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Evidence Insight: From Rural Livelihood-Building to Increased Resilience in Nepal

New MRR research from Nepal finds that pandemic-related shocks for rural households coincided with the government-imposed national lockdown and that women who took part in a livelihood-building program before the pandemic were more resilient by being in a stronger financial position.

Report: Evaluation of the Welfare Impacts of a Livestock Transfer Program in Nepal

This report summarizes the impacts of a 2014-2018 RCT in Nepal in partnership with Heifer International to test the impacts of a livestock transfer and training program seeking to help the rural poor, particularly women, achieve a stable, independent and growing income.

Policy Brief: Fertilizer Recommendations and In-kind Subsidies Increase Uptake and Yields among Maize Farmers in Mexico

The experimental treatments improved yields despite adverse climactic conditions, particularly for farmers who were more productive before the study began.

Policy Brief: A Livestock Transfer and Training Program Increases Women's Empowerment and Financial Inclusion in Nepal

Women who participated in the SLVC livestock transfer program experienced greater financial inclusion and empowerment compared to women who did not participate.

Success Story: How Considering Aspirations Can Shape Better Development Interventions and Policy

A deeper understanding of what causes the poor to be reluctant to plan, save and invest in their future may provide valuable insights into designing interventions that address the source of the problem, not just the symptoms, to create lasting change.

Spotlight: Studying the Impact of Post-earthquake Interest Free Loans on Resilience in Nepal

In the wake of the earthquake, Heifer Nepal deployed a 3-fold response: immediate relief, livestock-related relief, and implementation of a revolving fund that established interest free loans to affected Heifer beneficiaries.

Policy Brief: Evidence of a Land Transfer Program's Impacts on Poverty in South Africa

Compared to cash transfers, where it is possible to simply give the poor target population money, asset transfers are clearly more complicated and have more limited scope since not everyone can be a successful small-scale farmer.

Resumo de Política: Subsídios Temporários De Insumos Têm Impactos Permanentes Na Adopção De Tecnologias E Na Redução Da Pobreza Em Moçambique

Diante destes argumentos, a questão ultimamente tem sido se subsídios inteligentes e temporários podem contribuir para induzir a mudança tecnológica e reduzir a pobreza em áreas de baixa produtividade agrícola, como o centro de Moçambique.

Policy Brief: Temporary Input Subsidies Have Lasting Impacts on Technology Adoption and Poverty in Mozambique

Given these results and the learning that followed from them, it is perhaps not surprising that farmers continued to utilize fertilizers well after the expiration of the short-term subsidy experiment.

Policy Brief: Who Owns the Land? Perspectives from Uganda

Both men and women report a relatively high degree of joint ownership of land, even though women’s names are rarely on the official documents and women may lose rights to land if their marriage dissolves.