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Unpacking a Multi-Faceted Program to Build Sustainable Income for the Very Poor
Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 18-102
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Posted: 21 Feb 2018
Last Revised: 07 Feb 2020
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Unpacking a Multi-Faceted Program to Build Sustainable Income for the Very Poor
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Unpacking a Multi-Faceted Program to Build Sustainable Income for the Very Poor
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Posted: 29 Jan 2018
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Date Written: January 1, 2018
Abstract
A multi-faceted program comprising a grant of productive assets, training, 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 and a deposit collection service would generate similar impacts (it does not).
Keywords: development; poverty trap; social protection
JEL Classification: D12, O12, O17
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Banerjee, Abhijit V. and Karlan, Dean and Osei, Robert Darko and Trachtman, Hannah and Udry, Christopher, Unpacking a Multi-Faceted Program to Build Sustainable Income for the Very Poor (January 1, 2018). Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 18-102, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3127053 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3127053
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