Adolescents
Cash transfers have notable positive effects on young people's participation and performance in education, human capital accumulation and other outcomes. By enabling families' investment in their children, cash transfers can contribute to equality of opportunity for youth development and well-being.
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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 | Ujana Salama: mradi wa nyongeza ya fedha (cash plus) unaohusu ustawi na mbadiliko salama kwa bijana--matokeo ya tathimini ya kati | Tanzania | 2022 | |
| Brief | Ujana Salama: Cash Plus Model on Youth Well-Being and Safe, Healthy Transitions--Round 3 Findings | Tanzania | 2023 | |
| Brief | Ujana Salama: Mpango wa Nyogza ya Ruzuku Unaohusu Mabadiliko Salama kutoka Ujanani hadi Utu Uzima wenye Afya na Ustawi, Matokeo ya Awamu ya 4 | Tanzania | 2024 | |
| Brief | Ujana Salama: A Cash Plus Model for Safe Transitions to a Healthy and Productive Adulthood, Round 4 Findings (English) | Tanzania | 2024 | |
| Journal Article | Unconditional cash transfers and safe transitions to adulthood in Malawi | Malawi | 2024 | |
| Journal Article | A “Plus” Model for Safe Transitions to Adulthood: Impacts of an Integrated Intervention Layered onto A National Social Protection Program on Sexual Behavior and Health Seeking among Tanzania's Youth | Tanzania | 2022 | Waidler J, Gilbert U, Mulokozi A, Palermo T. A “Plus” Model for Safe Transitions to Adulthood: Impacts of an Integrated Intervention Layered onto A National Social Protection Program on Sexual Behavior and Health Seeking among Tanzania’s Youth. Stud Fam Plann. 2022 Mar 21. doi: 10.1111/sifp.12190. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35315072. |
| Brief | Ujana Salama: mpango wa nyongeza ya fedha (cash plus) unaohusu ustawi na mbadiliko salama kwa vijana--matokeo ya mzunguko wa3 tathimini | Tanzania | 2023 | |
| Journal Article | Impacts of a Cash Plus Intervention on Gender Attitudes Among Tanzanian Adolescents | Tanzania | 2020 | Chzhen, Y., Prencipe, L., Eetaama, F., Luchemba, P., Mnyawami Lukongo, T., Palermo, T. (2020) Impacts of a Cash Plus Intervention on Gender Attitudes Among Tanzanian Adolescents, Journal of Adolescent Health, ISSN: 1054-139X, Vol: 68, Issue: 5, Page: 899-905 |
| Journal Article | A cash plus program reduces youth exposure to physical violence in Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2020 | Chakrabarti, A., Handa, S., Angeles, G., Seidenfeld, D. (2020) A cash plus program reduces youth exposure to physical violence in Zimbabwe, |
| Journal Article | Do Conditional Cash Transfers Improve Mental Health? Evidence From Tanzania’s Governmental Social Protection Program | Tanzania | 2021 | Prencipe, L., Houweling, T., van Lenthe, F., Palermo, T. (2021). “Do Conditional Cash Transfers Improve Mental Health? Evidence From Tanzania’s Governmental Social Protection Program”, Journal of Adolescent Health, ISSN 1054-139X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.04.033. |
| Video | Cash Transfers, Early Marriage & Fertility in Malawi & Zambia | Malawi; Zambia | 2019 | Cash Transfers, Early Marriage & Fertility in Malawi & Zambia |
| Journal Article | How does a national poverty program influence sexual debut among Kenyan adolescents? | Kenya | 2016 | Handa S, Palermo T, Rosenberg M, Pettifor A, Tucker Halpern C and Thirumurthy H. (2016). How does a national poverty program influence sexual debut among Kenyan adolescents? Global Public Health, 5: 617-638. |
| Journal Article | Palermo T. (2018). Cash transfers and safe transitions to adulthood: evidence, promise and gaps in sub-Saharan Africa. Policy in Focus, 15(3): 22-24. Children and social protection: meeting children's rights and needs. International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG). UNDP. | 2018 | Palermo T. (2018). Cash transfers and safe transitions to adulthood: evidence, promise and gaps in sub-Saharan Africa. Policy in Focus, 15(3): 22-24. Children and social protection: meeting children's rights and needs. International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG). UNDP. | |
| Journal Article | The role of productive activities in the lives of adolescents: Photovoice evidence from Malawi | Malawi | 2018 | Zietz S, de Hoop J and Handa S. (2018).The role of productive activities in the lives of adolescents: Photovoice evidence from Malawi.Children and Youth Services Review, 86: 246-255. |
| Journal Article | The Government of Kenya's Cash Transfer Program Reduces the Risk of Sexual Debut Among Young People Age 15-25 | Kenya | 2014 | Handa S, Halpern C, Pettifor A andThirumurthy H. (2014).The Government of Kenya’s Cash Transfer Program Reduces the Risk of Sexual Debut Among Young People Age 15-25,PLOS ONE 9(1): 1-9. |
| Journal Article | Rosenberg M, Pettifor A, Thirumurthy H, Halpern CT and Handa S. (2014).The Impact of a National Poverty Reduction Program on the Characteristics of Sex Partners Among Kenyan Adolescents,AIDS and Behavior, 18(2): 311-316. | Kenya | 2014 | Rosenberg M, Pettifor A, Thirumurthy H, Halpern CT and Handa S. (2014).The Impact of a National Poverty Reduction Program on the Characteristics of Sex Partners Among Kenyan Adolescents,AIDS and Behavior, 18(2): 311-316. |
