cash transfers

What are the effects of a universal basic income in Kenya?

Evidence from 37 low- and middle-income countries shows that cash transfer programmes were associated with a 20% reduction in mortality for adult women and an 8% reduction in mortality for children aged <5 years

The returns to early childhood interventions increase dramatically when accounting for the benefits experienced by siblings in the same household

Cash transfers improve food security for up to two years, but without an increase in food expenditures and non-agricultural income

Data-driven targeting can make social assistance less subject to favouritism, more pro-poor, and more politically sustainable

A community-level film event and group-based life skills training can improve the cost-effectiveness of anti-poverty programmes

Resilience measures can predict choice of coping strategies, helping targeted cash transfers improve how vulnerable households respond to shocks

Acting ahead of a disaster increases the choice for households to navigate the shock on their own terms

A combination of information and cash transfers is effective in changing maternal behavioural practices, which could bring down malnutrition