Information works: The impact of training on the adoption of environmental technologies by farmers A simple training increased adoption of an agricultural technology by over 90%, with persistent improvements in agricultural production and land use Agriculture Jenny Aker Kelsey Jack Published 06.05.22
The impact of Mexico’s Progresa programme twenty years on The ground-breaking conditional cash transfer programme shows long-term benefits to education, income, geographic mobility and family formation Education M. Caridad Araujo Karen Macours Published 04.05.22
Lumpsum business grants for household resilience: Evidence from Somalia Lumpsum cash transfers delivered as business grants can spur microentrepreneurial activities Firms Abdullahi Abdulle Farah Mohamed Kalid Ali Elijah Kipkech Kipchumba Munshi Sulaiman Published 21.03.22
Fighting malnutrition with cash and information: Evidence from Nepal Mothers who received modest cash inputs along with information on practices to reduce malnutrition were more likely to adopt those practices Health Michael Levere Gayatri Acharya Prashant Bharadwaj Published 02.03.22
How cash transfers can have negative impact on non-beneficiaries: Evidence from Philippines Cash transfers raised food prices and increased stunting among children from ineligible households in remote and poor areas Social Protection Deon Filmer Jed Friedman Eeshani Kandpal Junko Onishi Published 28.05.21
High informal employment and disincentives: The anatomy of behavioural responses to social assistance in Uruguay CCT programmes in developing countries may generate disincentives to registered employment, but the efficiency consequences can be relatively small Social Protection Marcelo Bergolo Guillermo Cruces Published 19.02.21
Designing more effective interventions to prevent childhood stunting: Evidence from Nigeria Bundling interventions that offer parents health information along with cash transfers might yield more sustainable changes in early-life health outcomes for children Health Pedro Carneiro Lucy Kraftman Giacomo Mason Lucie Moore Imran Rasul Molly Scott Published 27.01.21
Inclusive growth dividend: Reframing the role of income transfers in India Could a universal supplemental income transfer, pegged at 1% of GDP, transform India’s anti-poverty strategy? Public Economics Karthik Muralidharan Maitreesh Ghatak Published 15.07.20
How to protect the poor in the time of COVID-19? How can governments in developing countries best ensure widespread and effective social protection in light of the COVID-19 pandemic? Institutions & Political Economy Clément Imbert Kate Orkin Published 06.05.20
