Impacts of resilience interventions – Evidence from a quasi-experimental assessment in Niger

In this paper we aim to evaluate the effects of a 3-year resilience intervention (the SUR1M project in Niger) on the beneficiaries of the project. The evaluation was structured around the project's theory of change and designed to evaluate three elements along that theory of change: the types of res...

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Autores principales: Béné, Christophe, Riba, Alexandre, Wilson, David
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105814
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Riba, Alexandre
Wilson, David
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description In this paper we aim to evaluate the effects of a 3-year resilience intervention (the SUR1M project in Niger) on the beneficiaries of the project. The evaluation was structured around the project's theory of change and designed to evaluate three elements along that theory of change: the types of responses beneficiaries adopt when faced with adverse events; their ability to recover from those events; and the long-term impact on their well-being, measured through their level of food (in)security. Using a quasi-experimental approach and an ex-post treatment versus control framework we found significant effects of the project on beneficiaries' capacities to engage in (positive) responses and on their abilities to recover from shocks. The analysis did not find however any significant difference between the well-being of the beneficiaries and that of the control group, suggesting that, after three years, the higher level of resilience of the beneficiaries did not translate into a clear positive impact on their well-being.
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spelling CGSpace1058142025-03-13T09:45:31Z Impacts of resilience interventions – Evidence from a quasi-experimental assessment in Niger Béné, Christophe Riba, Alexandre Wilson, David poverty food security seguridad alimentaria impact assessment experimental design diseño experimental resilience In this paper we aim to evaluate the effects of a 3-year resilience intervention (the SUR1M project in Niger) on the beneficiaries of the project. The evaluation was structured around the project's theory of change and designed to evaluate three elements along that theory of change: the types of responses beneficiaries adopt when faced with adverse events; their ability to recover from those events; and the long-term impact on their well-being, measured through their level of food (in)security. Using a quasi-experimental approach and an ex-post treatment versus control framework we found significant effects of the project on beneficiaries' capacities to engage in (positive) responses and on their abilities to recover from shocks. The analysis did not find however any significant difference between the well-being of the beneficiaries and that of the control group, suggesting that, after three years, the higher level of resilience of the beneficiaries did not translate into a clear positive impact on their well-being. 2020-02 2019-11-19T14:40:51Z 2019-11-19T14:40:51Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105814 en Open Access Elsevier Béné, Christophe; Riba, Alexandre & Wilson, David (2020). Impacts of resilience interventions – Evidence from a quasi-experimental assessment in Niger. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 43: 101390.
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food security
seguridad alimentaria
impact assessment
experimental design
diseño experimental
resilience
Béné, Christophe
Riba, Alexandre
Wilson, David
Impacts of resilience interventions – Evidence from a quasi-experimental assessment in Niger
title Impacts of resilience interventions – Evidence from a quasi-experimental assessment in Niger
title_full Impacts of resilience interventions – Evidence from a quasi-experimental assessment in Niger
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title_full_unstemmed Impacts of resilience interventions – Evidence from a quasi-experimental assessment in Niger
title_short Impacts of resilience interventions – Evidence from a quasi-experimental assessment in Niger
title_sort impacts of resilience interventions evidence from a quasi experimental assessment in niger
topic poverty
food security
seguridad alimentaria
impact assessment
experimental design
diseño experimental
resilience
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105814
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