Monica_Lambon
et al.found that in 🇲🇼, household receipt of bi-monthly transfers led to improvements in 4/6 outcome domains:
1⃣education
2⃣physical health
3⃣emotional wellbeing & mental health
4⃣sexual & reproductive health
read more here ⤵️
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106483
et al.found that in 🇲🇼, household receipt of bi-monthly transfers led to improvements in 4/6 outcome domains:
1⃣education
2⃣physical health
3⃣emotional wellbeing & mental health
4⃣sexual & reproductive health
read more here ⤵️
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106483
09:55 AM - Mar 06, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
Have you read this paper on Cash+ & self-perceived stress in 🇲🇼🇬🇭🇹🇿?
Maara et al. conclude that
1⃣Cash alone may not be sufficient to overcome many challenges related to poverty
2⃣Complementary programming may be needed to improve mental health.👇
Maara et al. conclude that
1⃣Cash alone may not be sufficient to overcome many challenges related to poverty
2⃣Complementary programming may be needed to improve mental health.👇
08:59 PM - Feb 21, 2024
HIV-Sensitive & Epi-Smart Social Protection: Leaving No One Behind
.TiaPalermo & other sector experts elaborate on the role of social protection in addressing shocks like HIV/AIDS & how governments & partners can advance HIV-Sensitive Social Protection
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_JCSvnq5jrg
.TiaPalermo & other sector experts elaborate on the role of social protection in addressing shocks like HIV/AIDS & how governments & partners can advance HIV-Sensitive Social Protection
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_JCSvnq5jrg
09:08 AM - Feb 05, 2024
Do #CashTransfers help children grow?
Check out our evidence-based short on YouTube https://youtube.com/shorts/4WacftGlyPg
Check out our evidence-based short on YouTube https://youtube.com/shorts/4WacftGlyPg
10:24 AM - Feb 02, 2024
#CashTransfers supplement household income, but can they also reduce child labor?
Check out these surprising findings from 🇲🇼🇹🇿🇿🇲
UNICEFInnocenti
https://unicef-irc.org/publications/pdf/IRB_2020-14_Cross-country_brief_rev3.pdf
Check out these surprising findings from 🇲🇼🇹🇿🇿🇲
UNICEFInnocenti
https://unicef-irc.org/publications/pdf/IRB_2020-14_Cross-country_brief_rev3.pdf
02:05 PM - Feb 01, 2024
Meta-analysis on #CashTransfers & child nutrition outcomes by jmanley32 Alderman & Ugentilini shows
⬆️Child linear growth
⬇️Stunting & wasting
🔎https://gh.bmj.com/content/7/4/e008233
⬆️Child linear growth
⬇️Stunting & wasting
🔎https://gh.bmj.com/content/7/4/e008233
09:39 AM - Jan 25, 2024
What is the demographic dividend?
What should governments do to benefit from it?
This video explains this one-time opportunity for poverty reduction & accelerated economic growth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uJjhJg28To&t=17s
youtube.com
What is the Demographic Dividend?
What should governments do to benefit from it?
This video explains this one-time opportunity for poverty reduction & accelerated economic growth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uJjhJg28To&t=17s
youtube.com
What is the Demographic Dividend?
What is the Demographic Dividend? - YouTube
What is the demographic dividend? What should governments to do to benefit from it? What happens if no action is taken? This video explains this one-time opp...
02:45 PM - Jan 23, 2024
Interested in discovering how #CashTransfers impact the lives of young people?
Check out our #Adolescents theme page for our work on this crucial life stage: https://transfer.cpc.unc.edu/themes/adolescents/
Check out our #Adolescents theme page for our work on this crucial life stage: https://transfer.cpc.unc.edu/themes/adolescents/
06:26 PM - Jan 22, 2024
Exciting findings from 🇲🇼reveal positive impacts on youth transitions in education, physical & mental health, and SRH.
A promising model for regional programs, emphasizing the need for gender- & youth-specific designs.
https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X23003017
A promising model for regional programs, emphasizing the need for gender- & youth-specific designs.
https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X23003017
09:01 PM - Jan 16, 2024
Dignity: What Do Cash Transfers Have to Do With It?
3 pathways to respect people in poverty:
1⃣Recognition
2⃣Agency
3⃣Equality
See the full presentation by
tom_wein
#TPNairobi23 !
https://slideshare.net/TheTransferProject/odignity-what-do-cash-transfers-have-to-do-with-it
3 pathways to respect people in poverty:
1⃣Recognition
2⃣Agency
3⃣Equality
See the full presentation by
tom_wein
#TPNairobi23 !
https://slideshare.net/TheTransferProject/odignity-what-do-cash-transfers-have-to-do-with-it
10:12 AM - Jan 03, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
What do participants in 🇲🇼& 🇬🇭 say about social cohesion?
