Evaluating Program Impacts on Mature Self-help Groups in India

Despite the popularity and the unique nature of women's self-help groups in India, evidence on the economic impact of these groups is scant. On the basis of two rounds of surveys of 2,517 households, we use a strategy of double differences and propensity score matching to assess the economic ef...

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Main Authors:	Deininger, Klaus, Liu, Yanyan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2014
Subjects:	capacity building control groups counterfactual descriptive statistics DPIP household surveys income intervention land ownership livelihoods program effects program impacts program interventions selection bias SHG targeting transparency treatment groups
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21008

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spelling	okr-10986-210082021-04-23T14:04:01Z Evaluating Program Impacts on Mature Self-help Groups in India Deininger, Klaus Liu, Yanyan capacity building control groups counterfactual descriptive statistics DPIP household surveys income intervention land ownership livelihoods program effects program impacts program interventions selection bias SHG targeting transparency treatment groups Despite the popularity and the unique nature of women's self-help groups in India, evidence on the economic impact of these groups is scant. On the basis of two rounds of surveys of 2,517 households, we use a strategy of double differences and propensity score matching to assess the economic effects of a program that promoted and strengthened self-help groups in Andhra Pradesh in India. Our analysis finds that longer exposure to the program has a positive impact on consumption, nutritional intake, and asset accumulation. Our investigation into the heterogeneity of these effects suggests that even the poorest households are able to benefit from the program. 2014-12-30T17:58:18Z 2014-12-30T17:58:18Z 2013-06 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21008 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article South Asia India
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spellingShingle	capacity building control groups counterfactual descriptive statistics DPIP household surveys income intervention land ownership livelihoods program effects program impacts program interventions selection bias SHG targeting transparency treatment groups Deininger, Klaus Liu, Yanyan Evaluating Program Impacts on Mature Self-help Groups in India
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description	Despite the popularity and the unique nature of women's self-help groups in India, evidence on the economic impact of these groups is scant. On the basis of two rounds of surveys of 2,517 households, we use a strategy of double differences and propensity score matching to assess the economic effects of a program that promoted and strengthened self-help groups in Andhra Pradesh in India. Our analysis finds that longer exposure to the program has a positive impact on consumption, nutritional intake, and asset accumulation. Our investigation into the heterogeneity of these effects suggests that even the poorest households are able to benefit from the program.
format	Journal Article
author	Deininger, Klaus Liu, Yanyan
author_facet	Deininger, Klaus Liu, Yanyan
author_sort	Deininger, Klaus
title	Evaluating Program Impacts on Mature Self-help Groups in India
title_short	Evaluating Program Impacts on Mature Self-help Groups in India
title_full	Evaluating Program Impacts on Mature Self-help Groups in India
title_fullStr	Evaluating Program Impacts on Mature Self-help Groups in India
title_full_unstemmed	Evaluating Program Impacts on Mature Self-help Groups in India
title_sort	evaluating program impacts on mature self-help groups in india
publisher	Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2014
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21008
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Evaluating Program Impacts on Mature Self-help Groups in India

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