| Journal Article | The Kenya CT-OVC Evaluation Team. (2012).The impact of Kenya's Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children on human capital.Journal of Development Effectiveness 4(1): 38-49. | Kenya | 2012 | The Kenya CT-OVC Evaluation Team. (2012).The impact of Kenya's Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children on human capital.Journal of Development Effectiveness 4(1): 38-49. |
| Blog | Mind the gender gap: How can a gender-norm lens improve social protection outcomes for adolescents? | 2018 | Mind the gender gap: How can a gender-norm lens improve social protection outcomes for adolescents?Maja Gavrilovic and Tia Palermo (UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti), September 2018. |
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| Blog | Cash support: A new tool to decrease Intimate Partner Violence? | 2018 | Cash support: A new tool to decrease Intimate Partner Violence?Ana Maria Buller andMeghna Ranganathan (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) andAmber Peterman (UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti), September 2018. |
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| Blog | The Rwanda Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP) public works and women's empowerment.Pamela Pozarny (GSDRC at the University of Birmingham/ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations), April 2016. | 2016 | The Rwanda Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP) public works and women's empowerment.Pamela Pozarny (GSDRC at the University of Birmingham/ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations), April 2016. | |
| Blog | Marriage, Fertility, and HIV Prevention: Have Our High Hopes for Cash Transfer Programmes and Adolescent Girls been Dashed? | 2015 | Marriage, Fertility, and HIV Prevention: Have Our High Hopes for Cash Transfer Programmes and Adolescent Girls been Dashed? Tia Palermo (UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti), December 2015. |
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| Blog | Giving girls a chance | 2015 | Giving girls a chance Michelle Mills (UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti), August 2015. |
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| Blog | Evidence from Africa shows cash transfers increase school enrollment | 2015 | Evidence from Africa shows cash transfers increase school enrolment Tia Palermo (UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti), February 2015. |
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| Podcast | Tia Palermo (UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti) on'Cash Plus' for adolescents in Tanzania: How it started, where it's going, and why research matters | Tanzania | Tia Palermo (UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti) on'Cash Plus' for adolescents in Tanzania: How it started, where it's going, and why research matters | |
| Brief | Ujana Salama: Cash Plus Model on Youth Well-Being and Safe, Healthy Transitions - Midline findings (Swahili Version). Innocenti Research Brief 2020-22 | Tanzania | 2020 | UNICEF Innocenti (2020). Ujana Salama: Cash Plus Model on Youth Well-Being and Safe, Healthy Transitions – Midline findings (English version) (Swahili Version). Innocenti Research Brief 2020-22. UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, Florence, Italy. |
| Brief | Tanzania's Productive Social Safety Net Programme (PSSN) and Its Impacts On Youth. Transfer Project Brief 2018-07 | Tanzania | 2018 | Waidler J on behalf of the Tanzania Cash Transfer Evaluation Team. (2018). Tanzania’s Productive Social Safety Net Programme (PSSN) and Its Impacts On Youth. Transfer Project Brief 2018-07. Chapel Hill, NC: Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill. |
| Brief | Ujana Salama: Cash plus model on youth well-being and safe, healthy transitions. Transfer Project Brief 2018-06 | Tanzania | 2018 | Tanzania Cash Plus Evaluation Team. (2018). Ujana Salama: Cash plus model on youth well-being and safe, healthy transitions. Transfer Project Brief 2018-06. Chapel Hill, NC: Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill. |
| Brief | PSSN impact evaluation: Youth well-being and the transition to adulthood. Transfer Project Brief 2018-05 | Tanzania | 2018 | Prencipe L. (2018). PSSN impact evaluation: Youth well-being and the transition to adulthood. Transfer Project Brief 2018-05. Chapel Hill, NC: Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill. |
| Brief | Evaluating impacts of the PSSN on youth transitions to adulthood in Tanzania. Transfer Project Brief 2018-04 | Tanzania | 2018 | Prencipe L. (2018). Evaluating impacts of the PSSN on youth transitions to adulthood in Tanzania. Transfer Project Brief 2018-04. Chapel Hill, NC: Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill. |
| Working and Position Paper | Are Cash Transfers a Silver Bullet? Evidence from the Zambian Child Grant | Zambia | 2014 | Handa S, Seidenfeld D, Davis B, Tembo G and the Zambia Cash Transfer Evaluation Team (2014). Are Cash Transfers a Silver Bullet? Evidence from the Zambian Child Grant. Innocenti Working Papers No. 2014-08, UNICEF Office of Research, Florence. |
| Brief | Cash Transfers and Gender: A closer look at the Zambian Child Grant Programme. Innocenti Research Briefs no. 2016-08 | Zambia | 2016 | Peterman A,Natali L.(2016). Cash Transfers and Gender: A closer look at the Zambian Child Grant Programme. Innocenti Research Briefs no. 2016-08, UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, Florence. |
