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Poverty Alleviation and Interhousehold Transfers: Evidence from BRAC's Graduation Program in Bangladesh

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dc.contributor.authorGulesci, Selim
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-05T15:58:57Z
dc.date.available2020-11-05T15:58:57Z
dc.date.issued2020-11
dc.description.abstractPoor households often rely on transfers from their social networks for consumption smoothing, yet there is limited evidence on how antipoverty programs affect informal transfers. This paper exploits the randomized roll-out of BRAC's ultra-poor graduation program in Bangladesh and panel data covering over 21,000 households over seven years to study the program's effects on interhousehold transfers. The program crowds out informal transfers received by the program's beneficiaries, but this is driven mainly by outside-village transfers. Treated ultra-poor households become more likely to both give and receive transfers to/from wealthier households within their communities; and less likely to receive transfers from their employers. As a result, the reciprocity of their within-village transfers increases. The findings imply that, within rural communities, there is positive assortative matching by socio-economic status. A reduction in poverty enables households to engage more in reciprocal transfer arrangements and lowers the interlinkage of their labor with informal insurance.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/728131604499775226/Poverty-Alleviation-and-Interhousehold-Transfers-Evidence-from-BRACs-Graduation-Program-in-Bangladesh
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9467
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34734
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9467
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectSOCIAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectINFORMAL TRANSFERS
dc.subjectINTERHOUSEHOLD TRANSFERS
dc.subjectINFORMAL INSURANCE
dc.subjectTARGETING SOCIAL PROGRAMS
dc.titlePoverty Alleviation and Interhousehold Transfersen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from BRAC's Graduation Program in Bangladeshen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titlePoverty Alleviation and Interhousehold Transfers: Evidence from BRAC's Graduation Program in Bangladesh
okr.date.disclosure2020-11-04
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/728131604499775226/Poverty-Alleviation-and-Interhousehold-Transfers-Evidence-from-BRACs-Graduation-Program-in-Bangladesh
okr.guid728131604499775226
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9467
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-9467
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b087f66756_2_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum32552631
okr.identifier.reportWPS9467
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/728131604499775226/pdf/Poverty-Alleviation-and-Interhousehold-Transfers-Evidence-from-BRACs-Graduation-Program-in-Bangladesh.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryBangladesh
okr.statistics.combined1095
okr.statistics.dr728131604499775226
okr.statistics.drstats465
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Access of Poor to Social Services
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Living Standards
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty and Policy
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Services & Transfers to Poor
okr.unitKnowledge and Strategy Team, Development Economics
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