Building pathways out of poverty in Baidoa: A randomized controlled trial: Evidence from the midline survey

Somalia is one of the poorest countries in the world, and severe poverty, ongoing armed conflict, and recurring droughts and floodings have created a humanitarian crisis characterized by a high level of internal displacement. Baidoa city – the site of this evaluation – hosts 517 internally displaced...

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Main Authors: Leight, Jessica, Hirvonen, Kalle, Karachiwalla, Naureen, Rakshit, Deboleena
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140604
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author Leight, Jessica
Hirvonen, Kalle
Karachiwalla, Naureen
Rakshit, Deboleena
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Karachiwalla, Naureen
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Rakshit, Deboleena
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Karachiwalla, Naureen
Rakshit, Deboleena
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description Somalia is one of the poorest countries in the world, and severe poverty, ongoing armed conflict, and recurring droughts and floodings have created a humanitarian crisis characterized by a high level of internal displacement. Baidoa city – the site of this evaluation – hosts 517 internally displaced persons (IDP) sites with almost 600,000 households, and 64 percent of the individuals living in these sites are women and girls. According to the 2nd Somali High Frequency Survey (Pape and Karamba 2019), poverty is particularly high in IDP settlements (along with rural areas), exacerbated by high unemployment rates and an absence of income-generating opportunities. This brief reports on midline findings from a randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating the project Building Pathways Out of Poverty for Ultra-poor IDPs and Vulnerable Host Communities in Baidoa, an ultra-poor graduation (UPG) intervention implemented by World Vision and funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA). The project seeks to enable ultra-poor internally displaced households to graduate from extreme poverty and begin an upward trajectory to self-reliance for displacement-affected communities by enabling gender-sensitive, context-appropriate, and sustainable livelihoods in an urban setting. IFPRI is collaborating with World Vision to conduct the trial.
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spelling CGSpace1406042025-12-03T15:39:16Z Building pathways out of poverty in Baidoa: A randomized controlled trial: Evidence from the midline survey Leight, Jessica Hirvonen, Kalle Karachiwalla, Naureen Rakshit, Deboleena armed conflicts displacement households poverty randomized controlled trials Somalia is one of the poorest countries in the world, and severe poverty, ongoing armed conflict, and recurring droughts and floodings have created a humanitarian crisis characterized by a high level of internal displacement. Baidoa city – the site of this evaluation – hosts 517 internally displaced persons (IDP) sites with almost 600,000 households, and 64 percent of the individuals living in these sites are women and girls. According to the 2nd Somali High Frequency Survey (Pape and Karamba 2019), poverty is particularly high in IDP settlements (along with rural areas), exacerbated by high unemployment rates and an absence of income-generating opportunities. This brief reports on midline findings from a randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating the project Building Pathways Out of Poverty for Ultra-poor IDPs and Vulnerable Host Communities in Baidoa, an ultra-poor graduation (UPG) intervention implemented by World Vision and funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA). The project seeks to enable ultra-poor internally displaced households to graduate from extreme poverty and begin an upward trajectory to self-reliance for displacement-affected communities by enabling gender-sensitive, context-appropriate, and sustainable livelihoods in an urban setting. IFPRI is collaborating with World Vision to conduct the trial. 2024-03-25 2024-03-25T17:45:28Z 2024-03-25T17:45:28Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140604 en https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/9452 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Leight, Jessica; Hirvonen, Kalle; Karachiwalla, Naureen; and Rakshit, Deboleena. 2024. Building pathways out of poverty in Baidoa: A randomized controlled trial: Evidence from the midline survey. Learning Brief March 2024. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140604
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Hirvonen, Kalle
Karachiwalla, Naureen
Rakshit, Deboleena
Building pathways out of poverty in Baidoa: A randomized controlled trial: Evidence from the midline survey
title Building pathways out of poverty in Baidoa: A randomized controlled trial: Evidence from the midline survey
title_full Building pathways out of poverty in Baidoa: A randomized controlled trial: Evidence from the midline survey
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displacement
households
poverty
randomized controlled trials
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