Sustainable poverty reduction through social assistance: Modality, context, and complementary programming in Bangladesh
Social assistance programs can increase consumption and reduce poverty, but less is known about whether these impacts are sustained after programs end or how design and context influence sustainability. Using data collected in two regions of Bangladesh four years after a randomized intervention ende...
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| author | Ahmed, Akhter Hidrobo, Melissa Hoddinott, John F. Kolt, Bastien Roy, Shalini Tauseef, Salauddin |
| author_browse | Ahmed, Akhter Hidrobo, Melissa Hoddinott, John F. Kolt, Bastien Roy, Shalini Tauseef, Salauddin |
| author_facet | Ahmed, Akhter Hidrobo, Melissa Hoddinott, John F. Kolt, Bastien Roy, Shalini Tauseef, Salauddin |
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| description | Social assistance programs can increase consumption and reduce poverty, but less is known about whether these impacts are sustained after programs end or how design and context influence sustainability. Using data collected in two regions of Bangladesh four years after a randomized intervention ended, we find that combining cash transfers with complementary programming led to sustained increases in consumption and reductions in poverty. Combining food transfers with complementary programming showed similar patterns to a lesser extent. Cash alone had context-specific sustained effects; food alone had no sustained impacts. Results suggest that context, modality, and complementary programming matter for sustained impacts. (JEL D12, E21, I32, I38, O15) |
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| spelling | CGSpace1631102025-10-26T12:55:35Z Sustainable poverty reduction through social assistance: Modality, context, and complementary programming in Bangladesh Ahmed, Akhter Hidrobo, Melissa Hoddinott, John F. Kolt, Bastien Roy, Shalini Tauseef, Salauddin aid programmes poverty sustainability cash transfers food social protection Social assistance programs can increase consumption and reduce poverty, but less is known about whether these impacts are sustained after programs end or how design and context influence sustainability. Using data collected in two regions of Bangladesh four years after a randomized intervention ended, we find that combining cash transfers with complementary programming led to sustained increases in consumption and reductions in poverty. Combining food transfers with complementary programming showed similar patterns to a lesser extent. Cash alone had context-specific sustained effects; food alone had no sustained impacts. Results suggest that context, modality, and complementary programming matter for sustained impacts. (JEL D12, E21, I32, I38, O15) 2025-04-01 2024-12-05T20:54:58Z 2024-12-05T20:54:58Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163110 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/144145 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132862 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126900 Limited Access American Economic Association Ahmed, Akhter; Hidrobo, Melissa; Hoddinott, John; Kolt, Bastien; Roy, Shalini; and Tauseef, Salauddin. 2025. Sustainable poverty reduction through social assistance: Modality, context, and complementary programming in Bangladesh. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 17(2): 102-126. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20230108 |
| spellingShingle | aid programmes poverty sustainability cash transfers food social protection Ahmed, Akhter Hidrobo, Melissa Hoddinott, John F. Kolt, Bastien Roy, Shalini Tauseef, Salauddin Sustainable poverty reduction through social assistance: Modality, context, and complementary programming in Bangladesh |
| title | Sustainable poverty reduction through social assistance: Modality, context, and complementary programming in Bangladesh |
| title_full | Sustainable poverty reduction through social assistance: Modality, context, and complementary programming in Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable poverty reduction through social assistance: Modality, context, and complementary programming in Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable poverty reduction through social assistance: Modality, context, and complementary programming in Bangladesh |
| title_short | Sustainable poverty reduction through social assistance: Modality, context, and complementary programming in Bangladesh |
| title_sort | sustainable poverty reduction through social assistance modality context and complementary programming in bangladesh |
| topic | aid programmes poverty sustainability cash transfers food social protection |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163110 |
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