Impact and spill-over effects of an asset transfer program on child undernutrition: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Bangladesh
This article was published in The Journal of Health Economics [©2018 Published by Elsevier B.V.] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.09.011 The Article's website is at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S016762961730721X?via%3Dih...
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10361-162862022-03-27T05:16:04Z Impact and spill-over effects of an asset transfer program on child undernutrition: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Bangladesh Raza, Wameq A de Poel, Ellen Van Ourti, Tom Van BRAC Institute of Governance and Development Bangladesh Cash-transfer program Child nutrition Graduation approach Randomized control trial Spill-over effects Ultra-poverty This article was published in The Journal of Health Economics [©2018 Published by Elsevier B.V.] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.09.011 The Article's website is at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S016762961730721X?via%3Dihub Targeting the Ultra-poor (TUP) is an integrated programme that combines the transfer of income-generating assets and multifaceted training on entrepreneurship, health-nutrition, and social awareness over a two-year period to graduate ultra-poor with mainstream poverty. While positive socioeconomic effects and spill-over effects are well-documented, this is the first paper to evaluate the effects of the programme on nutritional outcomes of under-5 children using data from a randomized control trial over a four-year period. We find notable improvements in nutritional outcomes of children in participating households. TUP is further seen to improve food-security, sanitation and duration of exclusive-breastfeeding. Nutrition status of children living in poor non-participant households are also positively affected though no effects were found on children from non-poor households. We conclude that programmes that combine asset transfer with multifaceted training such as TUP can have significant long-term positive health effects. Published 2022-02-22T03:43:25Z 2022-02-22T03:43:25Z 2018 2018-10-10 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/10361/16286 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.09.011 en_US https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S016762961730721X?via%3Dihub Journal of Health Economics Elsevier |
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This article was published in The Journal of Health Economics [©2018 Published by Elsevier B.V.] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.09.011 The Article's website is at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S016762961730721X?via%3Dihub |
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Impact and spill-over effects of an asset transfer program on child undernutrition: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Bangladesh |
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Impact and spill-over effects of an asset transfer program on child undernutrition: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Bangladesh |
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Impact and spill-over effects of an asset transfer program on child undernutrition: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Bangladesh |
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impact and spill-over effects of an asset transfer program on child undernutrition: evidence from a randomized control trial in bangladesh |
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