social cash transfers

SOCIAL CASH TRANSFERS

Blog
New study shows that income shocks, like those caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, can significantly reduce health and nutrition status of children under 5.
Webinar
Join our webinar on December 10, 2021 in support of the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign.
Publications
Over the years, IFPRI’s research, with support from PIM since 2012, has informed important decisions on Egypt’s key safety net programs. PIM Outcome Note.
Blog
Analysis of the impacts of Pakistan’s Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) on household and individual adult labor supply find evidence of a positive effect of the transfers on male labor.
Blog
Ethiopia offers an encouraging case for designing more effective policies and interventions to combat food and nutrition insecurity during COVID-19 pandemic.
Events
Global evidence suggests that cash transfer programs, when combined with nutrition specific modalities, have the potential to improve child nutrition. But how much of those nutrition interventions would be enough to lead to sustainable improvements is yet not well understood. This seminar will aim to address remaining knowledge gaps on program design and policy options to make CT programming in the region more nutrition sensitive.
Publications
The new paper investigates the impacts of Mali's national cash transfer program (Jigisémèjiri) on intimate partner violence (IPV).
Events
This policy seminar on Sept 5 will review findings from an impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition program and its positive impacts on child and maternal nutrition.
Blog
Cash transfer programs that provide households support for purchasing food have effectively reduced conflict-driven acute malnutrition in Yemen, according to new research from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).