A good mix against ultra-poverty? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) in Bangladesh

dc.contributor.author	Rahman, Atiya
dc.contributor.author	Bhattacharjee, Anindita
dc.contributor.author	Das, Narayan
dc.date.accessioned	2024-08-19T06:19:59Z
dc.date.available	2024-08-19T06:19:59Z
dc.date.issued	2021-07-13
dc.description	This article was published in The Review of Development Economics [©2021 Rights managed by Wiley] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12809 The Article's website is at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rode.12809	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Existing evidence shows that programs that provide grants to productive assets along with training to very poor women increase labor supply, earnings, and consumption. In contrast, evidence on the effect of microcredit on these outcomes is mixed. In this paper, we examine the effect of a hybrid of the two approaches—credit and grant—on the livelihoods of the ultra-poor in Bangladesh. A randomized evaluation of the hybrid intervention shows that it increases labor supply of working-age women, household income, productive assets, savings, and consumption expenditures. The benefit–cost ratio of the intervention is estimated to be 8.47.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10361/23796
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Wiley	en_US
dc.subject	Ultra-poor	en_US
dc.subject	Skills training	en_US
dc.subject	Microcredit	en_US
dc.subject	Credit and grants	en_US
dc.title	A good mix against ultra-poverty? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) in Bangladesh	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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