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Poverty Alleviation

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Poverty Alleviation

Poverty is a multi-faceted cyclical problem that stems from structural and social barriers, stigmas, and unequal resource allocation. Learn about the innovative strategies that organizations and governments are utilizing to reduce poverty and its disproportionate harm to women.

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The Effect of Gender-Targeted Transfers: Experimental Evidence From India

Evidence from India suggests gender-targeted cash transfer programs can empower women in household decision-making processes but have little effect on household expenditures, savings, income, or nutrition.  
Ingvild Almås, Vincent Somville, Lore Vandewalle (2020)
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The interaction effect of gender and ethnicity in loan approval: A Bayesian estimation with data from a laboratory field experiment

In Bolivia, ethnic discrimination in microfinance prevents indigenous women from obtaining loans at the same rate as their non-indigenous counterparts.
Rolando Gonzales Martínez, Gabriela Aguilera-Lizarazu, Andrea Rojas-Hosse, Patricia Aranda Blanco (2019)
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Intended versus unintended consequences of migration restriction policies: evidence from a natural experiment in Indonesia

Restrictive migration policy , which restricted people from emigrating (migrating away) from their country of origin, deteriorated the local labor market by pushing a higher percentage of women than men into informal and agricultural work but also led to an increase in junior secondary school enrollment.
Mattia Makovec, Ririn S. Purnamasari, Matteo Sandi, Astrid Savitiri (2018)
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Do Financial Education Interventions for Women from Poor Households Impact Their Financial Behaviors? Experimental Evidence from India

One-day financial education training programs may be cost-effective interventions for improving the financial behaviors of women from poor households. 
Aditi Bhutoria, Anna Vignoles (2018)
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Does Gender Matter for Small Business Performance? Experimental Evidence from India

The gender profit gap in micro-enterprises is likely to be driven by gender differences in access to capital and business inputs rather than seller behavior or demand-side constraints.
Solène Delecourt, Odyssia Ng (2019)
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A Multifaceted Program Causes Lasting Progress for the Very Poor: Evidence from Six Countries

A multidimensional intervention program improves the lives of the extreme poor with effects lasting up to a year later, including increasing women’s empowerment in the short-term.
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Nathanael Goldberg, Dean Karlan, Robert Osei, William Parienté, Jeremy Shapiro, Bram Thuysbaert, Christopher Udry (2015)
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Teaching Entrepreneurship: Impact of Business Training on Microfinance Clients and Institutions

A business skills training program for female microfinance clients in Peru had little effect improving business performance and did not increase women’s decision making power at home.
Dean Karlan, Martin Valdivia (2011)
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Gender Roles and Non-Cooperative Behavior: Field Experiment on the Effect of Asymmetric Information on Intra-Household Allocation in Ghana

Unanticipated windfall income is used for shared household needs when allocated to a husband or wife publicly, but behavior changes when it is given privately – men spend on personal consumption, while women save or loan to personal networks.
Carolina Castilla, Thomas Walker (2013)
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Savings Constraints and Microenterprise Development: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya

Access to a formalized savings account substantially improves female small-business owners’ overall savings and investment in business operations in Kenya.
Pascaline Dupas, Jonathan Robinson (2013)
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Cash or Condition? Evidence from a Cash Transfer Experiment

Conditional cash transfers improve educational outcomes, while at the same time, unconditional cash transfers reduce teenage pregnancy and marriage.
Sarah Baird, Craig McIntosh, Berk Özler (2011)
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Topic Overview

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Poverty Alleviation Icon
Poverty Alleviation

Poverty is a multi-faceted cyclical problem that stems from structural and social barriers, stigmas, and unequal resource allocation. Learn about the innovative strategies that organizations and governments are utilizing to reduce poverty and its disproportionate harm to women.

Image
Entrepreneurship and Microfinance Icon
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Poverty Alleviation Icon
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Bias Icon

The interaction effect of gender and ethnicity in loan approval: A Bayesian estimation with data from a laboratory field experiment

In Bolivia, ethnic discrimination in microfinance prevents indigenous women from obtaining loans at the same rate as their non-indigenous counterparts.
Rolando Gonzales Martínez, Gabriela Aguilera-Lizarazu, Andrea Rojas-Hosse, Patricia Aranda Blanco (2019)
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Do Financial Education Interventions for Women from Poor Households Impact Their Financial Behaviors? Experimental Evidence from India

One-day financial education training programs may be cost-effective interventions for improving the financial behaviors of women from poor households. 
Aditi Bhutoria, Anna Vignoles (2018)
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Poverty Alleviation Icon
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Entrepreneurship and Microfinance Icon

A Multifaceted Program Causes Lasting Progress for the Very Poor: Evidence from Six Countries

A multidimensional intervention program improves the lives of the extreme poor with effects lasting up to a year later, including increasing women’s empowerment in the short-term.
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Nathanael Goldberg, Dean Karlan, Robert Osei, William Parienté, Jeremy Shapiro, Bram Thuysbaert, Christopher Udry (2015)
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Gender Roles and Non-Cooperative Behavior: Field Experiment on the Effect of Asymmetric Information on Intra-Household Allocation in Ghana

Unanticipated windfall income is used for shared household needs when allocated to a husband or wife publicly, but behavior changes when it is given privately – men spend on personal consumption, while women save or loan to personal networks.
Carolina Castilla, Thomas Walker (2013)
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Reproductive Sexual Health Icon
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Cash or Condition? Evidence from a Cash Transfer Experiment

Conditional cash transfers improve educational outcomes, while at the same time, unconditional cash transfers reduce teenage pregnancy and marriage.
Sarah Baird, Craig McIntosh, Berk Özler (2011)
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The Effect of Gender-Targeted Transfers: Experimental Evidence From India

Evidence from India suggests gender-targeted cash transfer programs can empower women in household decision-making processes but have little effect on household expenditures, savings, income, or nutrition.  
Ingvild Almås, Vincent Somville, Lore Vandewalle (2020)
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Poverty Alleviation Icon

Intended versus unintended consequences of migration restriction policies: evidence from a natural experiment in Indonesia

Restrictive migration policy , which restricted people from emigrating (migrating away) from their country of origin, deteriorated the local labor market by pushing a higher percentage of women than men into informal and agricultural work but also led to an increase in junior secondary school enrollment.
Mattia Makovec, Ririn S. Purnamasari, Matteo Sandi, Astrid Savitiri (2018)
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Does Gender Matter for Small Business Performance? Experimental Evidence from India

The gender profit gap in micro-enterprises is likely to be driven by gender differences in access to capital and business inputs rather than seller behavior or demand-side constraints.
Solène Delecourt, Odyssia Ng (2019)
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Teaching Entrepreneurship: Impact of Business Training on Microfinance Clients and Institutions

A business skills training program for female microfinance clients in Peru had little effect improving business performance and did not increase women’s decision making power at home.
Dean Karlan, Martin Valdivia (2011)
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Savings Constraints and Microenterprise Development: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Kenya

Access to a formalized savings account substantially improves female small-business owners’ overall savings and investment in business operations in Kenya.
Pascaline Dupas, Jonathan Robinson (2013)
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