IMPACTS OF COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ON INCOME AND ASSET ACQUISITION IN AFRICA: THE CASE OF NIGERIA

Ephraim Nkonya (e.nkonya@cgiar.org), Dayo Phillip, Tewodaj Mogues (tewodaj.mogues@gmail.com), John Pender (jpender@ers.usda.gov) and Edward Kato

No 50537, 2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China from International Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: This study evaluates the impacts of a community-driven development (CDD) project on household income and acquisition of productive assets in Nigeria. Using panel data and difference-in-differences and propensity score matching approaches, the study finds that the project succeeded in targeting the poor and women farmers in its productive asset acquisition component. Participation in the project also increased the income of beneficiaries by about 60%, which is well above the targeted increase of only 20% in the 6-year period of the project. However, sustainability of this dramatic achievement is uncertain since the project did not involve rural credit services. The large cash transfer through its productive asset acquisition component is also unsustainable.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; International Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.50537

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