Are There Lasting Impacts of Aid to Poor Areas? Evidence from Rural China
The paper revisits the site of a large, World Bank-financed, rural development program in China 10 years after it began and four years after disbursements ended. The program emphasized community participation in multi-sectoral interventions (includ...
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ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCOUNTING ACCURATE ESTIMATES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AID EFFECTIVENESS ANNUAL INCOME ANNUAL RETURNS ANTI-POVERTY ANTI-POVERTY POLICIES ARBITRAGE ASSETS AVAILABILITY OF CREDIT BANK LOANS BENEFICIARY BIASES CALCULATIONS CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITAL STOCKS CAPITAL-MARKET CASH EXPENDITURE CASH TRANSFERS CD COMMODITIES COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS CONSTRAINTS ON ACCESS CONTINGENCIES CONTRIBUTION COUNTERFACTUAL CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CREDIT MARKET CREDIT MARKET FAILURES DAY-CARE DEBT DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DRINKING WATER ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC THEORY EDUCATION LEVEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENDOWMENTS ENROLLMENT ENROLMENT RATES ETHNIC MINORITIES EVALUATION METHODS EXPENDITURES EXTREME POVERTY FAMILY MEMBER FAMILY MEMBERS FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM ENTERPRISES FARM INCOME FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARMERS FOOD STAPLES FORM OF CREDIT FORM OF SAVING FUTURE INCOME GENDER GROWTH RATE HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION HOUSEHOLD SAVING HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS ICR IMPACT EVALUATION IMPACT ON POVERTY IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INCOME INCOME GAINS INCOME GROUP INCOME IMPACTS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INCOME POVERTY INCOMES INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSURANCE INTEREST PAYMENTS INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INTERVENTION IRRIGATION JOB TRAINING LABOR MOBILITY LACK OF CAPITAL LAND QUALITY LIQUIDITY LOAN LOAN ACTIVITY LOAN AMOUNTS LOAN REPAYMENT LOAN REPAYMENTS LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME LOW-INCOME GROUP MARGINAL PRODUCT MARGINAL PRODUCTS MARKET FAILURES MATCHING METHODS MIGRANT WORKERS OUTCOME INDICATORS PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES PERMANENT INCOME PERMANENT INCOME HYPOTHESIS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR AREAS POOR COUNTRIES POOR INFRASTRUCTURE POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY IMPACTS POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDEX POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY POLICIES POVERTY POVERTY POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION PROJECT PRECAUTIONARY SAVING PRECAUTIONARY SAVINGS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PROBABILITY PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PROGRAMS PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SPENDING PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUESTIONNAIRES RATE OF INTEREST RATE OF RETURN RATES OF INTEREST REFLEXIVE COMPARISONS REGIONAL POVERTY RELEVANT POPULATION REMITTANCES REMOTE VILLAGES REPAYMENT REPAYMENT RATES REPAYMENTS RURAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMY RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL LIVING STANDARDS RURAL ROADS SALE SAVINGS SAVINGS RATE SELECTION BIAS SOCIAL SERVICES SOURCES OF CREDIT SOURCES OF FINANCE TARGETING TEACHER TRAINING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOTAL COST TOTAL REVENUE TRAINING PROGRAM TREATMENT EFFECTS TUITION TYPES OF LOANS URBAN AREAS VILLAGE VILLAGE CHARACTERISTICS WAGE WAGE INCOME WEALTH |
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ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCOUNTING ACCURATE ESTIMATES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AID EFFECTIVENESS ANNUAL INCOME ANNUAL RETURNS ANTI-POVERTY ANTI-POVERTY POLICIES ARBITRAGE ASSETS AVAILABILITY OF CREDIT BANK LOANS BENEFICIARY BIASES CALCULATIONS CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITAL STOCKS CAPITAL-MARKET CASH EXPENDITURE CASH TRANSFERS CD COMMODITIES COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS CONSTRAINTS ON ACCESS CONTINGENCIES CONTRIBUTION COUNTERFACTUAL CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CREDIT MARKET CREDIT MARKET FAILURES DAY-CARE DEBT DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DRINKING WATER ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC THEORY EDUCATION LEVEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENDOWMENTS ENROLLMENT ENROLMENT RATES ETHNIC MINORITIES EVALUATION METHODS EXPENDITURES EXTREME POVERTY FAMILY MEMBER FAMILY MEMBERS FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM ENTERPRISES FARM INCOME FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARMERS