Pub Date : 2021-07-03DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2021.1953569
Kefei Han, Jing Tan
ABSTRACT This paper aims to identify whether neighbors would influence the rural household’s decision on commercial health insurance purchase by using a representative sample in west China. We applied an instrumental variable (IV) approach to measure the neighborhood effect, run multiple robustness checks and several heterogeneity analyses. The empirical results find that as neighbors' commercial health insurance purchases increase one unit, the focal family’s possibility of purchase would increase by 0.420 units. These results may have some implications for policy-makers to develop the health insurance industry in rural areas more effectively.
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Pub Date : 2021-05-26DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2021.1924834
Jeffrey R. Bloem, Rashmita Gandhe
ABSTRACT Can changes in psychological well-being lead to changes in economic well-being? Across many settings, the view that inexpensive psychological interventions can lead to meaningful change in economic well-being has become popular. Examining data from participants of a multifaceted program in the Philippines we find that program participants experience (i) positive changes in income and expenditures, (ii) relatively large changes in measures of psychological well-being, but that (iii) these changes in psychological well-being do not mediate changes in economic well-being. This suggests, at least in the short-term, that changes in psychological attributes may have small effects on measures of economic well-being.
{"title":"Does psychological well-being mediate economic well-being? short-term evidence from a multifaceted program in the Philippines","authors":"Jeffrey R. Bloem, Rashmita Gandhe","doi":"10.1080/19439342.2021.1924834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2021.1924834","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Can changes in psychological well-being lead to changes in economic well-being? Across many settings, the view that inexpensive psychological interventions can lead to meaningful change in economic well-being has become popular. Examining data from participants of a multifaceted program in the Philippines we find that program participants experience (i) positive changes in income and expenditures, (ii) relatively large changes in measures of psychological well-being, but that (iii) these changes in psychological well-being do not mediate changes in economic well-being. This suggests, at least in the short-term, that changes in psychological attributes may have small effects on measures of economic well-being.","PeriodicalId":46384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Development Effectiveness","volume":"60 1","pages":"292 - 308"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76663081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-03DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2021.1928734
H. Cust, Harriet Jones, T. Powell-Jackson, A. Lépine, Rosalba Radice
ABSTRACT We document the extent to which economic shocks through economic incentives explain HIV transmission through risky sexual behaviours in LMICs. We include 35 papers containing 31 unique negative and 11 unique positive economic shocks combined with over 320 health and risky sex outcomes. We find a diverse literature with varying empirical approaches showing increases in risky sexual behaviours are more sensitive to negative shocks than decreases are to positive shocks. Those already at risk of engaging in transactional sex are particularly vulnerable to increasing risky behaviours. Protecting against negative shocks is likely to most effective in preventing HIV transmission.
{"title":"Economic shocks and risky sexual behaviours in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of the literature","authors":"H. Cust, Harriet Jones, T. Powell-Jackson, A. Lépine, Rosalba Radice","doi":"10.1080/19439342.2021.1928734","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2021.1928734","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We document the extent to which economic shocks through economic incentives explain HIV transmission through risky sexual behaviours in LMICs. We include 35 papers containing 31 unique negative and 11 unique positive economic shocks combined with over 320 health and risky sex outcomes. We find a diverse literature with varying empirical approaches showing increases in risky sexual behaviours are more sensitive to negative shocks than decreases are to positive shocks. Those already at risk of engaging in transactional sex are particularly vulnerable to increasing risky behaviours. Protecting against negative shocks is likely to most effective in preventing HIV transmission.","PeriodicalId":46384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Development Effectiveness","volume":"5 1","pages":"166 - 203"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84192382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-03DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2021.1928733
A. Garbero
ABSTRACT Through Alignment, Attribution and intelligent Aggregation, the three core principles forming the basis of Agency-Wide Performance Measurement Systems, performance measurement systems that use impact assessments can make serious contribution to both accountability and lesson-learning. In this paper, we argue that Agencies would benefit by adding a fourth principle, namely ‘externally-valid extrapolation’, since Agencies should be concerned about obtaining rigorous impacts estimates that can be conducive to aggregate impact predictions. Extrapolation essentially means determining a metric of aggregate development effectiveness. Ensuring externally valid extrapolation requires that this metric is estimated based on a sufficiently large set of internally valid studies accompanied by an impact assessment research programme conceived within a framework that maximises external validity at portfolio level. We show how as part of the first impact assessment initiative at IFAD, which dates back to 2012, a methodology was devised to measure and project aggregate development effectiveness at portfolio level.
