Duration: May 2014 – December 2017

Goal

This is a research-based project that seeks to disentangle the importance of physical (livestock) assets relative to human and social capital provision of social protection designed to permanently increase resiliency and improve nutritional and economic outcomes for the persistent poverty in Nepal and tests the hypothesis that social capital augments welfare impacts of livestock transfers. The goal of this project is to improve the livelihood of rural households and bring beneficiaries out of poverty and vulnerability and provide evidence-based recommendation for future project designing.