Publication: Are Cash Transfers Better Chunky or Smooth?: Evidence from an Impact Evaluation of a Cash Transfer Program in Northern Nigeria
Date
2017
ISSN
Published
2017
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Abstract
Women receiving unconditional cash
transfers in northern Nigeria worked more, particularly, in
their own businesses, spent more on consumption, were more
food secure, saved more, bought more animals and improved
their housing compared to the women in the control group.
Quarterly transfers cost half as much as monthly transfers
to administer, but there is no difference in outcomes.
Women’s ability to control the cash transfers is the same
under a quarterly payment scheme and monthly payment scheme.
Women use cash transfers to increase investment in their own
business activities. Cash transfer recipients were not only
more likely to be involved in their own non-farm business
but they also spent more on business inputs and increased
their business profits. Their husbands remained active
farmers and didn’t change their business activities. The lab
aims to do this by producing and delivering a new body of
evidence and developing a compelling narrative, geared
towards policymakers, on what works and what does not work
in promoting gender equality.
Citation
“Bastian, Gautam; Goldstein, Markus; Papineni, Sreelakshmi. 2017. Are Cash Transfers Better Chunky or Smooth?: Evidence from an Impact Evaluation of a Cash Transfer Program in Northern Nigeria. Gender Innovation Lab Policy Brief;No. 21. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28434 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”