FOOD STAPLES FORM OF CREDIT FORM OF SAVING FUTURE INCOME GENDER GROWTH RATE HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION HOUSEHOLD SAVING HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS ICR IMPACT EVALUATION IMPACT ON POVERTY IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INCOME INCOME GAINS INCOME GROUP INCOME IMPACTS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INCOME POVERTY INCOMES INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSURANCE INTEREST PAYMENTS INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INTERVENTION IRRIGATION JOB TRAINING LABOR MOBILITY LACK OF CAPITAL LAND QUALITY LIQUIDITY LOAN LOAN ACTIVITY LOAN AMOUNTS LOAN REPAYMENT LOAN REPAYMENTS LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME LOW-INCOME GROUP MARGINAL PRODUCT MARGINAL PRODUCTS MARKET FAILURES MATCHING METHODS MIGRANT WORKERS OUTCOME INDICATORS PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES PERMANENT INCOME PERMANENT INCOME HYPOTHESIS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR AREAS POOR COUNTRIES POOR INFRASTRUCTURE POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY IMPACTS POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDEX POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY POLICIES POVERTY POVERTY POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION PROJECT PRECAUTIONARY SAVING PRECAUTIONARY SAVINGS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PROBABILITY PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PROGRAMS PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SPENDING PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUESTIONNAIRES RATE OF INTEREST RATE OF RETURN RATES OF INTEREST REFLEXIVE COMPARISONS REGIONAL POVERTY RELEVANT POPULATION REMITTANCES REMOTE VILLAGES REPAYMENT REPAYMENT RATES REPAYMENTS RURAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMY RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL LIVING STANDARDS RURAL ROADS SALE SAVINGS SAVINGS RATE SELECTION BIAS SOCIAL SERVICES SOURCES OF CREDIT SOURCES OF FINANCE TARGETING TEACHER TRAINING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOTAL COST TOTAL REVENUE TRAINING PROGRAM TREATMENT EFFECTS TUITION TYPES OF LOANS URBAN AREAS VILLAGE VILLAGE CHARACTERISTICS WAGE WAGE INCOME WEALTH Chen, Shaohua Mu, Ren Ravallion, Martin Are There Lasting Impacts of Aid to Poor Areas? Evidence from Rural China |
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East Asia and Pacific China |
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Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4084 |
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The paper revisits the site of a large,
World Bank-financed, rural development program in China 10
years after it began and four years after disbursements
ended. The program emphasized community participation in
multi-sectoral interventions (including farming, animal
husbandry, infrastructure and social services). Data were
collected on 2,000 households in project and nonproject
areas, spanning 10 years. A double-difference estimator of
the program's impact (on top of pre-existing
governmental programs) reveals sizeable short-term income
gains that were mostly saved. Only modest gains to mean
consumption emerged in the longer term-in rough accord with
the gain to permanent income. Certain types of households
gained more than others. The educated poor were
under-covered by the community-based selection
process-greatly reducing overall impact. The main results
are robust to corrections for various sources of selection
bias, including village targeting and interference due to
spillover effects generated by the response of local
governments to the external aid. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Chen, Shaohua Mu, Ren Ravallion, Martin |
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Chen, Shaohua Mu, Ren Ravallion, Martin |
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Chen, Shaohua |
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Are There Lasting Impacts of Aid to Poor Areas? Evidence from Rural China |
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Are There Lasting Impacts of Aid to Poor Areas? Evidence from Rural China |
| title_full |
Are There Lasting Impacts of Aid to Poor Areas? Evidence from Rural China |
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Are There Lasting Impacts of Aid to Poor Areas? Evidence from Rural China |
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Are There Lasting Impacts of Aid to Poor Areas? Evidence from Rural China |
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are there lasting impacts of aid to poor areas? evidence from rural china |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9049219/lasting-impacts-aid-poor-areas-evidence-rural-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6590 |
