Impact evaluation report: Egypt’s Takaful Cash Transfer Program: Second round report

Egypt introduced the Takaful and Karama Program (TKP), a pair of targeted cash transfer schemes in 2015. In 2018, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) completed the first round of impact evaluation of TKP, based on household survey data collected after the first 15 months of the...

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Autores principales: El-Enbaby, Hoda, Elsabbagh, Dalia, Gilligan, Daniel O., Karachiwalla, Naureen, Koch, Bastien, Kurdi, Sikandra
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126899
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author El-Enbaby, Hoda
Elsabbagh, Dalia
Gilligan, Daniel O.
Karachiwalla, Naureen
Koch, Bastien
Kurdi, Sikandra
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Elsabbagh, Dalia
Gilligan, Daniel O.
Karachiwalla, Naureen
Koch, Bastien
Kurdi, Sikandra
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Elsabbagh, Dalia
Gilligan, Daniel O.
Karachiwalla, Naureen
Koch, Bastien
Kurdi, Sikandra
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description Egypt introduced the Takaful and Karama Program (TKP), a pair of targeted cash transfer schemes in 2015. In 2018, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) completed the first round of impact evaluation of TKP, based on household survey data collected after the first 15 months of the program. In the period between the first-round evaluation and the data collection for this report in January 2022, Egypt faced an enormous economic shock in the COVID-19 pandemic with a complete loss of tourism, which before the crisis was responsible for 12% of GDP and 10% of employment (IMF, 2021). A follow-up evaluation was designed to assess whether impacts estimated from the first round have been sustained and whether longer duration of treatment has led to impacts on additional outcome variables. This follow-up impact evaluation was conducted using a regression discontinuity (RD) design similar to the first round but using a different sample of households much more tightly concentrated around the 4500 thresholds to address concerns about the smaller discontinuity. We find that households invested in assets, particularly productive assets and Takaful households reduced their debt burdens. There were no measurable impacts of the Takaful program on household consumption or poverty, which may be partially explained by changes in household demographics. We also find that Takaful improved school enrollment and attendance and contributed to household’s ability to cope with shocks.
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spelling CGSpace1268992025-11-06T05:42:40Z Impact evaluation report: Egypt’s Takaful Cash Transfer Program: Second round report El-Enbaby, Hoda Elsabbagh, Dalia Gilligan, Daniel O. Karachiwalla, Naureen Koch, Bastien Kurdi, Sikandra resilience poverty nutrition agricultural policies nutrition policies social protection cash transfers Egypt introduced the Takaful and Karama Program (TKP), a pair of targeted cash transfer schemes in 2015. In 2018, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) completed the first round of impact evaluation of TKP, based on household survey data collected after the first 15 months of the program. In the period between the first-round evaluation and the data collection for this report in January 2022, Egypt faced an enormous economic shock in the COVID-19 pandemic with a complete loss of tourism, which before the crisis was responsible for 12% of GDP and 10% of employment (IMF, 2021). A follow-up evaluation was designed to assess whether impacts estimated from the first round have been sustained and whether longer duration of treatment has led to impacts on additional outcome variables. This follow-up impact evaluation was conducted using a regression discontinuity (RD) design similar to the first round but using a different sample of households much more tightly concentrated around the 4500 thresholds to address concerns about the smaller discontinuity. We find that households invested in assets, particularly productive assets and Takaful households reduced their debt burdens. There were no measurable impacts of the Takaful program on household consumption or poverty, which may be partially explained by changes in household demographics. We also find that Takaful improved school enrollment and attendance and contributed to household’s ability to cope with shocks. 2022-09-01 2023-01-11T19:53:39Z 2023-01-11T19:53:39Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126899 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147204 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147205 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute El-Enbaby, Hoda; Elsabbagh, Dalia; Gilligan, Daniel; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Koch, Bastien; and Kurdi, Sikandra. 2022. Impact evaluation report: Egypt’s Takaful Cash Transfer Program: Second round report. MENA RP Working Paper 40. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136395.
spellingShingle resilience
poverty
nutrition
agricultural policies
nutrition policies
social protection
cash transfers
El-Enbaby, Hoda
Elsabbagh, Dalia
Gilligan, Daniel O.
Karachiwalla, Naureen
Koch, Bastien
Kurdi, Sikandra
Impact evaluation report: Egypt’s Takaful Cash Transfer Program: Second round report
title Impact evaluation report: Egypt’s Takaful Cash Transfer Program: Second round report
title_full Impact evaluation report: Egypt’s Takaful Cash Transfer Program: Second round report
title_fullStr Impact evaluation report: Egypt’s Takaful Cash Transfer Program: Second round report
title_full_unstemmed Impact evaluation report: Egypt’s Takaful Cash Transfer Program: Second round report
title_short Impact evaluation report: Egypt’s Takaful Cash Transfer Program: Second round report
title_sort impact evaluation report egypt s takaful cash transfer program second round report
topic resilience
poverty
nutrition
agricultural policies
nutrition policies
social protection
cash transfers
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126899
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