Cash Transfers and COVID-19
In many low- and middle-income countries, the economic impact of COVID-19 may hit harder than the virus itself, dragging already vulnerable families deeper into poverty. Social protection, including cash transfers, is being introduced or adapted to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 and protect those hardest hit by the virus.
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| Type | Title | Country(s) | Year | Citation |
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| Presentation | Long-term effects on households and adult children of Malawi's National Cash Transfer Program | Malawi | 2024 | |
| Blog | Tips for linking social protection and gender-based violence prevention and response during COVID-19 | General/Unaffiliated | 2020 | With COVID-19 throwing a spotlight on both social protection and gender-based violence, experts explore some of the ways these topics intersect. |
| Journal Article | Gender-responsive social protection post–COVID-19 | Multi-Country | 2022 | Gavrilovic M, Rubio M, Bastagli F, Hinton R, Staab S, Goulder RG, Bilo C, Khan R, Peterman A, Diallo B, Alfers L, Santiago A, Rizvi Z, Holmes R, Mejia JGJ, Tabbush C. Gender-responsive social protection post-COVID-19. Science. 2022 Mar 11;375(6585):1111-1113. doi: 10.1126/science.abm5922. Epub 2022 Mar 10. PMID: 35271320. |
| Blog | Fast access to cash provides urgent relief to those hardest hit by COVID-19 | Multi-Country | 2020 | Jacobus de Hoop, Luisa Natali, Alexis Boncenne, Angie Lee (UNICEF Office of Research–Innocenti). April 2020. |
| Brief | Social Protection and Covid-19 response in rural areas | Multi-Country | 2020 | FAO. (2020). Social Protection and Covid-19 response in rural areas. Food and Agriculture of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. |
| Brief | FAO. (2020). Social Protection: ensuring effective response and inclusive recovery in the context of COVID-19 in Africa. Food and Agriculture of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. | Multi-Country | 2020 | FAO. (2020). Social Protection: ensuring effective response and inclusive recovery in the context of COVID-19 in Africa. Food and Agriculture of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. |
| Brief | Gender-sensitive social protection: A critical component of the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries | Multi-Country | 2020 | Hidrobo M, Kumar N, Palermo T, Peterman A, Roy S. (2020). Gender-sensitive social protection: A critical component of the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries. International Food Policy Research Institute. UNICEF Office of Research, Florence, Italy. |
| Blog | Why gender-sensitive social protection is critical to the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries | Multi-Country | 2020 | Why gender-sensitive social protection is critical to the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries. Melissa Hidrobo (IFPRI) Neha Kumar (IFPRI), Tia Palermo (SUNY Buffalo), Amber Peterman (UNC-CH) and Shalini Roy (IFPRI). April 2020. |
| Working and Position Paper | Rapid review of economic policy and social protection responses to crises | Multi-Country | 2020 | Rapid review of economic policy and social protection responses to crises |
| Brief | Increasing links between humanitarian cash and social proteection for effective COVID-19 response | Increasing links between humanitarian cash and social proteection for effective COVID-19 response | ||
| Video | 6 Lessons from Previous Crises for COVID-19 | 6 Lessons from Previous Crises for COVID-19 | ||
| Blog | Why child labour cannot be forgotten during COVID-19 | Why child labour cannot be forgotten during COVID-19 | ||
| Blog | How a displacement crisis helped Jordan support its population during COVID-19 | Jordan | How a displacement crisis helped Jordan support its population during COVID-19 |
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| Brief | Social protection; ensuring effective response and inclusive recovery from COVID-19 in Africa | 2020 | Social protection; ensuring effective response and inclusive recovery from COVID-19 in Africa | |
| Blog | Social protection and rural areas cannot be an afterthought in the fight against COVID-19 | 2020 | Social protection and rural areas cannot be an afterthought in the fight against COVID-19 |
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| Video | COVID-19: How UNICEF is getting cash to those who need it fast in Jordan | Jordan | COVID-19: How UNICEF is getting cash to those who need it fast in Jordan |