| Brief | Cash Transfers Improve the Mental Health and Well-being of Youth: Evidence from the Kenyan Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Innocenti Research Briefs no. 2016-02 | Kenya | 2016 | Pereira A. (2016). Cash Transfers Improve the Mental Health and Well-being of Youth: Evidence from the Kenyan Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Innocenti Research Briefs no. 2016-02, UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, Florence. |
| Brief | Social cash transfers, early pregnancy and marriage in the Kenyan national cash transfer programme | Kenya | 2015 | Pereira A and Peterman A. (2015). Social cash transfers, early pregnancy and marriage in the Kenyan national cash transfer programme. UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti Research Brief 2015-05, Florence. |
| Journal Article | Government of Malawi's Unconditional Cash Transfer Improves Youth Mental Health | Malawi | 2016 | Angeles G, de Hoop J, Handa S, Kilburn K, Milazzo A & Peterman A on behalf of the Malawi Cash Transfer Evaluation Team (2019). Government of Malawi’s Unconditional Cash Transfer Improves Youth Mental Health.Social Science & Medicine (in press) |
| Journal Article | Cash Transfers, Early Marriage, and Fertility in Malawi and Zambia | Malawi; Zambia | 2018 | Dake F, Natali L, Angeles G, de Hoop J, Handa S and Peterman A on behalf of the Malawi Cash Transfer Evaluation Team and the Zambia Cash Transfer Evaluation Team. (2018). Cash Transfers, Early Marriage, and Fertility in Malawi and Zambia. Studies in Family Planning, 49(4): 295-317. |
| Journal Article | Using photo elicitation methods to understand resilience among ultra-poor youth and their caregivers in Malawi | Malawi | 2017 | Barrington C, Villa-Torres L, Abdoulayi S, Tsoka MG and Mvula PM. (2017). Using photo elicitation methods to understand resilience among ultra-poor youth and their caregivers in Malawi. Health Education & Behavior, 0: 1-11. |
| Journal Article | Social networks, social participation, and health among youth living in extreme poverty in rural Malawi | Malawi | 2016 | Rock A, Barrington C, Abdoulayi S, Tsoka M, Mvula P and Handa S. (2016). Social networks, social participation, and health among youth living in extreme poverty in rural Malawi. Social Science & Medicine, 170: 5562. |
| Brief | Malawi Social Cash Transfer Programme Impact Evaulation: Young Children and Adolescents at Baseline. The Transfer Project Research Brief 2015-06 | Malawi | 2015 | Brugh K,Kilburn K and Barrington C. (2015). Malawi Social Cash Transfer Programme Impact Evaulation: Young Children and Adolescents at Baseline. The Transfer Project Research Brief 2015-06. Chapel Hill, NC: Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill. |
| Journal Article | Reducing Adolescent Risky Behaviors in a High-Risk Context: The Effects of Unconditional Cash Transfers in South Africa | South Africa | 2017 | Heinrich C, Hoddinott J and Samson M. (2017). Reducing Adolescent Risky Behaviors in a High-Risk Context: The Effects of Unconditional Cash Transfers in South Africa.Economic Development and Cultural Change, 65(4). |
| Brief | Ujana Salama: Cash Plus Model on Youth Well-Being and Safe, Healthy Transitions - Midline findings (English version) | Tanzania | 2022 | UNICEF Innocenti (2019). Ujana Salama: Cash Plus Model on Youth Well-Being and Safe, Healthy Transitions – Midline findings. Innocenti Research Brief 2020-22. UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, Florence, Italy. |
| Brief | The broad range of cash transfer impacts in sub-Saharan Africa: Consumption, Human Capital and Productive Activity | Ethiopia; Ghana; Kenya; Lesotho; Malawi; South Africa; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe | 2014 | Davis B and Handa S. (2014). The broad range of cash transfer impacts in sub-Saharan Africa: Consumption, Human Capital and Productive Activity. Transfer Project Research Brief. Chapel Hill, NC: Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill. |
| Journal Article | Child marriage and associated outcomes in Northern Ghana: a cross-sectional study | Ghana | 2018 | de Groot R, Yiryele Kuunyem M and Palermo T on behalf of the Ghana LEAP 1000 Evaluation Team. (2018). Child marriage and associated outcomes in Northern Ghana: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 18: 285. |
| Journal Article | Examination of performance of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Short Form 10 among African youth in poor, rural households | Kenya; Malawi; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe | 2018 | Kilburn K, Prencipe L, Hjelm L, Peterman A, Handa S and Palermo T. (2018). Examination of performance of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Short Form 10 among African youth in poor, rural households. BMC Psychiatry, 18(201). |
| Journal Article | The impact of the Kenya Cash Transfer Program for Orphans and Vulnerable Children on Household Spending | Kenya | 2012 | Kenya CT-OVC Evaluation Team. (2012). The impact of the Kenya Cash Transfer Program for Orphans and Vulnerable Children on Household Spending. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 4(10): 9-37. |