Proyectos
Payment mechanisms and anti-poverty programs: evidence from a mobile money cash transfer experiment in Niger

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Around the world, there has been an exponential growth in cash-based interventions, especially unconditional cash transfer programs. This context presents an unprecedented opportunity to increase financial inclusion using a new payment channel, which can decrease operating costs, improve security and increase outreach. This replication study will evaluate the original authors’ results through push-button replication and pure replication. In addition, it will expand its analysis in order to evaluate if the impact of Zap intervention on diet diversity is different in younger or more educated beneficiaries.  Finally, the replication study will elaborate on the nutritional evaluation based on stunting and wasting diagnosis for children under 5 defined by the WHO.

Fecha de inicio: 01/10/2017
Fecha final: 31/12/2018
Estado DGI: Cerrado
Instituciones Investigadoras:
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
CISEPA

Instituciones Financiadoras:
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation