Aspiring to more? New evidence on the effect of a light-touch aspirations intervention in rural Ethiopia

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dc.creatorLeight, Jessica
dc.creatorGilligan, Daniel O.
dc.creatorMulford, Michael
dc.creatorTaffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum
dc.creatorTambet, Heleene
dc.date2021-12-08
dc.date2024-05-22T12:14:17Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:14:17Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:14:41Z
dc.descriptionA growing literature in economics has analyzed the effects of psychological interventions designed to boost individual aspirations as a strategy to increase investments with long-term returns and thus reduce poverty. This paper reports on a randomized controlled trial evaluating a short video-based intervention designed to increase aspirations of adults in poor rural Ethiopian households, all of whom are beneficiaries of the Productive Safety Net Program, the main government safety net program in Ethiopia. Evidence from a sample of 5258 adults from 3220 households is consistent with the hypothesis that there is no evidence that the aspirations treatment had any significant effects on self-reported aspirations for the household, educational investment in children, or savings nine months post-treatment, suggesting that the effect of light-touch aspirations treatments for extremely poor adults may be limited in this context.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143458
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/98708
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143737
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147203
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143065
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133942
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133748
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133656
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134901
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134961
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceLeight, Jessica; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Mulford, Michael; Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum; and Tambet, Heleene. 2021. Aspiring to more? New evidence on the effect of a light-touch aspirations intervention in rural Ethiopia. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2070. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134858.
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectinvestment
dc.subjectpoverty alleviation
dc.subjectcapacity development
dc.subjectaspirations
dc.subjectsocial safety nets
dc.subjectrural areas
dc.titleAspiring to more? New evidence on the effect of a light-touch aspirations intervention in rural Ethiopia
dc.typeWorking Paper

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