Are Cash Transfers Better Chunky or Smooth? : Evidence from an Impact Evaluation of a Cash Transfer Program in Northern Nigeria
Women receiving unconditional cash transfers in northern Nigeria worked more, particularly, in their own businesses, spent more on consumption, were more food secure, saved more, bought more animals and improved their housing compared to the women...
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okr-10986-284342021-05-25T10:54:35Z Are Cash Transfers Better Chunky or Smooth? : Evidence from an Impact Evaluation of a Cash Transfer Program in Northern Nigeria Bastian, Gautam Goldstein, Markus Papineni, Sreelakshmi CASH TRANSFERS GENDER CONSUMPTION INVESTMENT BARGAINING POWER WELL-BEING WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE GENDER INNOVATION LAB AFRICA GENDER POLICY Women receiving unconditional cash transfers in northern Nigeria worked more, particularly, in their own businesses, spent more on consumption, were more food secure, saved more, bought more animals and improved their housing compared to the women in the control group. Quarterly transfers cost half as much as monthly transfers to administer, but there is no difference in outcomes. Women’s ability to control the cash transfers is the same under a quarterly payment scheme and monthly payment scheme. Women use cash transfers to increase investment in their own business activities. Cash transfer recipients were not only more likely to be involved in their own non-farm business but they also spent more on business inputs and increased their business profits. Their husbands remained active farmers and didn’t change their business activities. The lab aims to do this by producing and delivering a new body of evidence and developing a compelling narrative, geared towards policymakers, on what works and what does not work in promoting gender equality. 2017-10-03T16:53:45Z 2017-10-03T16:53:45Z 2017 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/201411503985884102/Are-cash-transfers-better-chunky-or-smooth-evidence-from-an-impact-evaluation-of-a-cash-transfer-program-in-northern-Nigeria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28434 English en_US Gender Innovation Lab Policy Brief;No. 21 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Nigeria |
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CASH TRANSFERS GENDER CONSUMPTION INVESTMENT BARGAINING POWER WELL-BEING WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE GENDER INNOVATION LAB AFRICA GENDER POLICY |
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CASH TRANSFERS GENDER CONSUMPTION INVESTMENT BARGAINING POWER WELL-BEING WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE GENDER INNOVATION LAB AFRICA GENDER POLICY Bastian, Gautam Goldstein, Markus Papineni, Sreelakshmi Are Cash Transfers Better Chunky or Smooth? : Evidence from an Impact Evaluation of a Cash Transfer Program in Northern Nigeria |
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Women receiving unconditional cash
transfers in northern Nigeria worked more, particularly, in
their own businesses, spent more on consumption, were more
food secure, saved more, bought more animals and improved
their housing compared to the women in the control group.
Quarterly transfers cost half as much as monthly transfers
to administer, but there is no difference in outcomes.
Women’s ability to control the cash transfers is the same
under a quarterly payment scheme and monthly payment scheme.
Women use cash transfers to increase investment in their own
business activities. Cash transfer recipients were not only
more likely to be involved in their own non-farm business
but they also spent more on business inputs and increased
their business profits. Their husbands remained active
farmers and didn’t change their business activities. The lab
aims to do this by producing and delivering a new body of
evidence and developing a compelling narrative, geared
towards policymakers, on what works and what does not work
in promoting gender equality. |
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Brief |
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Bastian, Gautam Goldstein, Markus Papineni, Sreelakshmi |
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Bastian, Gautam Goldstein, Markus Papineni, Sreelakshmi |
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Bastian, Gautam |
| title |
Are Cash Transfers Better Chunky or Smooth? : Evidence from an Impact Evaluation of a Cash Transfer Program in Northern Nigeria |
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Are Cash Transfers Better Chunky or Smooth? : Evidence from an Impact Evaluation of a Cash Transfer Program in Northern Nigeria |
| title_full |
Are Cash Transfers Better Chunky or Smooth? : Evidence from an Impact Evaluation of a Cash Transfer Program in Northern Nigeria |
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Are Cash Transfers Better Chunky or Smooth? : Evidence from an Impact Evaluation of a Cash Transfer Program in Northern Nigeria |
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Are Cash Transfers Better Chunky or Smooth? : Evidence from an Impact Evaluation of a Cash Transfer Program in Northern Nigeria |
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are cash transfers better chunky or smooth? : evidence from an impact evaluation of a cash transfer program in northern nigeria |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2017 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/201411503985884102/Are-cash-transfers-better-chunky-or-smooth-evidence-from-an-impact-evaluation-of-a-cash-transfer-program-in-northern-Nigeria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28434 |
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