Direct and Indirect Effects of Malawi's Public Works Program on Food Security

• Tác giả: Emanuela Galasso
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 916.89 Geography of and travel in Africa
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2015
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 322608
• Chủ đề: 1. HONEY; 2. HOUSEHOLD SIZE; 3. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; 4. PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION; 5. SORGHUM

Tóm tắt

Labor-intensive public works programs are important social protection tools in low-income settings, intended to supplement income of poor households and improve public infrastructure. In this evaluation of the Malawi Social Action Fund, an at-scale, government-operated program, across- and within-village randomization is used to estimate effects on food security and use of fertilizer. There is no evidence that the program improves food security, and some negative spillovers to untreated households. These disappointing results hold even under modifications to the design of the program to offer work during the lean rather than harvest season or increase the frequency of payments.