"They used to bully me, call me an orphan & chase me away…I was ashamed...but after getting funds from government, the same people have accepted me & befriended me" 🇲🇼
"They used to bully me, call me an orphan & chase me away…I was ashamed...but after getting funds from government, the same people have accepted me & befriended me" 🇲🇼
05:46 PM - Dec 20, 2023
Adolescence is a period of rapid change, filled with opportunities but also vulnerabilities.
#SocialProtection programs have the potential to transform young people's lives by addressing the GenderNorms that often constrain them:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/sifp.12190
#SocialProtection programs have the potential to transform young people's lives by addressing the GenderNorms that often constrain them:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/sifp.12190
05:41 AM - Dec 19, 2023
Would you prefer a certain amount of money now or a higher amount in the future?
Our @ashudirect et al. asked this question to see whether #CashTransfers make people more willing to wait for money.
Read the results in this article 👇
https://journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdfplus/10.
Our @ashudirect et al. asked this question to see whether #CashTransfers make people more willing to wait for money.
Read the results in this article 👇
https://journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdfplus/10.
07:54 AM - Nov 23, 2023
"I don't have anywhere to go because of the children I have given birth for him. As for that, life is not easy with us due to poverty…"
#CashTransfers +IPV in Ghana
Read more:https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953621008534
#CashTransfers +IPV in Ghana
Read more:https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953621008534
sciencedirect.com
02:17 PM - Nov 20, 2023
Despite #CashTransfers , these are important drivers of transactional sex & HIV infection in Tanzania
1⃣Economic insecurity
2⃣Psychosocial factors
3⃣Gendered social norms
Read more by Meghna Ranganathan et al.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jia2.26038
1⃣Economic insecurity
2⃣Psychosocial factors
3⃣Gendered social norms
Read more by Meghna Ranganathan et al.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jia2.26038
02:16 PM - Nov 14, 2023
2 Threaded Spouts
With evidence from 🇲🇼, we burst the myths that #CashTransfers
1⃣Are spent on alcohol & tobacco
2⃣Are a handout
3⃣Cause laziness
4⃣Cause Inflation
5⃣Increase fertility
6⃣Are too costly to sustain
1⃣Are spent on alcohol & tobacco
2⃣Are a handout
3⃣Cause laziness
4⃣Cause Inflation
5⃣Increase fertility
6⃣Are too costly to sustain
02:35 AM - Nov 13, 2023
What are #CashTransfers ?
Who are the beneficiaries?
What are the benefits?
Check out
FAOKnowledge's infographic for answers to these questions and examples from 🇰🇪🇲🇼🇱🇸
https://fao.org/economic/ptop/stories/infographic/en/#.XX9jkCgzY2x
Who are the beneficiaries?
What are the benefits?
Check out
FAOKnowledge's infographic for answers to these questions and examples from 🇰🇪🇲🇼🇱🇸
https://fao.org/economic/ptop/stories/infographic/en/#.XX9jkCgzY2x
07:22 AM - Nov 10, 2023
To solve a problem, you must understand its root causes.
This study from 🇬🇭 explores the mechanisms underlying child malnutrition & how policies can address these.
https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21665095.2020.
This study from 🇬🇭 explores the mechanisms underlying child malnutrition & how policies can address these.
https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21665095.2020.
10:40 AM - Nov 09, 2023
How do #CashTransfers impact wellbeing?
Our infographic summarises the evidence across child, household & community outcomes.
Want some references?
Check out the Reference Sheet for more: https://transfer.cpc.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CashTransferImpacts_ReferenceSheet.pdf
Our infographic summarises the evidence across child, household & community outcomes.
Want some references?
Check out the Reference Sheet for more: https://transfer.cpc.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/CashTransferImpacts_ReferenceSheet.pdf
07:49 AM - Nov 08, 2023
Myth busting in 8 languages! 🗣️📢
Find out about the myths and realities of #CashTransfers on our dedicated myth-busting page:
https://transfer.cpc.unc.edu/busting-cash-transfer-myths/
Find out about the myths and realities of #CashTransfers on our dedicated myth-busting page:
https://transfer.cpc.unc.edu/busting-cash-transfer-myths/
08:05 AM - Nov 06, 2023
Missed the launch of the Handbook on Social Protection and Social Development in the Global South?
Don’t worry! The book is available for purchase here👇
https://e-elgar.com/shop/usd/handbook-on-social-protection-and-social-development-in-the-global-sout...
Don’t worry! The book is available for purchase here👇
https://e-elgar.com/shop/usd/handbook-on-social-protection-and-social-development-in-the-global-sout...
06:31 PM - Nov 05, 2023
We love seeing our data used to produce new results!
