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Poverty Alleviation

Topic Overview

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.

Business training plus for female entrepreneurship? Short and medium-term experimental evidence from Peru

Two experimental business development programs for female microentrepreneurs in Lima, Peru showed that both women in the group that received general training and those in the group that received general training in addition to technical assistance experienced increased sales revenues and significant growth two years after the end of the treatment programs.

Martin Valdivia (2015)

The role of piped water supplies in advancing health, economic development, and gender equality in rural communities

Piped water interventions resulted in a significant reduction of time spent fetching water for girls and women, as well as increased household water consumption.

James C. Winter, Gary L. Darmstadt, Jennifer Davis (2021)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Topic Overview

Poverty Alleviation

The role of piped water supplies in advancing health, economic development, and gender equality in rural communities

Piped water interventions resulted in a significant reduction of time spent fetching water for girls and women, as well as increased household water consumption.

James C. Winter, Gary L. Darmstadt, Jennifer Davis (2021)

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)

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)

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)

Gender Roles and Non-Cooperative Behavior: Field Experiment on the Effect of Asymmetric Information on Intra-Household Allocation in Ghana

Carolina Castilla, Thomas Walker (2013)

Business training plus for female entrepreneurship? Short and medium-term experimental evidence from Peru

Martin Valdivia (2015)

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

Ingvild Almås, Vincent Somville, Lore Vandewalle (2020)

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

Mattia Makovec, Ririn S. Purnamasari, Matteo Sandi, Astrid Savitiri (2018)

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)

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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