Aspiring to more? New evidence on the effect of light-touch aspirations interventions in rural Ethiopia
A growing literature in economics has analysed the effects of psychological interventions designed to boost individual aspirations as a strategy to increase households’ propensity to make long-term investments and thus reduce poverty. This paper reports on a randomised controlled trial evaluating a...
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| author | Leight, Jessica Gilligan, Daniel O. Mulford, Michael Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum Tambet, Heleene |
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| description | A growing literature in economics has analysed the effects of psychological interventions designed to boost individual aspirations as a strategy to increase households’ propensity to make long-term investments and thus reduce poverty. This paper reports on a randomised controlled trial evaluating a short video-based intervention designed to increase aspirations of adults in poor rural Ethiopian households who are beneficiaries of the Productive Safety Net Program, the main government safety net program in Ethiopia. Evidence from a sample of 5,258 adults from 3,220 households is consistent with the hypothesis that there are no significant effects of the intervention on self-reported aspirations for the household, educational investment in children, or savings nine months post-treatment. This suggests that the effect of light-touch aspirations treatments for extremely poor adults may be limited in this context. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1407302025-10-26T12:50:50Z Aspiring to more? New evidence on the effect of light-touch aspirations interventions in rural Ethiopia Leight, Jessica Gilligan, Daniel O. Mulford, Michael Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum Tambet, Heleene economic aspects psychology investment poverty social safety nets A growing literature in economics has analysed the effects of psychological interventions designed to boost individual aspirations as a strategy to increase households’ propensity to make long-term investments and thus reduce poverty. This paper reports on a randomised controlled trial evaluating a short video-based intervention designed to increase aspirations of adults in poor rural Ethiopian households who are beneficiaries of the Productive Safety Net Program, the main government safety net program in Ethiopia. Evidence from a sample of 5,258 adults from 3,220 households is consistent with the hypothesis that there are no significant effects of the intervention on self-reported aspirations for the household, educational investment in children, or savings nine months post-treatment. This suggests that the effect of light-touch aspirations treatments for extremely poor adults may be limited in this context. 2024-10 2024-04-02T20:17:09Z 2024-04-02T20:17:09Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140730 en https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2024.2308579 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102212 https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.13576 https://www.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069939 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114708 Open Access Informa UK Limited Leight, Jessica; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Mulford, Michael; Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum; and Tambet, Heleene. Aspiring to more? New evidence on the effect of light-touch aspirations interventions in rural Ethiopia. Journal of Development Effectiveness 16(4): 485-498. https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2024.2334214 |
| spellingShingle | economic aspects psychology investment poverty social safety nets Leight, Jessica Gilligan, Daniel O. Mulford, Michael Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum Tambet, Heleene Aspiring to more? New evidence on the effect of light-touch aspirations interventions in rural Ethiopia |
| title | Aspiring to more? New evidence on the effect of light-touch aspirations interventions in rural Ethiopia |
| title_full | Aspiring to more? New evidence on the effect of light-touch aspirations interventions in rural Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Aspiring to more? New evidence on the effect of light-touch aspirations interventions in rural Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aspiring to more? New evidence on the effect of light-touch aspirations interventions in rural Ethiopia |
| title_short | Aspiring to more? New evidence on the effect of light-touch aspirations interventions in rural Ethiopia |
| title_sort | aspiring to more new evidence on the effect of light touch aspirations interventions in rural ethiopia |
| topic | economic aspects psychology investment poverty social safety nets |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140730 |
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