"while there were large economic gains for recipients (targeted as the poorest), gains for non-recipients were so substantial that the gap between the poorest and least-poor within villages widened slightly." Now that is a novel result!
Publicising that might be a way of overcoming the resistance of the large number of people who are mainly interested in their own relative status, and so dislike giving assistance to the poorest members of society. If you can show people that yes this intervention will help the poorest but it will help you more then those concerned mostly with their own relative status might be more likely to back it.
Publicising that might be a way of overcoming the resistance of the large number of people who are mainly interested in their own relative status, and so dislike giving assistance to the poorest members of society. If you can show people that yes this intervention will help the poorest but it will help you more then those concerned mostly with their own relative status might be more likely to back it.