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Impact of Social Fund on the Welfare of Rural Households : Evidence from the Nepal Poverty Alleviation Fund

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dc.contributor.authorParajuli, Dilip
dc.contributor.authorAcharya, Gayatri
dc.contributor.authorChaudhury, Nazmul
dc.contributor.authorThapa, Bishnu Bahadur
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-27T07:44:30Z
dc.date.available2012-04-27T07:44:30Z
dc.date.issued2012-04
dc.description.abstractThe Nepal Poverty Alleviation Fund is a World Bank supported community-driven development program. Its objective is to improve rural welfare, particularly for groups that have traditionally been excluded for reasons of gender, ethnicity, caste, and location. Since its launch in 2004, the Fund has covered the 40 poorest districts of the country, supported some 15,000 community organizations, and benefited more than 2.5 million people. This paper attempts to estimate the impact of this large-scale program using a randomized phase-in approach, in which certain localities are randomly selected for earlier intervention than others. Using two rounds of survey data and a difference-in-difference combined with instrumental variable estimation method, it finds statistically significant causal impact of the program on key welfare outcomes. The treatment-on-the-treated estimate on real per capita consumption is 19 percent growth. Other impacts include a 19 percentage points decline on incidence of food insecurity (defined as food sufficiency for six months or less) and a 15 percentage points increase in the school enrollment rate among 6-15 year-olds. Impacts (positive or negative) are yet to be detected on indicators associated with child malnutrition, social capital, and empowerment. The policy implications of these results should be of interest to the government and to development partners in determining what may be effective instruments to deliver services to marginalized communities in what remains a fragile and difficult political environment.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/04/16234957/impact-social-fund-welfare-rural-households-evidence-nepal-poverty-alleviation-fund
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6042
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/6045
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper ; No. 6042
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCESS TO EDUCATION
dc.subjectANTI-POVERTY
dc.subjectBENEFICIARIES
dc.subjectBENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectCAPACITY CONSTRAINTS
dc.subjectCHANGES IN POVERTY
dc.subjectCHRONIC FOOD INSECURITY
dc.subjectCOMMUNITIES
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectCONFLICT
dc.subjectCONTROL GROUPS
dc.subjectCOUNTERFACTUAL
dc.subjectDIRECT BENEFICIARIES
dc.subjectDISTRICTS
dc.subjectEXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
dc.subjectFEMALE
dc.subjectFEMALE EMPOWERMENT
dc.subjectFEMALES
dc.subjectFOOD INSECURE HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectFOOD INSECURITY
dc.subjectFOOD PRICE
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGEOGRAPHIC REGIONS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectIMPACT ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectIMPACT EVALUATION
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME ON FOOD
dc.subjectINSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES
dc.subjectINTERVENTION
dc.subjectINTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectLAND VALUE
dc.subjectLANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectLIVELIHOOD
dc.subjectLIVELIHOODS
dc.subjectLIVING CONDITIONS
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectLOCALITIES
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectNGO
dc.subjectOUTCOME INDICATORS
dc.subjectPER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOORER COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectPOORER HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOST-CONFLICT COUNTRIES
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION EFFORTS
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION FUNDS
dc.subjectPOVERTY DYNAMICS
dc.subjectPOVERTY PROGRAMS
dc.subjectPUBLIC WORKS
dc.subjectPUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLD
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectRURAL POOR
dc.subjectRURAL VILLAGES
dc.subjectRURAL WELFARE
dc.subjectSAMPLE SIZE
dc.subjectSCHOOLING
dc.subjectSELECTION BIAS
dc.subjectSHOPS
dc.subjectSOCIAL CAPITAL
dc.subjectSOCIAL COHESION
dc.subjectSOCIAL FUNDS
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectSOCIOECONOMIC SURVEYS
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectVDCS
dc.subjectVILLAGE LEVEL
dc.subjectVILLAGE LEVEL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectWELFARE INDICATOR
dc.subjectWELFARE INDICATORS
dc.subjectWELFARE MEASURES
dc.titleImpact of Social Fund on the Welfare of Rural Households : Evidence from the Nepal Poverty Alleviation Funden
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okr.crossref.titleImpact of Social Fund on the Welfare of Rural Households: Evidence from the Nepal Poverty Alleviation Fund
okr.date.disclosure2012-04-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:20:20.027170Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/04/16234957/impact-social-fund-welfare-rural-households-evidence-nepal-poverty-alleviation-fund
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.guid587531468290125060
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6042
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20120420132504
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum16234957
okr.identifier.reportWPS6042
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryNepal
okr.topicHousing and Human Habitats
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicPoverty Monitoring and Analysis
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Regional Economic Development
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume1 of 1
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