Social Cash Transfers and Household Welfare: Evidence from Zambia's Oldest Scheme

Can conditional cash transfers improve the uptake of nutrition interventions and household food security? Evidence from Odisha’s Mamata scheme

There is considerable global evidence on the effectiveness of cash transfers in improving health and nutrition outcomes; however, the evidence from South Asia, particularly India, is limited. In the context of India where more than a third of children are undernourished, and where there is considerable under-utilization of health and nutrition interventions, it is opportune to investigate the i...

Social Protection and Cash Transfers

©) was established in 1975 to identify and analyze alternative national and international strategies and policies for meeting food needs of the developing world on a sustainable basis, with particular emphasis on low-income countries and on the poorer groups in those countries. While the research effort is geared to the precise objective of contributing to the reduction of hunger and malnutriti...

Welfare Effects of Unconditonal Cash Transfers: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Kenya: Online Appendix

1 Variables collected 1.1 Household and individual level 1. Assets (a) Movable assets i. Livestock: Sum of all livestock assets owned by respondents in Kenyan Shillings, including cows, small livestock, and birds. ii. Furniture: Value of cupboards, sofas, chairs, tables, clocks, stoves, and beds as self reported in Kenyan Shillings. iii. Agricultural tools: Value of farming tools, wheelbarrows,...

Heterogeneous Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers: Evidence from Nicaragua

Heterogeneous Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers: Evidence from Nicaragua In the last decade, the most popular policy tool used to increase human capital in developing countries has been the conditional cash transfer program. A large literature has shown significant mean impacts on schooling, health, and child labor. This paper examines heterogeneous effects using random-assignment data from...

Cash Transfers, Social Protection and Poverty Reduction (Draft) - - Discussion papers