MPRC Associates study intergenerational poverty through $2.5 million grant
Leonard and Madhavan to study the transmission of poverty across generations in Tanzania
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has awarded a $2.5 million grant to UMD that includes Faculty Associates Kenneth Leonard as principal investigator and Sangeetha Madhavan as co-investigator. Along with colleagues from Tanzania and the World Bank, Leonard and Madhavan will conduct a study in Tanzania to measure the degree to which poverty is transmitted across generations and to describe the process by which the respondents accumulate human capital and respond to shocks. The study will be designed to aid scholars in identifying the gaps in support needed for young adults in sub-Saharan Africa to escape poverty. The NICHD grant will be administered by MPRC.