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.
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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 of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63) […]
Reducing IPV through cash transfers: The next research frontier
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 via regional dialogue in Africa. Every 1-2 years, policymakers, researchers […]
SP Links April 19 – Special edition on the Transfer ...
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 workshop facilitated cross-country learning, dialogue and debate to inform the […]
Researchers and policymakers discuss evidence for social protection policies in ...
Having recently received her PhD, Transfer Project Research Analyst, Jennifer Waidler, embarked on her first fieldwork observation mission with UNICEF Innocenti. Jennifer visited Ethiopia with a team of researchers to train enumerators on data collection for Ethiopia’s Integrated Safety Net Programme pilot. In her blog, Jennifer gives us an insight […]