Cash or Food Transfers with BCC - Physical Violence down 26%

Fri, 05/27/2022 - 07:43

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Strategy researched

Cash or food transfers with behaviour change communication (BCC)

Impact achieved

6-7 percentage point reduction in physical violence in the transfer + BCC group (26% decrease relative to the mean of the control group).

Country of study

Bangladesh

Research methodology

2 cluster RCTs with 5,000 households

Journal

The Review of Economics and Statistics; 2019

Journal paper title and link

Transfers, Behavior Change Communication, and Intimate Partner Violence: Postprogram Evidence from Rural Bangladesh

Excerpt from Abstract

"Six to ten months postprogram, IPV did not differ between women receiving transfers and a control group; however, women receiving transfers with BCC experienced 26% less physical violence. Evidence on mechanisms suggests sustained effects of BCC on women's “threat points,” men's social costs of violence, and household well-being."

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