A Retrospective Impact Evaluation of the Tamil Nadu Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation (Pudhu Vaazhvu) Project

Community based livelihood interventions, which focus directly on increasing income and employment, have become an increasingly important component of large-scale poverty reduction programmes. We evaluate the impact of a participatory livelihoods intervention – the Tamil Nadu Empowerment and Poverty...

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Main Authors:	Khanna, Madhulika, Kochhar, Nishtha, Palaniswamy, Nethra
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2015
Subjects:	poverty alleviation empowering women rural poverty personal debt livelihoods political participation
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22688

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spelling	okr-10986-226882021-04-23T14:04:10Z A Retrospective Impact Evaluation of the Tamil Nadu Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation (Pudhu Vaazhvu) Project Khanna, Madhulika Kochhar, Nishtha Palaniswamy, Nethra poverty alleviation empowering women rural poverty personal debt livelihoods political participation Community based livelihood interventions, which focus directly on increasing income and employment, have become an increasingly important component of large-scale poverty reduction programmes. We evaluate the impact of a participatory livelihoods intervention – the Tamil Nadu Empowerment and Poverty Reduction (Pudhu Vaazhvu) Project (PVP) using propensity score matching methods. The paper explores the impact of PVP on its core goals of empowering women and the rural poor, improving their economic welfare, and facilitating public action. We find significant effects of PVP on reducing the incidence of high cost debt and diversifying livelihoods. We also find evidence of women’s empowerment, and increased political participation. 2015-09-25T21:06:38Z 2015-09-25T21:06:38Z 2015-07-01 Journal Article The Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22688 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article India
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spellingShingle	poverty alleviation empowering women rural poverty personal debt livelihoods political participation Khanna, Madhulika Kochhar, Nishtha Palaniswamy, Nethra A Retrospective Impact Evaluation of the Tamil Nadu Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation (Pudhu Vaazhvu) Project
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description	Community based livelihood interventions, which focus directly on increasing income and employment, have become an increasingly important component of large-scale poverty reduction programmes. We evaluate the impact of a participatory livelihoods intervention – the Tamil Nadu Empowerment and Poverty Reduction (Pudhu Vaazhvu) Project (PVP) using propensity score matching methods. The paper explores the impact of PVP on its core goals of empowering women and the rural poor, improving their economic welfare, and facilitating public action. We find significant effects of PVP on reducing the incidence of high cost debt and diversifying livelihoods. We also find evidence of women’s empowerment, and increased political participation.
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author	Khanna, Madhulika Kochhar, Nishtha Palaniswamy, Nethra
author_facet	Khanna, Madhulika Kochhar, Nishtha Palaniswamy, Nethra
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title	A Retrospective Impact Evaluation of the Tamil Nadu Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation (Pudhu Vaazhvu) Project
title_short	A Retrospective Impact Evaluation of the Tamil Nadu Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation (Pudhu Vaazhvu) Project
title_full	A Retrospective Impact Evaluation of the Tamil Nadu Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation (Pudhu Vaazhvu) Project
title_fullStr	A Retrospective Impact Evaluation of the Tamil Nadu Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation (Pudhu Vaazhvu) Project
title_full_unstemmed	A Retrospective Impact Evaluation of the Tamil Nadu Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation (Pudhu Vaazhvu) Project
title_sort	retrospective impact evaluation of the tamil nadu empowerment and poverty alleviation (pudhu vaazhvu) project
publisher	Taylor and Francis
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A Retrospective Impact Evaluation of the Tamil Nadu Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation (Pudhu Vaazhvu) Project

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