In this paper we test whether poor households use cash transfers from the government to invest in income generating activities.
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Research Associate
Marta is a Research Associate, working at the Centre for Evaluation of Development Policies at IFS and at the Inter-American Development.
UC Berkeley
Sebastian Martinez
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- World Bank
Suggested citation
P, Gertler and S, Martinez and M, Rubio Codina. (2006). Investing cash transfers to raise long term living standards. London: World Bank. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/investing-cash-transfers-raise-long-term-living-standards (accessed: 25 April 2024).
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