Empowering the disabled through savings groups: Experimental evidence from Uganda

Kjetil Bjorvatn () and Bertil Tungodden
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Kjetil Bjorvatn: Dept. of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Postal: NHH , Department of Economics, Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen, Norway, https://www.nhh.no/en/employees/faculty/kjetil-bjorvatn/

No 5/2018, Discussion Paper Series in Economics from Norwegian School of Economics, Department of Economics

Abstract: We report from the first randomized controlled trial of a development program targeting people with disabilities: a village savings‐ and loans program in rural Uganda. We find that it has had a strong, positive impact on the lives of the disabled participants,through providing access to financial services and strengthening locus of control. Our results suggest that such programs may represent a promising tool to empowering people living with disabilities in developing countries, but also that more comprehensive measures may be needed to overcome taste‐based discrimination against disabled individuals.

Keywords: Uganda; Development program; disabled people (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 49 pages
Date: 2018-03-14
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