Social Assistance Programs and Household Welfare in Eswatini

Abstract

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Impacts of Social Assistance on Child Well-Being in Vietnam: The Mediating Role of Household Welfare

“…The reason can be that support programs in the form of cash or inkind give households the opportunity to improve their income (Amarante & Brun, 2018), spend more on long-term goals (Rawlings, 2005) and improve household assets (Hidrobo et al, 2018). Agreeing with this point of view, when studying the role of social assistance in reducing poverty in Eswatini, Raju and Younger (2021) claim that social assistance programs have a positive impact on improving household welfare.…”