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

M Asadullah and Jinnat Ara

No 9749, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: occupational choice; food security; farm employment; Bangladesh; extreme poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D50 I30 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2016-02
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Published - published in: Applied Economics, 2016, 58 (2), 107-120

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