Building financial resilience in the context of deprivation: experimental evidence from a family financial literacy and parenting programme in South Africa

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Background:

Living in poverty exposes individuals to multiple risks. These include food insecurity, restricted access to educational, financial, and medical institutions, vulnerability to income shocks, indebtedness, and poor mental health. In response, many development programmes seek to build financial resilience among the poor by helping them build security buffers against emergencies and secure their basic needs with volatile incomes. Popular intervention strategies have...

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Authors: Steinert, J

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford