How Household Characteristics Shape Program Access and Asset Accumulation : A Mixed Method Analysis of the Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme in Rwanda
This paper assesses how household context and characteristics shape the welfare trajectory and more specifically the accumulation of productive assets among beneficiaries of the Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme in Rwanda, the government's flagsh...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/923941551282403595/How-Household-Characteristics-Shape-Program-Access-and-Asset-Accumulation-A-Mixed-Method-Analysis-of-the-Vision-2020-Umurenge-Programme-in-Rwanda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31336 |
| Summary: | This paper assesses how household
context and characteristics shape the welfare trajectory and
more specifically the accumulation of productive assets
among beneficiaries of the Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme in
Rwanda, the government's flagship social assistance
program. The analysis is based on a unique data set
combining panel household survey data with in-depth
qualitative interviews of a subsample of male and female
beneficiaries from the survey data collected between 2009
and 2015. By combining quantitative and qualitative
information, the paper draws a more nuanced picture of how
household characteristics—structural and
temporal—contextualize opportunities for poor men and women
and their households and shape how well they can leverage
access to the Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme to accumulate
productive assets. The mixed method analysis reveals that
household composition, gender power dynamics, disability,
care responsibilities, marital arrangements, intrahousehold
communication, and access to other social programs and
institutions play a crucial role in access to the Vision
2020 Umurenge Programme and related asset accumulation. The
findings suggest that households would benefit from a
broader definition of the eligibility criteria and the
availability of flexible and complementary programming, to
reap the benefits of the income transfer received from the program. |
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