A multifaceted program causes lasting progress for the very poor: Evidence from six countries

Science

Volumn 348, Issue 6236, 2015, Pages

  Banerjee, Abhijit ^a,b,c   Duflo, Esther ^a,b,c   Goldberg, Nathanael ^d   Karlan, Dean ^a,b,c,d,e   Osei, Robert ^f   Parienté, William ^a,g   Shapiro, Jeremy ^h   Thuysbaert, Bram ^d,i   Udry, Christopher ^a,b,c,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Center for Economic and Policy Research   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^g UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^h PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTEGRATED APPROACH; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TRAINING;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHIOPIA; GHANA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HONDURAS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; LIVELIHOOD PROGRAM; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PAKISTAN; PERU; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84929378459     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1260799     Document Type: Article

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