A multifaceted program causes lasting progress for the very poor: Evidence from six countries
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Attacking the problem of extreme poverty: A persistent concern about wellintentioned efforts to improve living standards for the 1.2 billion people who survive (if it can be called that) on less than $1.25 US per day is figuring out what works. A second concern is figuring out whether what works in one setting can be made to work in another. Banerjee et al. describe encouraging results from a set of pilot projects in Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, India, Pakistan, and Peru encompassing 11,000 households. Each project provided short-term aid and longer-term support to help participants graduate to a sustainable level of existence. Science , this issue 10.1126/science.1260799
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- Authors
- Banerjee, A., Duflo, E., Goldberg, N., Karlan, D., Osei, R., Parienté, W., Shapiro, J., Thuysbaert, B., & Udry, C.
- Affiliations
- Center for Economic and Policy Research (US)
- Innovations for Poverty Action (US)
- University of Ghana (GH)
- Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (US)
- Princeton University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Karlan, Dean
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2015-05-15
- Volume
- 348
- Issue
- 6236
- Pages
- 1260799-1260799
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2152792807
- Cited by
- 1,075
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 80 · 2025: 80 · 2024: 80 · 2023: 91 · 2022: 107 · 2021: 113 · 2020: 135 · 2019: 99 · 2018: 103 · 2017: 83 · 2016: 72 · 2015: 27 · 2014: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 231.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Digital Access to Libraries (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Ford Foundation
- U.S. Agency for International Development
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Business and International Management › Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Keywords
- very poor households, self-employment training, health education, psychosocial well-being, cost-effectiveness, program sustainability, livelihoods, randomized controlled trials
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