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Can transfers and complementary nutrition programming reduce intimate partner violence four years post-program? Experimental evidence from Bangladesh

Shalini Roy, Melissa Hidrobo, John Hoddinott, Bastien Koch and Akhter Ahmed
Published online before print June 10, 2022, 0720-11014R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0720-11014R2
Shalini Roy
aPoverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC, USA;
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Melissa Hidrobo
bPoverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI, Dakar, Senegal;
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John Hoddinott
cDivision of Nutrition Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA;
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Bastien Koch
aPoverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC, USA;
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Akhter Ahmed
dPoverty, Health, and Nutrition Division, IFPRI, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Abstract

Little is known about whether reductions in intimate partner violence (IPV) from transfer programs persist. Using a randomized controlled trial, we find that women in rural Bangladesh who received cash transfers with complementary nutrition programming (including group-based training, home visits, and community meetings) experienced sustained reductions in IPV four years after the program ended. Neither cash transfers alone, nor food transfers with or without complementary nutrition programming, showed sustained impacts on IPV. Evidence suggests that cash with complementary nutrition programming sustained IPV reductions through persistent increases in women’s bargaining power, costs to men of perpetrating violence, and men’s emotional well-being.

Keywords:
  • Cash transfers
  • food transfers
  • behavior change communication
  • intimate partner violence
  • social protection
  • gender
  • sustainability
  • Bangladesh
JEL codes:
  • J12
  • D10
  • I38
  • O10
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Shalini Roy, Melissa Hidrobo, John Hoddinott, Bastien Koch, Akhter Ahmed
Journal of Human Resources Jun 2022, 0720-11014R2; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.0720-11014R2

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Can transfers and complementary nutrition programming reduce intimate partner violence four years post-program? Experimental evidence from Bangladesh
Shalini Roy, Melissa Hidrobo, John Hoddinott, Bastien Koch, Akhter Ahmed
Journal of Human Resources Jun 2022, 0720-11014R2; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.0720-11014R2
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