Table 1.

Village characteristis

	Mean (GOV)	Mean (NGO)	Diff.
Number of households in the village	137.5	169.5	−32.05 (33.72)
Prop. of literate population in the village	0.757	0.782	−0.0250 (0.0514)
Prop. of villages with agriculture as main livelihood	0.864	0.909	−0.0455 (0.0977)
Prop. of villages with livestock as main livelihood	0.364	0.455	−0.0909 (0.151)
Prop. of villages with casual labour as main livelihood	0.909	0.909	0 (0.0887)
Prop. of villages in dry-land farming low land	0.455	0.455	0 (0.154)
Prop. of villages reachable by car in all weather	0.727	0.591	0.136 (0.145)
Prop. of villages that have electricity (grid)	0.227	0.136	0.0909 (0.118)
Prop. of villages with primary school	0.545	0.591	−0.0455 (0.153)
Prop. of villages with local market	0.909	0.955	−0.0455 (0.0775)
Average distance to large market (km)	34.45	36.59	−2.136 (6.360)
Average distance to small market (km)	24	29	−5 (4.800)
Prop. of villages with a health facility	0.182	0.182	0 (0.119)
Prop. of villages that have a midwife	0.227	0.273	−0.0455 (0.133)
Prop. of villages without any water shortage	0.364	0.364	0 (0.148)

Notes: The table presents the balance check of village characteristics for government (GOV) and NGO cash delivery model. Data are from the 2016 census data collection. ***P <0.01, **P <0.05, *P <0.1. The sample includes all villages: 22 from GOV and 22 from NGO.