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Impacts of conditional cash transfers on fish consumption: Evidence from Tanzania

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Title Impacts of conditional cash transfers on fish consumption: Evidence from Tanzania
 
Creator Montanio, Kyle
Uchida, Emi
Kosec, Katrina
 
Subject cash transfers
fish
fish consumption
poverty reduction
sustainable development
 
Description Poverty reduction and conservation of natural resources are both global goals for sustainable development. However, it is not well understood how interventions to reduce poverty impact coastal communities and the fisheries they depend upon. This study explores the impact of a conditional cash transfer (CCT) program in Tanzania on local fish consumption decisions. To overcome the endogeneity of poverty to dependence on fisheries, we exploit a randomized controlled trial implemented in the initial rollout of the CCT. We allow for heterogeneous impacts based on initial household wealth and find that CCT participation increases demand for the poorest households in our study. We also differentiate by types of fish and find that dagaa—a low-value fish common in Tanzania—is primarily driving changes in fish consumption.
 
Date 2023
2023-10-24T17:20:52Z
2023-10-24T17:20:52Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Montanio, Kyle; Uchida, Emi; and Kosec, Katrina. 2023. Impacts of conditional cash transfers on fish consumption: Evidence from Tanzania. Marine Resource Economics 38(4): 391–411. https://doi.org/10.1086/726027
0738-1360
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132409
https://doi.org/10.1086/726027
 
Language en
 
Relation https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhx001
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.08.020
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2022.102332
https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhac030
Marine Resource Economics
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 391–411
 
Publisher University of Chicago Press
 
Source Marine Resource Economics