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Poverty and empowerment impacts of the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project: Evidence from a Mixed-Methods Cluster-Randomized Trial |
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doi:10.7910/DVN/LEP9KF |
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Harvard Dataverse |
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Date of Distribution: |
2017-06-29 |
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Bibliographic Citation: |
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2017, "Poverty and empowerment impacts of the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project: Evidence from a Mixed-Methods Cluster-Randomized Trial", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEP9KF, Harvard Dataverse, V1 |
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Citation |
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Title: |
Poverty and empowerment impacts of the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project: Evidence from a Mixed-Methods Cluster-Randomized Trial |
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Identification Number: |
doi:10.7910/DVN/LEP9KF |
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Authoring Entity: |
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) |
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Other identifications and acknowledgements: |
Vivian Hoffmann |
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Other identifications and acknowledgements: |
Biju Rao |
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Other identifications and acknowledgements: |
Paromita Sanyal |
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Other identifications and acknowledgements: |
Vaishnavi Surendra |
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Producer: |
International Food Policy Research Institue (IFPRI) |
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Distributor: |
Harvard Dataverse |
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Distributor: |
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) |
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IFPRI-Data |
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Depositor: |
IFPRI-KM |
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Date of Deposit: |
2017-06-21 |
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Series Name: |
Household- and Community-level Surveys |
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Holdings Information: |
https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LEP9KF |
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Keywords: |
Social Sciences, Other, cluster-randomized trial, Poverty and empowerment impact, India |
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Abstract: |
This study documents the impact of a government-sponsored livelihoods project using a mixed methods approach within a cluster-randomized trial. Key features of the project were the formation of women’s self-help groups, and the provision of low-cost credit through these groups. The intervention led to a dramatic increase in self-help group membership and take-up of credit through these groups, and a corresponding decline in the use of informal credit. A reduction in average informal lending interest rates was also observed. Two years after initiation of the program, significant positive impacts on asset ownership among landless households were apparent. Impacts on various indicators of women’s empowerment were mixed, and showed no clear direction when aggregated, nor was there any impact on consumption value. Given the reduction in debt service costs achieved both directly through substitution into lower-cost sources of credit and the reduction in informal interest rates, impacts of the intervention on household welfare are expected to continue to accrue over time. |
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2011-07-01-2015-12-31 |
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Date of Collection: |
2011-01-01-2015-12-31 |
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<h1> IFPRI DATAVERSE TERMS OF USE </h1> By using this website and any of the materials made available through it, you agree to abide by the Terms of Use of IFPRI Dataverse. The datasets and documents in this study are licensed under <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a>. |
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Other Study Description Materials |
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Jeevika draft final report_June2.docx |
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Project report |
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application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document |
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Jeevika_Public.do |
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Replication of main paper results and balance tables |
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application/x-stata-syntax |
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Public_household.dta |
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application/x-stata |
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Public_village.dta |
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application/x-stata |