Poor Households' Productive Investments of Cash Transfers : Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Niger

Poor Households' Productive Investments of Cash Transfers : Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Niger

Cash transfer programs have spread rapidly as an instrument to raise household consumption and reduce poverty. Questions remain about the sustainability of cash transfer impacts in low-income settings such as Sub-Saharan Africa and, in particular,...

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Main Authors: Stoeffler, Quentin, Mills, Bradford, Premand, Patrick
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
cash transfers
productive assets
investment
poverty
consumption
savings groups
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26819456/poor-households-productive-investments-cash-transfers-quasi-experimental-evidence-niger
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25155

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26819456/poor-households-productive-investments-cash-transfers-quasi-experimental-evidence-niger
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25155

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