Research Team: Robin Burgess, Oriana Bandiera, Anton Heil, Jyoti Mukhopadhyay

Funded By: India Sustainable Growth Hub (ISGH)

Description: This project tackles urban poverty in rapidly urbanising Bihar, India, by adapting the Graduation Approach to the Satat Jeevikoparjan Yojana programme. In partnership with JEEViKA, it refines livelihood strategies using household data and field experiments, focusing on municipal employment and cooperatives while laying the groundwork for a randomised controlled trial.