The Enduring Impacts of a Big Push during Multiple Crises Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan

Guadalupe Bedoya, Yulia Belyakova, Aidan Coville, Thomas Escande, Mohammad Isaqzadeh and Aminata Ndiaye

ABSTRACT

This paper presents longer-term impacts of the multi-faceted intervention "Targeting the Ultra-Poor" (TUP) program in Afghanistan, after the country went through severe droughts in 2018 and 2021, suffer from escalating violence, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The results contribute to the evidence of multifaceted livelihoods programs in building resilience and maintaining and improving outcomes, despite adverse shocks.