Supporting Women’s Livelihoods at Scale: Evidence from a Nationwide Multi-Faceted Program

Ioana Botea, Andrew Brudevold-Newman, Markus Goldstein, Corinne Low and Gareth Roberts

No 31625, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Multifaceted programs have proven effective for poverty alleviation, but the “minimum viable product” to achieve impacts is not well studied. Partnering with the Zambian government, we streamline and unbundle such a program—one arm received financial capital, one human capital, one both, and a fourth both plus “consumption stabilizing” transfers. We find large, sustained effects from the streamlined package comparable to best practice graduation programs. Financial capital is similarly effective initially but less persistent; human capital has almost no impact; and stabilizing transfers do not contribute positively. These results suggest a promising middle ground between unconditional cash and complex multifaceted models.

JEL-codes: H53 I15 I38 J22 O12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-08
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