CJ_Heinrich MatthewTKnowles
find that LCTs can be as effective as CCTs & don't carry the disadvantage of penalty fines.
https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X20300024?dgcid=author
CJ_Heinrich MatthewTKnowles
find that LCTs can be as effective as CCTs & don't carry the disadvantage of penalty fines.
https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X20300024?dgcid=author
07:54 PM - Oct 31, 2023
In memory of Noemi Pace, a brilliant economist & colleague. Her research on decision-making & social protection leaves an enduring legacy. She will be remembered for her kindness & intellectual brilliance.
https://fao.org/socioeconomic-research-analysis/news/news-detail/tribute-to-noemi-pace/en
https://fao.org/socioeconomic-research-analysis/news/news-detail/tribute-to-noemi-pace/en
08:03 AM - Oct 30, 2023
📢Count down with us! Tomorrow, Oct2⃣5⃣!
For the launch of the new Handbook on Social Protection in the Global South featuring a chapter from our
@ashudirect et al.
Join the launch here: https://uj.rocketseed.net/servlet/link/25479/164486/28842223/67873
For the launch of the new Handbook on Social Protection in the Global South featuring a chapter from our
@ashudirect et al.
Join the launch here: https://uj.rocketseed.net/servlet/link/25479/164486/28842223/67873
10:09 AM - Oct 24, 2023
Reassessing the 🔗 between #CashTransfers & self-perceived stress.
Maara et al. find that CTs ⬇️self-perceived stress in 🇲🇼, but programs in 🇬🇭🇹🇿had no impacts👇
https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235282732300068X
Maara et al. find that CTs ⬇️self-perceived stress in 🇲🇼, but programs in 🇬🇭🇹🇿had no impacts👇
https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235282732300068X
sciencedirect.com
07:56 PM - Oct 23, 2023
Are you a researcher working in SSA?
Need ICCs for your power calculations?
Wondering if cluster-RCTs can be a viable design even when faced with limited budgets?
Check out this study by D.Seidenfeld
@ashudirect
Thomasdehoop1
& M.Morey👇
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36729038/
Need ICCs for your power calculations?
Wondering if cluster-RCTs can be a viable design even when faced with limited budgets?
Check out this study by D.Seidenfeld
@ashudirect
Thomasdehoop1
& M.Morey👇
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36729038/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Intraclass Correlations Values in International Development: Evidence Across Commonly Studied Domains in sub-Saharan Africa - PubMed
The sharp increase in the number of experimental studies evaluating development programs raises the need for accurate intraclass correlations (ICC) to conduct power calculations so that researchers can design studies to detect meaningful effects with sufficient statistical power. The intraclass corr..
08:16 AM - Oct 19, 2023
Factors with biggest impact on child malnutrition:
1⃣Maternal agency
2⃣Maternal health
Our study in 🇬🇭 shows that income growth, improving maternal care & avoiding price shocks have a ➕ but limited effect on reducing malnutrition.
https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21665095.2020.1722721
1⃣Maternal agency
2⃣Maternal health
Our study in 🇬🇭 shows that income growth, improving maternal care & avoiding price shocks have a ➕ but limited effect on reducing malnutrition.
https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21665095.2020.1722721
07:55 AM - Oct 18, 2023
1 Threaded Spouts
When it comes to policy change, methodology isn't the be all & end all.
👥Collaborative research
❓Co-creation of research questions
📊Leveraging local research expertise
are ways we can change decision-making.
Read more here
https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X19304516
👥Collaborative research
❓Co-creation of research questions
📊Leveraging local research expertise
are ways we can change decision-making.
Read more here
https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X19304516
09:59 AM - Oct 13, 2023
Do #CashTransfers impact use of:
🌳firewood
🔥charcoal &
🌅solar power?
What impact do transfers have on household energy choices?
Our
@ashudirect
& @
AveriChakrabar1
use data from 🇿🇲🇲🇼to explore these questions 👇 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ajae.1236
🌳firewood
🔥charcoal &
🌅solar power?
What impact do transfers have on household energy choices?
Our
@ashudirect
& @
AveriChakrabar1
use data from 🇿🇲🇲🇼to explore these questions 👇 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ajae.1236
10:04 AM - Oct 09, 2023
Have you read our book 'From Evidence to Action'?
Our team explores the story of #CashTransfers & #ImpactEvaluations in Sub-Saharan Africa, offering an honest account of how change happened in various countries.
DOWNLOAD here!
https://unicef.nl/files/From%20Evidence%20to%20Action%20Rapport.pdf
Our team explores the story of #CashTransfers & #ImpactEvaluations in Sub-Saharan Africa, offering an honest account of how change happened in various countries.
DOWNLOAD here!
https://unicef.nl/files/From%20Evidence%20to%20Action%20Rapport.pdf
09:30 AM - Oct 05, 2023
