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Addressing social, psychological and economic barriers helps people out of extreme poverty

Policies that aim to reduce poverty often prioritize economic interventions. We show that a programme that addresses not only financial but also psychological and social barriers is effective at helping extremely poor households in Niger. Our results point to a cost-effective approach for alleviating extreme poverty that can be scaled up using government systems.

This is a summary of: Bossuroy, T et al. Tackling psychosocial and capital constraints to alleviate poverty. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04647-8 (2022).

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01027-0

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