Lump-sum transfers for agriculture, support services, and household decision making
We study the impact of one-season transfers framed for agricultural investment combined with agricultural support services on decision making among smallholder households in Senegal and Malawi using data from randomized control trials. In Senegal, we find evidence that the program increased the deci...
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| author | Ambler, Kate de Brauw, Alan Godlonton, Susan |
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| description | We study the impact of one-season transfers framed for agricultural investment combined with agricultural support services on decision making among smallholder households in Senegal and Malawi using data from randomized control trials. In Senegal, we find evidence that the program increased the decision power of male household heads at the expense of other males in the household after two years. We cannot disentangle the impacts of the farm planning program and the lump sum transfer that comprised that program. In Malawi, we observe that over two years male program recipients exhibit increased decisionmaking power, while male non-recipients see reductions in decision-making power. These results are broadly due to both the transfers and the intensive agricultural support services. Changes in decision power seem to flow not just from control of income, but also from shifting household norms linked to program participation. Only in Malawi do we note some suggestive evidence that decision making power increases among female program recipients. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1358712025-11-06T07:49:15Z Lump-sum transfers for agriculture, support services, and household decision making Ambler, Kate de Brauw, Alan Godlonton, Susan social protection social safety nets cash transfers social services decision making households We study the impact of one-season transfers framed for agricultural investment combined with agricultural support services on decision making among smallholder households in Senegal and Malawi using data from randomized control trials. In Senegal, we find evidence that the program increased the decision power of male household heads at the expense of other males in the household after two years. We cannot disentangle the impacts of the farm planning program and the lump sum transfer that comprised that program. In Malawi, we observe that over two years male program recipients exhibit increased decisionmaking power, while male non-recipients see reductions in decision-making power. These results are broadly due to both the transfers and the intensive agricultural support services. Changes in decision power seem to flow not just from control of income, but also from shifting household norms linked to program participation. Only in Malawi do we note some suggestive evidence that decision making power increases among female program recipients. 2023-12-22 2023-12-22T22:06:28Z 2023-12-22T22:06:28Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135871 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR System Organization Ambler, Kate; de Brauw, Alan; and Godlonton, Susan. 2023. Lump-sum transfers for agriculture, support services, and household decision making. Gender Equality Initiative Working Paper December 2023. |
| spellingShingle | social protection social safety nets cash transfers social services decision making households Ambler, Kate de Brauw, Alan Godlonton, Susan Lump-sum transfers for agriculture, support services, and household decision making |
| title | Lump-sum transfers for agriculture, support services, and household decision making |
| title_full | Lump-sum transfers for agriculture, support services, and household decision making |
| title_fullStr | Lump-sum transfers for agriculture, support services, and household decision making |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lump-sum transfers for agriculture, support services, and household decision making |
| title_short | Lump-sum transfers for agriculture, support services, and household decision making |
| title_sort | lump sum transfers for agriculture support services and household decision making |
| topic | social protection social safety nets cash transfers social services decision making households |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/135871 |
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