TY - JOUR
T1 - Unpacking a multi-faceted program to build sustainable income for the very poor
AU - Banerjee, Abhijit
AU - Karlan, Dean
AU - Osei, Robert
AU - Trachtman, Hannah
AU - Udry, Christopher
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - A multi-faceted program comprising a grant of productive assets, training, unconditional cash transfers, coaching, and savings has been found to build sustainable income for those in extreme poverty. We focus on two important questions: whether a mere grant of productive assets would generate similar impacts (it does not), and whether access to a savings account with a deposit collection service would generate similar impacts (it does, but they are short-lived).
AB - A multi-faceted program comprising a grant of productive assets, training, unconditional cash transfers, coaching, and savings has been found to build sustainable income for those in extreme poverty. We focus on two important questions: whether a mere grant of productive assets would generate similar impacts (it does not), and whether access to a savings account with a deposit collection service would generate similar impacts (it does, but they are short-lived).
KW - Poverty alleviation
KW - Returns to capital
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85121124705&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102781
DO - 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102781
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AN - SCOPUS:85121124705
SN - 0304-3878
VL - 155
JO - Journal of Development Economics
JF - Journal of Development Economics
M1 - 102781
ER -
