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Office of Population and Reproductive Health (PRH): RTU
Impact on Marriage: Program Assessment of Conditional
Cash Transfers in India (IMPACCT) Project
Agreement Type:
Cooperative Award
Agreement Number:
OAA-A-10-00071
Project Number:
936-3107.10
Duration:
9/10 - 9/15
Geographic Scope:
Worldwide
COR/AOR:
Mihira Karra
Telephone:
(202) 712 - 5934
Fax:
(202) 216 - 3404
Email:
mkarra@usaid.gov
TA:
Megan Matthews
Telephone:
(202) 712 - 1411
Email:
mmatthews@usaid.gov
Activity Director:
Ann Warner
Telephone:
(202) 797 - 0007
Email:
awarner@icrw.org
Purpose
To understand the implementation and impact of a specific cash transfer
program to impact the age of marriage in Haryana, India
Services Provided
This five-year cooperative agreement awarded to the International Council
for Research on Women (ICRW) provides a unique opportunity to evaluate
an ongoing, government run cash transfer program in Haryana, India.
This Government program was started about 16 years ago where parents
of new born girls were give a bond to cash in when the girl turns 18 years
of age and is still unmarried. Several other such programs have since
begun in India. The Haryana program is the first to come to maturity in
a couple of years and presents an opportunity to do a large scale research
study to assess its implementation and impact. The findings of this project
will greatly improve the evidence to date on conditional cash transfer
programs and health impacts, which can then be applied to the Haryana
program, other Indian government programs, and cash transfer programs
around the world.
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Means of Access
Field Support