Failure vs. Displacement: Why An Innovative Anti-Poverty Program Showed No Net Impact

Jonathan Morduch, Shamika Ravi and Jonathan Bauchet

No 32, PRIMCED Discussion Paper Series from Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

Abstract: We present results from a randomized trial of an innovative anti-poverty program in India. Instead of a safety net, the program provides “ultra-poor” households with inputs to create a new livelihood and attain economic independence. We find no statistically significant evidence of lasting net impact on consumption, income or asset accumulation. The main impact was the re-optimization of time use: sharp gains in income from the new livelihood were fully offset by lower earnings from wage labor. The result highlights how the existence of alternative economic options shapes net impacts and external validity.

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Pages: 48 pages
Date: 2012-12
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