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Gender
Social Protection
Burundi Cash Plus Render Review: Provisional Report
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October 8, 2021

The MERANKABANDI cash transfer project provides regular cash payments of Burundian francs (BIF) 20,000 per household per month to help households meet their basic needs and is coupled with behaviour change promotion activities. A beneficiary household remains in the programme for three years (two and a half years with cash and behaviour change activities, and… Read more

Gender
Social Protection
A Gender Analysis of the Merankabandi Cash Transfer Project
Document Library
September 29, 2021

This report provides a gender analysis of the Government of Burundi’s “MERANKABANDI” cash transfer project. This study is the first of two papers providing technical support to the UNICEF country office on the programming of activities commonly called “cash plus” or activities complementary to cash transfers. The purpose of this technical support is to assess… Read more

Social Protection
Conflict-sensitive cash transfers: social cohesion
Helpdesk Report
October 3, 2017

The literature suggests that the effects of social protection initiatives such as cash transfers and vouchers on social cohesion are positive, but there is very little empirical evidence to back this. This review found no research comparing cash transfers and vouchers from the perspective of social cohesion. However, experience of cash transfers in developing countries,… Read more

cash transfers, Conflict, Social Protection
Social Protection
Conflict-sensitive cash transfers: unintended negative consequences
Helpdesk Report
October 3, 2017

There are various risks – notably theft, diversion, corruption, security, targeting, misuse by beneficiaries, inflationary effects – associated with cash transfer programmes in fragile contexts. However, the literature indicates that – while different – these are not any greater than those associated with other forms of aid, e.g. vouchers or in-kind goods, and could even… Read more

cash transfers, Conflict, Social Protection
Social Protection
Civil society organisations supporting accountability in cash transfer programmes
Helpdesk Report
September 8, 2017

This five day rapid review looks at the experiences globally of civil society organisations providing or supporting accountability mechanisms in cash transfer programmes. Bhargava and Raha’s (2015: 12) review of civil society engagement with cash transfer programme accountability found only few studies, suggesting to them that there is a significant knowledge gap. A mixture of… Read more

Accountability, cash transfers, civil society, Livelihoods, Social Protection
Social Protection
Cash-transfers for long-term resilience in conflict affected contexts
Helpdesk Report
July 6, 2017

The term resilience was brought into use by social science disciplines as a counter to discourse on vulnerability (Panter-Brick, 2014). Reducing vulnerability in post-conflict contexts at the household level broadly translates into securing food and livelihoods. This is what this report focuses on. In disaster risk discourse the following definition of resilience is used: the… Read more

cash transfers, Conflict
Education
Social Protection
Support to IDP education and pupil transition from ABE to formal school in Puntland
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June 24, 2016

This report discusses the findings and recommendations from the final evaluation of a pilot project that aimed at enabling 1000 displaced and other vulnerable children in IDP settlements around Bossaso, Puntland, to access quality primary education, and improving the learning environment in 10 partner schools. The evaluation focusses on assessing the effectiveness of providing conditional… Read more

Attendance, Conditional Cash Transfers, internally displaced persons, primary education
Health
Social Protection
Evaluation of concern Kenya’s korogocho emergency and food security cash transfer initiative: final report
Document Library
June 13, 2016

The Korogocho cash transfer initiative was intended to transfer Ksh 1,500 on a monthly basis to 2400 households, using a mobile phone bank transfer system common in Kenya and known as M-PESA. The main initiative ran from November 2009 to July 2010 (eight months of transfers), though some bed-ridden households continue to receive transfers. The initiative… Read more

cash transfer, Kenya
Social Protection
Oportunidades, 15 years of results
Document Library
June 3, 2015

The social policy of the Mexican Government is aimed to improve human development and wellbeing among Mexicans through the development of their capacities in health, education and nutrition, in order to promote equality and overcome poverty. Oportunidades is one of the core axes of Mexican policy, and in 2012 is benefiting 5.8 million families. Other… Read more

cash transfers, Learning, Social Protection
Social Protection
Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Document Library
December 5, 2014

Cash transfer programs have become extremely popular in the developing world. A large literature analyzes their effects on schooling, health and nutrition, but relatively little is known about possible impacts on child development. This paper analyzes the impact of a cash transfer program on early childhood cognitive development. Children in households randomly assigned to receive… Read more

cash transfers, Early Childhood Development
Social Protection
10-year effect of Oportunidades, Mexico’s conditional cash transfer programme, on child growth, cognition, language, and behaviour: a longitudinal follow-up study
Document Library
December 5, 2014

Background Mexico’s conditional cash transfer programme, Oportunidades, was started to improve the lives of poor families through interventions in health, nutrition, and education. We investigated the effect of Oportunidades on children almost 10 years after the programme began. Methods From April, 1998, to October, 1999, low-income communities were randomly assigned to be enrolled in Oportunidades… Read more

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