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Evaluating the Long-Run Impact of an Innovative Anti-Poverty Program: Evidence Using Household Panel Data

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  • Asadullah, Niaz

    (University of Reading)

  • Ara, Jinnat

    (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC))

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Using a four-round panel data set from the first phase of the Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction – Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR – TUP) programme of BRAC, we investigate whether a one-off transfer of livestock assets improves well-being of the very poor women in Bangladesh. Programme impact is assessed on a wide range of monetary and nonmonetary measures of wellbeing using difference-in-difference (DD) as well as matching methods. We find significant positive long-term impact on food security, household savings, assets and participation in microfinance. Participant women are less likely to be in distress occupation and more into self-employment. However, the long-term effect is much smaller for most outcomes when compared to short- and medium-run impacts. We conclude by discussing the significance of the institutional and regional context for the observed time path of estimated programme effect.

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  • Asadullah, Niaz & Ara, Jinnat, 2016. "Evaluating the Long-Run Impact of an Innovative Anti-Poverty Program: Evidence Using Household Panel Data," IZA Discussion Papers 9749, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    Keywords

    occupational choice; food security; farm employment; Bangladesh; extreme poverty;
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    JEL classification:

    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
    • D50 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - General

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