Nepal

Existing disaster aid programmes focus on property owners that experience physical damages. Evidence from Nepal shows that a broader and less targeted approach could be easier to implement and better for welfare.

Education emergencies require resilient solutions: A cheap phone tutoring programme can be highly effective across contexts, emergency types, and implementer profiles, pointing to its potential scalability

Liquidity restraints, conflict and demand for labour all play a role in pushing or pulling people to migrate to particular destinations

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

Mothers who received modest cash inputs along with information on practices to reduce malnutrition were more likely to adopt those practices