Pay it forward: Impacts of a rural livelihoods program with built-in spillovers
We evaluate 2.5-3.5 year impacts of a livelihoods program using an RCT in Nepal. The program targets women and employs self-help groups, livestock transfers, and trainings. We assigned three variations of the program: full benefits, no livestock, and no values-based training, which includes encourag...
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Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
2021
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| author | Janzen, Sarah A. Magnan, Nicholas Sharma, Sudhindra Thompson, William M. |
| author_browse | Janzen, Sarah A. Magnan, Nicholas Sharma, Sudhindra Thompson, William M. |
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| description | We evaluate 2.5-3.5 year impacts of a livelihoods program using an RCT in Nepal. The program targets women and employs self-help groups, livestock transfers, and trainings. We assigned three variations of the program: full benefits, no livestock, and no values-based training, which includes encouragement to “pay it forward” (PIF) by training and giving livestock to others. With this encouragement in mind, the study is uniquely designed to evaluate the program’s ability to generate intentional spillover (PIF) effects. We observe impacts for direct beneficiaries in line with outcomes directly targeted by the intervention - beneficiaries have bigger herds, improved livestock practices, more goat sales and higher profit from goat production. In addition, women are more empowered and have greater financial inclusion. The asset transfer increases program costs, but there is weak evidence suggestive of an independent marginal impact. We observe strong PIF spillover effects, with important implications for cost effectiveness. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1713692025-02-19T14:31:02Z Pay it forward: Impacts of a rural livelihoods program with built-in spillovers Janzen, Sarah A. Magnan, Nicholas Sharma, Sudhindra Thompson, William M. rural areas livelihoods targeting social behaviour training We evaluate 2.5-3.5 year impacts of a livelihoods program using an RCT in Nepal. The program targets women and employs self-help groups, livestock transfers, and trainings. We assigned three variations of the program: full benefits, no livestock, and no values-based training, which includes encouragement to “pay it forward” (PIF) by training and giving livestock to others. With this encouragement in mind, the study is uniquely designed to evaluate the program’s ability to generate intentional spillover (PIF) effects. We observe impacts for direct beneficiaries in line with outcomes directly targeted by the intervention - beneficiaries have bigger herds, improved livestock practices, more goat sales and higher profit from goat production. In addition, women are more empowered and have greater financial inclusion. The asset transfer increases program costs, but there is weak evidence suggestive of an independent marginal impact. We observe strong PIF spillover effects, with important implications for cost effectiveness. 2021 2025-01-29T12:58:04Z 2025-01-29T12:58:04Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171369 en Open Access Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Janzen, Sarah A.; Magnan, Nicholas; Sharma, Sudhindra; and Thompson, William M. 2021. Pay it forward: Impacts of a rural livelihoods program with built-in spillovers. Presented at the AAEA Annual Meeting in JW Marriott in Austin, United States, August 1-3, 2021. https://purl.umn.edu/312711 |
| spellingShingle | rural areas livelihoods targeting social behaviour training Janzen, Sarah A. Magnan, Nicholas Sharma, Sudhindra Thompson, William M. Pay it forward: Impacts of a rural livelihoods program with built-in spillovers |
| title | Pay it forward: Impacts of a rural livelihoods program with built-in spillovers |
| title_full | Pay it forward: Impacts of a rural livelihoods program with built-in spillovers |
| title_fullStr | Pay it forward: Impacts of a rural livelihoods program with built-in spillovers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pay it forward: Impacts of a rural livelihoods program with built-in spillovers |
| title_short | Pay it forward: Impacts of a rural livelihoods program with built-in spillovers |
| title_sort | pay it forward impacts of a rural livelihoods program with built in spillovers |
| topic | rural areas livelihoods targeting social behaviour training |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171369 |
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