Abstract
Social protection programs are needed more than ever during periods of social upheaval, but are also likely to be even harder to implement successfully. Furthermore, social upheaval makes measuring the impact of such policies all the more difficult. We study the impact of a multi-faceted social protection program, often referred to as a “Graduation” model program, in Yemen during a period of civil unrest. We are unable to measure outcomes for four years, thus much remains unknown about what transpired in the intermediary time. After four years we find positive impacts on savings behavior and asset accumulation, albeit substantially less than the amount the household originally received.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 102780 |
| Journal | Journal of Development Economics |
| Volume | 155 |
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| State | Published - Mar 2022 |
Funding
We thank Nate Barker, Caton Brewster, Callan Corcoran, Sami Horn, Hideto Koizumi, and Lalchand Luhana for excellent research assistance, and Nathanael Goldberg and Rachel Strohm for research management. We thank in particular Matt Lowes for coordinating the field work and project management in Yemen. We also thank the Social Fund for Development and the Social Welfare Fund for their partnership (in particular Lamis Al-Iryani, Arafat Alsalhy, Osama Al Shami, and Doaa Bahubaish); Essam Al-Fadhli and Husam Al-Sharjabi from Apex Consulting; Aude de Montesquiou, Syed Hashemi, and Mohammed Khaled at CGAP for their collaboration on data collection on implementation, as well as the Ford Foundation (in particular, Frank deGiovanni) and the UK Department for International Development for funding support. IRB approval from Yale University #1006006972. All errors and opinions are our own. We thank Nate Barker, Caton Brewster, Callan Corcoran, Sami Horn, Hideto Koizumi, and Lalchand Luhana for excellent research assistance, and Nathanael Goldberg and Rachel Strohm for research management. We thank in particular Matt Lowes for coordinating the field work and project management in Yemen. We also thank the Social Fund for Development and the Social Welfare Fund for their partnership (in particular Lamis Al-Iryani, Arafat Alsalhy, Osama Al Shami, and Doaa Bahubaish); Essam Al-Fadhli and Husam Al-Sharjabi from Apex Consulting; Aude de Montesquiou, Syed Hashemi, and Mohammed Khaled at CGAP for their collaboration on data collection on implementation, as well as the Ford Foundation (in particular, Frank deGiovanni) and the UK Department for International Development for funding support. IRB approval from Yale University #1006006972. All errors and opinions are our own.
Keywords
- Conflict
- Poverty
- Social protection
- Transfer programs
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Development
- Economics and Econometrics