{"title":"Aggregate development effectiveness and externally-valid extrapolation: a fourth principle for Agency-Wide Performance Measurement Systems?","authors":"A. Garbero","doi":"10.1080/19439342.2021.1928733","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2021.1928733","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Through Alignment, Attribution and intelligent Aggregation, the three core principles forming the basis of Agency-Wide Performance Measurement Systems, performance measurement systems that use impact assessments can make serious contribution to both accountability and lesson-learning. In this paper, we argue that Agencies would benefit by adding a fourth principle, namely ‘externally-valid extrapolation’, since Agencies should be concerned about obtaining rigorous impacts estimates that can be conducive to aggregate impact predictions. Extrapolation essentially means determining a metric of aggregate development effectiveness. Ensuring externally valid extrapolation requires that this metric is estimated based on a sufficiently large set of internally valid studies accompanied by an impact assessment research programme conceived within a framework that maximises external validity at portfolio level. We show how as part of the first impact assessment initiative at IFAD, which dates back to 2012, a methodology was devised to measure and project aggregate development effectiveness at portfolio level.","PeriodicalId":46384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Development Effectiveness","volume":"10 1","pages":"117 - 144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81628702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-03DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2021.1924835
M. d’Errico, O. Ngesa, Rebecca Pietrelli
ABSTRACT People living in contexts affected by conflict suffer from many forms of deprivation. Failure in the delivery of assistance can translate into the further deterioration of their conditions. This paper combines a geo-referenced household dataset collected in South Sudan in 2017 with information on conflict events from the ACLED. The collection of data in areas extensively affected by violence fills an important gap in the literature. We analyse conflict exposure and test the link with humanitarian assistance. We find that people living in high-intensity conflict areas received less assistance. We suggest social elites and marginalisation as a possible explanation.
{"title":"Assistance in chronic conflict areas: evidence from South Sudan","authors":"M. d’Errico, O. Ngesa, Rebecca Pietrelli","doi":"10.1080/19439342.2021.1924835","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2021.1924835","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT People living in contexts affected by conflict suffer from many forms of deprivation. Failure in the delivery of assistance can translate into the further deterioration of their conditions. This paper combines a geo-referenced household dataset collected in South Sudan in 2017 with information on conflict events from the ACLED. The collection of data in areas extensively affected by violence fills an important gap in the literature. We analyse conflict exposure and test the link with humanitarian assistance. We find that people living in high-intensity conflict areas received less assistance. We suggest social elites and marginalisation as a possible explanation.","PeriodicalId":46384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Development Effectiveness","volume":"57 1","pages":"145 - 165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88416666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-03DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2021.1905048
S. Garz, E. Perova
ABSTRACT We evaluate the impacts of a road rehabilitation workfare project in Nicaragua. Our results reveal that the substitution of labour-intensive manual paving of dirt roads for commercial paving technology did not undermine the primary goal of increasing access to a paved road, which grew by 16.4 percentage points. The project did not increase overall employment, but was associated with an increase in working as a labourer; though, we do not find specific substitution away from agriculture or self-employment as identified in other work. We also find impacts on education and health, extending similar findings from African and Asian regions.
{"title":"Prioritising job creation without undermining public works construction among road improvement projects in rural Nicaragua","authors":"S. Garz, E. Perova","doi":"10.1080/19439342.2021.1905048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2021.1905048","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We evaluate the impacts of a road rehabilitation workfare project in Nicaragua. Our results reveal that the substitution of labour-intensive manual paving of dirt roads for commercial paving technology did not undermine the primary goal of increasing access to a paved road, which grew by 16.4 percentage points. The project did not increase overall employment, but was associated with an increase in working as a labourer; though, we do not find specific substitution away from agriculture or self-employment as identified in other work. We also find impacts on education and health, extending similar findings from African and Asian regions.","PeriodicalId":46384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Development Effectiveness","volume":"28 1","pages":"224 - 245"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85329768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-04DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2020.1853793
C. Ragasa, Diston Mzungu, K. Kalagho, Cynthia Kazembe
ABSTRACT This article contributes new empirical evidence on the impact of interactive radio programming on agricultural technology adoption and crop diversification in Malawi. It uses a nationally representative household panel data, complemented by 52 focus group discussions. Radio programming is the preferred source of agricultural and nutrition advice among the rural population. Radio programming has strong positive impact on technology awareness, but a limited impact on actual adoption of most agricultural practices being promoted. Other components of the interactive programming – listening clubs and call-in services – have limited coverage and effectiveness to date.
{"title":"Impact of interactive radio programming on agricultural technology adoption and crop diversification in Malawi","authors":"C. Ragasa, Diston Mzungu, K. Kalagho, Cynthia Kazembe","doi":"10.1080/19439342.2020.1853793","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2020.1853793","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article contributes new empirical evidence on the impact of interactive radio programming on agricultural technology adoption and crop diversification in Malawi. It uses a nationally representative household panel data, complemented by 52 focus group discussions. Radio programming is the preferred source of agricultural and nutrition advice among the rural population. Radio programming has strong positive impact on technology awareness, but a limited impact on actual adoption of most agricultural practices being promoted. Other components of the interactive programming – listening clubs and call-in services – have limited coverage and effectiveness to date.","PeriodicalId":46384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Development Effectiveness","volume":"75 1","pages":"204 - 223"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86060673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2021.1874481
Viviane Azevedo, Lucas Figal Garone, A. Maffioli, Liliana Olarte Rodriguez
ABSTRACT This study assesses the impacts of acquiring a credit card offered by a non-financial company in Colombia. The card, which is mainly targeted at low-income and unbanked individuals, can be used to fund home improvements and purchase home and personal goods in selected stores. We find that access to the credit card fostered financial inclusion and improved households’ standard of living and well-being. Beneficiaries were more likely to obtain financing through credit cards and increased their total debt and expenses in credit repayments while reducing the likelihood of borrowing from informal credit sources. However, we find no effect on accessing credit from the traditional financial sector. Acquiring the card also increased the likelihood of making key home improvements and purchasing certain expensive time-saving durables. Finally, the household’s saving capacity increased, which signals an improvement in economic well-being and shows that the debt repayment is manageable.
