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  3. Financial Incentives for Transform Attendance (Working Paper)

A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Impact of Small Cash Incentives on
Attendance in Poverty Alleviation Program in the Philippines

  • By Job Wahiman
  • 12 September 2025

Overview

This randomized controlled trial evaluated the impact of small financial incentives (USD 2 per participant) on attendance in International Care Ministries’ Transform program. The study compared a Transform Only Control arm against two intervention arms with financial incentives: individual USD 2 cash grants (Transform with Individual Cash Grants) and savings group grants — pooled USD 40 grants shared within a savings group, equalling about USD 2 per participant (Transform with Savings Group Grants). The study included 9,300 participants across 310 Philippine communities.

 

This RCT was funded by the Global Innovation Fund.

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