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okr-10986-65902021-04-23T14:02:31Z Are There Lasting Impacts of Aid to Poor Areas? Evidence from Rural China Chen, Shaohua Mu, Ren Ravallion, Martin ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCOUNTING ACCURATE ESTIMATES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AID EFFECTIVENESS ANNUAL INCOME ANNUAL RETURNS ANTI-POVERTY ANTI-POVERTY POLICIES ARBITRAGE ASSETS AVAILABILITY OF CREDIT BANK LOANS BENEFICIARY BIASES CALCULATIONS CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITAL STOCKS CAPITAL-MARKET CASH EXPENDITURE CASH TRANSFERS CD COMMODITIES COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS CONSTRAINTS ON ACCESS CONTINGENCIES CONTRIBUTION COUNTERFACTUAL CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CREDIT MARKET CREDIT MARKET FAILURES DAY-CARE DEBT DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DRINKING WATER ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC THEORY EDUCATION LEVEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENDOWMENTS ENROLLMENT ENROLMENT RATES ETHNIC MINORITIES EVALUATION METHODS EXPENDITURES EXTREME POVERTY FAMILY MEMBER FAMILY MEMBERS FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM ENTERPRISES FARM INCOME FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARMERS FOOD STAPLES FORM OF CREDIT FORM OF SAVING FUTURE INCOME GENDER GROWTH RATE HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION HOUSEHOLD SAVING HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS ICR IMPACT EVALUATION IMPACT ON POVERTY IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INCOME INCOME GAINS INCOME GROUP INCOME IMPACTS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INCOME POVERTY INCOMES INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSURANCE INTEREST PAYMENTS INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INTERVENTION IRRIGATION JOB TRAINING LABOR MOBILITY LACK OF CAPITAL LAND QUALITY LIQUIDITY LOAN LOAN ACTIVITY LOAN AMOUNTS LOAN REPAYMENT LOAN REPAYMENTS LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME LOW-INCOME GROUP MARGINAL PRODUCT MARGINAL PRODUCTS MARKET FAILURES MATCHING METHODS MIGRANT WORKERS OUTCOME INDICATORS PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES PERMANENT INCOME PERMANENT INCOME HYPOTHESIS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR AREAS POOR COUNTRIES POOR INFRASTRUCTURE POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY IMPACTS POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDEX POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY POLICIES POVERTY POVERTY POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION PROJECT PRECAUTIONARY SAVING PRECAUTIONARY SAVINGS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PROBABILITY PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PROGRAMS PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SPENDING PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUESTIONNAIRES RATE OF INTEREST RATE OF RETURN RATES OF INTEREST REFLEXIVE COMPARISONS REGIONAL POVERTY RELEVANT POPULATION REMITTANCES REMOTE VILLAGES REPAYMENT REPAYMENT RATES REPAYMENTS RURAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMY RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL LIVING STANDARDS RURAL ROADS SALE SAVINGS SAVINGS RATE SELECTION BIAS SOCIAL SERVICES SOURCES OF CREDIT SOURCES OF FINANCE TARGETING TEACHER TRAINING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOTAL COST TOTAL REVENUE TRAINING PROGRAM TREATMENT EFFECTS TUITION TYPES OF LOANS URBAN AREAS VILLAGE VILLAGE CHARACTERISTICS WAGE WAGE INCOME WEALTH The paper revisits the site of a large, World Bank-financed, rural development program in China 10 years after it began and four years after disbursements ended. The program emphasized community participation in multi-sectoral interventions (including farming, animal husbandry, infrastructure and social services). Data were collected on 2,000 households in project and nonproject areas, spanning 10 years. A double-difference estimator of the program's impact (on top of pre-existing governmental programs) reveals sizeable short-term income gains that were mostly saved. Only modest gains to mean consumption emerged in the longer term-in rough accord with the gain to permanent income. Certain types of households gained more than others. The educated poor were under-covered by the community-based selection process-greatly reducing overall impact. The main results are robust to corrections for various sources of selection bias, including village targeting and interference due to spillover effects generated by the response of local governments to the external aid. 2012-05-29T18:54:03Z 2012-05-29T18:54:03Z 2008-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9049219/lasting-impacts-aid-poor-areas-evidence-rural-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6590 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4084 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific China |