once spillovers are accounted for, the intervention becomes cost-effective without assuming that any impact persists past the follow-up survey at 18 months.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099743503122576854
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-11084
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-11084
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42947
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Group Paper; 11084
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectGRADUATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC INCLUSION
dc.subjectLIVELIHOODS
dc.subjectCASH GRANT
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectSPILLOVERS
dc.subjectFIELD EXPERIMENT
dc.titleImpacts and Spillovers of a Low-Cost Multifaceted Economic Inclusion Program in Chaden
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.date.disclosure2025-03-13
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-14T11:51:44.502599Z
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okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099743503122576854
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-11084
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica Western and Central (AFW)
okr.region.countryChad
okr.sectorFY17 - Social Protection
okr.sectorSocial Protection
okr.themeFY17 - Demographics and Aging,FY17 - Climate change,FY17 - Gender,FY17 - Adaptation,FY17 - Social Protection,FY17 - Social Safety Nets
okr.themeFY17 - Social Development and Protection,FY17 - Human Development and Gender,FY17 - Environment and Natural Resource Management
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Development
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.topicIndustry::Agricultural Industry
okr.topicEnergy::Energy Resources Development
okr.topicIndustry::Industrial Economics
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Roads & Transport
okr.topicUrban Development::Transport in Urban Areas
okr.unitHAWS2; DIME2 - DIME Gender
okr.unitEco Opp ＆ Fragility
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