Literature on the effect of cash grant
Randomized controlled trial experiments have been conducted to examine the effect of receiving a non-trivial amount of cash grant to relieve the capital constraint. In the Ultra Poor (TUP) project in Bangladesh from 2007 to 2011,
In a randomized trial control conducted in Tanzania,
In connection to alleviating capital constraints,
In an experiment conducted by

In summary, those studies demonstrate the positive impact of unconditional cash transfers on self-employment and promoting small-scale entrepreneurship in developing countries. However, the positive effects depends on additional elements such as gender, frequency and amount of cash transfers, and the inclusion of other initiatives such as business training. Furthermore, based on the obtained results, despite all the conditions being the same, the outcome among female recipients was less clear than male recipients, suggesting the more significant influence of gender differences affecting the return of unconditional cash transfers.