{"title":"Credit cards issued by non-financial companies: an alternative tool for financial inclusion and economic development?","authors":"Viviane Azevedo, Lucas Figal Garone, A. Maffioli, Liliana Olarte Rodriguez","doi":"10.1080/19439342.2021.1874481","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2021.1874481","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study assesses the impacts of acquiring a credit card offered by a non-financial company in Colombia. The card, which is mainly targeted at low-income and unbanked individuals, can be used to fund home improvements and purchase home and personal goods in selected stores. We find that access to the credit card fostered financial inclusion and improved households’ standard of living and well-being. Beneficiaries were more likely to obtain financing through credit cards and increased their total debt and expenses in credit repayments while reducing the likelihood of borrowing from informal credit sources. However, we find no effect on accessing credit from the traditional financial sector. Acquiring the card also increased the likelihood of making key home improvements and purchasing certain expensive time-saving durables. Finally, the household’s saving capacity increased, which signals an improvement in economic well-being and shows that the debt repayment is manageable.","PeriodicalId":46384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Development Effectiveness","volume":"5 1","pages":"47 - 83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82472820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2021.1884119
Fabio Pietrapiana, J. Feria‐Dominguez, A. Troncoso
ABSTRACT In this paper, we analyse the main factors explaining the profitability (ROA) of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Peru from 2011 to 2107. We apply three wrapper techniques to asample of 168 Peruvians MFIs and 69 attributes obtained from MIX Market database. After running the algorithms M5ʹ, knearest neighbours (KNN) and Random Forest, we find that the M5ʹ algorithm provides the best fit for predicting ROA. Particularly, the key variable of the regression tree is the percentage of expenses over assets and, depending on its value, it is followed by net income after taxes and before donations, or profit margins.
{"title":"Applying wrapper-based variable selection techniques to predict MFIs profitability: evidence from Peru","authors":"Fabio Pietrapiana, J. Feria‐Dominguez, A. Troncoso","doi":"10.1080/19439342.2021.1884119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2021.1884119","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In this paper, we analyse the main factors explaining the profitability (ROA) of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Peru from 2011 to 2107. We apply three wrapper techniques to asample of 168 Peruvians MFIs and 69 attributes obtained from MIX Market database. After running the algorithms M5ʹ, knearest neighbours (KNN) and Random Forest, we find that the M5ʹ algorithm provides the best fit for predicting ROA. Particularly, the key variable of the regression tree is the percentage of expenses over assets and, depending on its value, it is followed by net income after taxes and before donations, or profit margins.","PeriodicalId":46384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Development Effectiveness","volume":"20 1","pages":"84 - 99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80413917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2021.1876139
Xiaochen Ma, Huan Wang, Yaojiang Shi, S. Sylvia, Lei Wang, Yiwei Qian, S. Rozelle
ABSTRACT This paper examines the external validity of health intervention by comparing the impacts of providing free eyeglasses on the educational performance of nearsighted children in two settings: rural public schools in Western China and urban private migrant schools in Eastern China. The intervention significantly improves educational outcomes by 0.14 standard deviations in math in rural public schools but not in private migrant schools. The difference in measured impacts is due in part to lower quality schooling in migrant schools in Eastern China. Our findings show that only when school is providing a quality education, health interventions might increase student learnings.
{"title":"Improving learning by improving vision: evidence from two randomized controlled trials of providing vision care in China","authors":"Xiaochen Ma, Huan Wang, Yaojiang Shi, S. Sylvia, Lei Wang, Yiwei Qian, S. Rozelle","doi":"10.1080/19439342.2021.1876139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2021.1876139","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper examines the external validity of health intervention by comparing the impacts of providing free eyeglasses on the educational performance of nearsighted children in two settings: rural public schools in Western China and urban private migrant schools in Eastern China. The intervention significantly improves educational outcomes by 0.14 standard deviations in math in rural public schools but not in private migrant schools. The difference in measured impacts is due in part to lower quality schooling in migrant schools in Eastern China. Our findings show that only when school is providing a quality education, health interventions might increase student learnings.","PeriodicalId":46384,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Development Effectiveness","volume":"47 1","pages":"1 - 26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76423937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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