Researchers and policymakers discuss evidence for social protection policies in sub Saharan Africa
Celebrating 10 years of building evidence for action on cash transfers in Africa, the Transfer Project’s latest multi-stakeholder workshop in Arusha, Tanzania recently gathered social protection experts from 20 African countries. Attended by government representatives, NGOs, academics, and donors, the … Read more
SP Links April 19 – Special edition on the Transfer Project & national cash transfers in Africa
The Transfer Project is a collaborative research and learning initiative between UNICEF, FAO, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and national research partners. The project aims to promote evidence generation, capacity building and inform development of programs and policies … Read more
Reducing IPV through cash transfers: The next research frontier
Cash transfers are promising interventions to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV), but more evidence is needed to better understand their effects in both development and humanitarian settings. This was the main message from a side event at the 63rd Session … Read more
The Quest for the Missing Counterfactual: Transfer Project Trains African Researchers in Impact Evaluation
How do we know if a programme made a difference? The answer to this question is not as straightforward as it seems, because we never know what would have happened without the programme.