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The problem
Intervention: Economic-empowerment program consisting of matched savings accounts (1:1 or 1:2 matching ratios), financial workshops, and mentorship for families with primary school-attending AIDS-affected children
Who it was tested with: 1,383 primary school-attending AIDS-affected children and their families in Uganda, randomized to control or two intervention arms.
Children or communities are compared with a group that did not receive the intervention, or followed over years. This is the design that best separates what the intervention did from everything else that changed.
"we examine: 1) whether low-income households enrolled in an economic-empowerment intervention consisting of matched savings, workshops, and mentorship reduced spending on basic needs and 2) how varied levels of matching contributions affected household savings and consumption behavior" with "data from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda." The study uses a rigorous experimental design comparing two intervention conditions with different incentive levels against a control group, measuring outcomes at a defined 24-month endpoint.
The study does not report whether savings were sustained beyond 24 months, actual savings amounts, or effects on specific child outcomes such as health or education.
Across countries and designs
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