Social protection and sustainable poverty reduction: Experimental evidence from Bangladesh

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dc.creatorAhmed, Akhter
dc.creatorHidrobo, Melissa
dc.creatorHoddinott, John F.
dc.creatorKoch, Bastien
dc.creatorRoy, Shalini
dc.creatorTauseef, Salauddin
dc.date2020-12-01
dc.date2024-05-22T12:15:17Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:15:17Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:35:41Z
dc.descriptionSocial protection programs are primarily focused on influencing household behavior in the short term, increasing consumption to reduce poverty and food insecurity, and promoting investments in human capital. A large body of evidence across numerous settings shows that cash and food transfer programs are highly effective in doing so. However, there is growing interest in understanding the extent to which such programs can help households stay out of poverty in the longer term, specifically after transfers end. We bring new evidence to this question, re-interviewing Bangladeshi households that participated in a well-implemented randomized social protection intervention four years after it ended. We find that combining transfers, either cash or food, with behavior change communication activities sustainably reduced poverty. Cash transfers alone had sustainable effects, but these were context-specific. The beneficial impacts of food transfers did not persist four years after the intervention finished.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143574
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/108870
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133421
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133450
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133420
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134946
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_00791
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179866
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0720-11014R2
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134479
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143094
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAhmed, Akhter; Hidrobo, Melissa; Hoddinott, John F.; Koch, Bastien; Roy, Shalini; and Tauseef, Salauddin. 2020. Social protection and sustainable poverty reduction: Experimental evidence from Bangladesh. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1988. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134221.
dc.subjectpoverty alleviation
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjectsocial protection
dc.subjectfood assistance
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectcash transfers
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectfood aid
dc.subjectpoverty reduction
dc.titleSocial protection and sustainable poverty reduction: Experimental evidence from Bangladesh
dc.typeWorking Paper

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