This report evaluates four components of an agricultural intervention in Armenia, the Water-to-Market Activity. It assesses on-farm water management, high-value agriculture training, credit to qualifying farmers, institutional training, and post-harvest processing and marketing.

This working paper used a randomized controlled trial to estimate the effectiveness of a U.S. government-funded farmer assistance program that trained more than 50,000 farmers throughout Armenia. Training did not increase household income or consumption, or affect mediating outcomes, such as...

Based on four rounds of annual follow-up surveys with an early group of NJ TANF recipients, this brief can help inform recent policy debates related to welfare and marriage. The study found that marriage is relatively rare for TANF recipients, with only about 1 in 10 married and living with a...