Public Works as a Productive Safety Net in a Post-Conflict Setting : Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Sierra Leone

This paper examines the short-term impacts of a labor-intensive public works program on household welfare and economic prospects. Using a community-level randomized control trial approach, the paper finds that the public works program targeted at y...

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Main Authors: Rosas, Nina, Sabarwal, Shwetlena
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25977554/public-works-productive-safety-net-post-conflict-setting-evidence-randomized-evaluation-sierra-leone
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23916

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