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Pathways Out of Extreme Poverty: Tackling Psychosocial and Capital Constraints with a Multi-faceted Social Protection Program in Niger

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dc.contributor.authorBossuroy, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorGoldstein, Markus
dc.contributor.authorKarlan, Dean
dc.contributor.authorKazianga, Harounan
dc.contributor.authorPariente, William
dc.contributor.authorPremand, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorUdry, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorVaillant, Julia
dc.contributor.authorWright, Kelsey
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-04T14:44:24Z
dc.date.available2021-03-04T14:44:24Z
dc.date.issued2021-03
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyzes a four-arm randomized evaluation of a multi-faceted economic inclusion intervention delivered by the Government of Niger to female beneficiaries of a national cash transfer program. All three treatment arms include a core package of group savings promotion, coaching, and entrepreneurship training, in addition to the regular cash transfers from the national program. The first variant also includes a lump-sum cash grant and is similar to a traditional graduation intervention (“capital” package). The second variant substitutes the cash grant with psychosocial interventions (“psychosocial” package). The third variant includes the cash grant and the psychosocial interventions (“full” package). The control group only receives the regular cash transfers from the national program. All three treatments generate large impacts on consumption and food security six and 18 months post-intervention. They increase participation and profits in women-led off-farm business and livestock activities, as well as improve various dimensions of psychosocial well-being. The impacts tend to be larger in the full treatment, followed by the capital and psychosocial treatments. Consumption impacts up to 18 months after the intervention already exceed costs in the psychosocial package (the benefit-cost ratio for the psychosocial package is 126 percent; full package, 95 percent; and capital package, 58 percent). These results highlight the value of addressing psychosocial constraints as well as capital constraints in government-implemented poverty reduction programs.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/404231614713033789/Pathways-out-of-Extreme-Poverty-Tackling-Psychosocial-and-Capital-Constraints-with-a-Multi-faceted-Social-Protection-Program-in-Niger
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9562
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/35211
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9562
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectLIVELIHOODS
dc.subjectGRADUATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC INCLUSION
dc.subjectPSYCHOSOCIAL
dc.subjectCASH GRANT
dc.subjectFIELD EXPERIMENT
dc.subjectAFRICA GENDER POLICY
dc.subjectGENDER INNOVATION LAB
dc.subjectWOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectWOMEN AND SOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.titlePathways Out of Extreme Povertyen
dc.title.subtitleTackling Psychosocial and Capital Constraints with a Multi-faceted Social Protection Program in Nigeren
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okr.crossref.titlePathways out of Extreme Poverty: Tackling Psychosocial and Capital Constraints with a Multi-Faceted Social Protection Program in Niger
okr.date.disclosure2021-03-02
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:23:02.331462Z
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/404231614713033789/Pathways-out-of-Extreme-Poverty-Tackling-Psychosocial-and-Capital-Constraints-with-a-Multi-faceted-Social-Protection-Program-in-Niger
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Western and Central (AFW)
okr.region.countryNiger
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okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Living Standards
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Services & Transfers to Poor
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.unitSocial Protection and Jobs Global Practice, the Development Impact Evaluation Group, and Africa Gender Innovation Lab
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