Uganda : How Long Do the Effects of Cash Grants Last?

Uganda : How Long Do the Effects of Cash Grants Last?

Training vouchers and microfinance tools are often used by multilateral organizations, non-governmental organizations, and governments to increase employment and business oppor¬tunities in low- and middle-income countries. An alternative is putting...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
CASH TRANSFERS
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
LABOR SKILLS
GRANT RECIPIENT
SOCIAL ACTION FUND
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/455141575441341239/Uganda-How-Long-do-the-Effects-of-Cash-Grants-Last
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spelling okr-10986-327882021-05-25T10:54:37Z Uganda : How Long Do the Effects of Cash Grants Last? World Bank CASH TRANSFERS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE LABOR SKILLS GRANT RECIPIENT SOCIAL ACTION FUND VOCATIONAL TRAINING ENTREPRENEURSHIP Training vouchers and microfinance tools are often used by multilateral organizations, non-governmental organizations, and governments to increase employment and business oppor¬tunities in low- and middle-income countries. An alternative is putting cash directly in the hands of the poor themselves, leaving them to decide how best to use the money for income-generating activities. One of the assumptions underlying these programs is that poor people can generate high returns to capi¬tal but often have trouble saving money and accessing credit. Giving people cash enables them to bypass these obstacles to starting or improving a business. Recent studies have found that simply giving people cash can improve incomes, at least in the first few years, and the cash is very rarely squandered or misused. However, very little is known about the effectiveness of start-up grants in the long run. 2019-12-05T17:15:25Z 2019-12-05T17:15:25Z 2019-11 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/455141575441341239/Uganda-How-Long-do-the-Effects-of-Cash-Grants-Last http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32788 English From Evidence to Policy; 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 Uganda
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topic CASH TRANSFERS
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
LABOR SKILLS
GRANT RECIPIENT
SOCIAL ACTION FUND
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
LABOR SKILLS
GRANT RECIPIENT
SOCIAL ACTION FUND
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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Uganda : How Long Do the Effects of Cash Grants Last?
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description Training vouchers and microfinance tools are often used by multilateral organizations, non-governmental organizations, and governments to increase employment and business oppor¬tunities in low- and middle-income countries. An alternative is putting cash directly in the hands of the poor themselves, leaving them to decide how best to use the money for income-generating activities. One of the assumptions underlying these programs is that poor people can generate high returns to capi¬tal but often have trouble saving money and accessing credit. Giving people cash enables them to bypass these obstacles to starting or improving a business. Recent studies have found that simply giving people cash can improve incomes, at least in the first few years, and the cash is very rarely squandered or misused. However, very little is known about the effectiveness of start-up grants in the long run.
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title Uganda : How Long Do the Effects of Cash Grants Last?
title_short Uganda : How Long Do the Effects of Cash Grants Last?
title_full Uganda : How Long Do the Effects of Cash Grants Last?
title_fullStr Uganda : How Long Do the Effects of Cash Grants Last?
title_full_unstemmed Uganda : How Long Do the Effects of Cash Grants Last?
title_sort uganda : how long do the effects of cash grants last?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
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