Constraints to Productive Employment Faced by Safety Nets Beneficiaries in the Sahel

Bossuroy, Thomas; Koussoubé, Estelle; Premand, Patrick

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“…This will be studied in future research analyzing intra-household dynamics in more detail. 21 The intervention packages were designed to address constraints to productive employment faced by safety net beneficiaries that were identified through diagnostic studies (Bossuroy et al, 2020). The main constraints were considered to be a lack of access to capital, a lack of access to agricultural inputs and markets, a lack of management skills and financial education, challenges in managing climate-related and other environmental risks to production, as well as social norms limiting women's engagement in income-generating activities.…”

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Pathways out of Extreme Poverty: Tackling Psychosocial and Capital Constraints with a Multi-Faceted Social Protection Program in Niger

Bossuroy¹,

Goldstein²,

Karlan³

et al. 2021

Policy Research Working Papers

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The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

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Pathways out of Extreme Poverty: Tackling Psychosocial and Capital Constraints with a Multi-Faceted Social Protection Program in Niger

Bossuroy¹,

Goldstein²,

Karlan³

et al. 2021

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“…For instance, some communities have a strong practice of sharing in mutual support networks, which can dilute the expected impact (Sabates-Wheeler, Lind, and Hoddinott 2013), or participants may face community pressure to show solidarity toward other community members(Bossuroy, Koussoubé, and Premand 2019).…”

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Assessing the Impact and Cost of Economic Inclusion Programs: A Synthesis of Evidence

Paul¹,

Dutta²,

Chaudhary³

2021

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Tackling psychosocial and capital constraints to alleviate poverty

Bossuroy

Goldstein

Karimou

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Many policies attempt to help extremely poor households build sustainable sources of income. Although economic interventions have predominated historically1,2, psychosocial support has attracted substantial interest3–5, particularly for its potential cost-effectiveness. Recent evidence has shown that multi-faceted ‘graduation’ programmes can succeed in generating sustained changes6,7. Here we show that a multi-faceted intervention can open pathways out of extreme poverty by relaxing capital and psychosocial constraints. We conducted a four-arm randomized evaluation among extremely poor female beneficiaries already enrolled in a national cash transfer government programme in Niger. The three treatment arms included group savings promotion, coaching and entrepreneurship training, and then added either a lump-sum cash grant, psychosocial interventions, or both the cash grant and psychosocial interventions. All three arms generated positive effects on economic outcomes and psychosocial well-being, but there were notable differences in the pathways and the timing of effects. Overall, the arms with psychosocial interventions were the most cost-effective, highlighting the value of including well-designed psychosocial components in government-led multi-faceted interventions for the extreme poor.

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Constraints to Productive Employment Faced by Safety Nets Beneficiaries in the Sahel

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Pathways out of Extreme Poverty: Tackling Psychosocial and Capital Constraints with a Multi-Faceted Social Protection Program in Niger

Pathways out of Extreme Poverty: Tackling Psychosocial and Capital Constraints with a Multi-Faceted Social Protection Program in Niger

Assessing the Impact and Cost of Economic Inclusion Programs: A Synthesis of Evidence

Tackling psychosocial and capital constraints to alleviate poverty

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