Cash Plus Programmes
Linking cash transfer programmes to complementary interventions and existing services can boost the impacts of cash for more transformative outcomes on the lives of programme paticipants. These integrated social protection initiatives, or 'Cash plus' programmes, range from behaviour change communication to facilitating enrollment in health insurance schemes, and more.
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Journal Article | Transactional sex among adolescent girls and young women enrolled in a cash plus intervention in rural Tanzania: a mixed-methods study | Tanzania | 2022 | |
Journal Article | Impacts of cash transfer and “cash plus” programs on self- perceived stress in Africa: Evidence from Ghana, Malawi, and Tanzania | Ghana; Malawi; Tanzania | 2023 | John Maara, Cristina Cirillo, Gustavo Angeles, Leah Prencipe, Marlous deMilliano, Sarah M. Lima, Tia Palermo, Impacts of cash transfer and “cash plus” programs on self- perceived stress in Africa: Evidence from Ghana, Malawi, and Tanzania, SSM – Population Health,Volume 22, 2023, 101403, ISSN 2352-8273, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101403. |
Blog | Reflections on the "Reimagining Social Protection in a Time of Global Uncertainty" Conference | 2023 | ||
Journal Article | ‘Joy, not sorrow’: Men's perspectives on gender, violence, and cash transfers targeted to women in northern Ghana | Ghana | 2023 | |
Instrument | 3_BEM-ESTAR DA CRIANÇA DE MOÇAMBIQUE: 2021, INQUÉRITO UNIDADE SANITÁRIA | Mozambique | 2021 | |
Instrument | 3_Mozambique Child Wellbeing Endline Survey 2021, Health Facility Survey | Mozambique | 2021 | |
Instrument | 2_BEM-ESTAR DA CRIANÇA DE MOÇAMBIQUE: 2021, INQUÉRITO À COMUNIDADE | Mozambique | 2021 | |
Instrument | 2_Mozambique Child Wellbeing Endline Survey 2021, Community Survey | Mozambique | 2021 | |
Instrument | 1_ESTUDO DO BEM-ESTAR DA CRIANÇA DE MOÇAMBIQUE, INSTRUMENTO DE AGREGADO FAMILIAR | Mozambique | 2021 | |
Instrument | 1_Mozambique Child Wellbeing Endline Survey, Household Instrument | Mozambique | 2021 | |
Instrument | 3_BEM-ESTAR DA CRIANÇA DE MOÇAMBIQUE: ESTUDO DE LINHA DE BASE 2019 INQUÉRITO UNIDADE SANITARIÁ | Mozambique | 2019 | |
Instrument | 3_Mozambique Child Wellbeing Baseline Survey 2019 Health Facility Survey | Mozambique | 2019 | |
Instrument | 2_BEM-ESTAR DA CRIANÇA DE MOÇAMBIQUE: ESTUDO DE LINHA DE BASE 2019 INQUÉRITO À COMUNIDADE | Mozambique | 2019 | |
Instrument | 2_Mozambique Child Wellbeing Baseline Survey 2019 Community Survey | Mozambique | 2019 | |
Instrument | 1_ESTUDO DE BASE DO BEM-ESTAR DA CRIANÇA DE MOÇAMBIQUE, INSTRUMENTO DE AGREGADO FAMILIAR_PT | Mozambique | 2019 | |
Instrument | 1_Mozambique Child Wellbeing Baseline Survey, Household Instrument_EN | Mozambique | 2019 | |
Journal Article | Health services availability and readiness moderate cash transfer impacts on health insurance enrolment: evidence from the LEAP 1000 cash transfer program in Ghana | Ghana | 2022 | |
Journal Article | More evidence on cash transfers and child nutritional outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Multi-Country | 2022 | More evidence on cash transfers and child nutritional outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Journal Article | The impact of cash and health insurance on child nutrition during the first 1000 days: Evidence from Ghana | Ghana | 2022 | de Groot, Richard & Yablonski, Jennifer & Valli, Elsa, 2022. “The impact of cash and health insurance on child nutrition during the first 1000 days: Evidence from Ghana,” Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 107(C). |
Journal Article | Cash transfers’ role in improving livelihood diversification strategies and well-being: short- and medium-term evidence from Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | 2022 | Pace, Noemi & Sebastian, Ashwini & Daidone, Silvio & Campos, Ana & Prifti, Ervin & Davis, Benjamin. (2022). Cash transfers’ role in improving livelihood diversification strategies and well-being: short- and medium-term evidence from Zimbabwe. World Development. 154. 105874. 10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.105874. |
Journal Article | The impact of unconditional cash transfers on morbidity and health-seeking behaviour in Africa: evidence from Ghana,Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabw | Ghana; Malawi; Multi-Country; Zambia; Zimbabwe | 2022 | Jacob Novignon, Leah Prencipe, Adria Molotsky, Elsa Valli, Richard de Groot, Clement Adamba, Tia Palermo, The impact of unconditional cash transfers on morbidity and health-seeking behaviour in Africa: evidence from Ghana,Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe, Health Policy and Planning, 2022;, czac014, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czac014 |
Journal Article | ‘Poverty can break a home’: Exploring mechanisms linking cash plus programming and intimate partner violence in Ghana | Ghana | 2021 | Barrington C., Peterman A., Akaligaung A. J., Palermo T., de Milliano M., Aborigo R. A., ‘Poverty can break a home’: Exploring mechanisms linking cash plus programming and intimate partner violence in Ghana, Social Science & Medicine, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114521. |
Brief | Ujana Salama Cash Plus Model on Youth Well-Being and Safe, Healthy Transitions – Round 3 Findings (Swahili Version) | Tanzania | 2020 | |
Report | A Cash Plus Model for Safe Transitions to a Healthy and Productive Adulthood Round 3 Report | Tanzania | 2020 | |
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 | Urban cash transfers and poverty in Ghana | Ghana | 2021 | 2021). Urban cash transfers and poverty in Ghana. Review of Development Economics, 00, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12817 , & ( |
Infographic | Cash Transfers vs Cash Plus: How Does 'Cash Plus' Work? | Cash Transfers vs Cash Plus: How Does ‘Cash Plus’ Work? |
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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 | |
Report | Participant experiences with Tanzania's Productive Social Safety Net 2019 Payment Delays | Tanzania | 2019 | Participant experiences with Tanzania's Productive Social Safety Net 2019 Payment Delays |
Report | Cash 'plus' - Integrated Nutrition and Social Cash Transfer (IN-SCT) Pilot in Ethiopia: perceptions and feedback from clients and service providers (2017) | Ethiopia | 2017 | Cash 'plus' - Integrated Nutrition and Social Cash Transfer (IN-SCT) Pilot in Ethiopia: perceptions and feedback from clients and service providers (2017) |
Brief | Roelen K, Prencipe L and Palermo T. (2018).'Cash plus': Linking cash transfers to services and sectors.Innocenti Research Brief 2018-19. UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, Florence, Italy. | 2018 | Roelen K, Prencipe L and Palermo T. (2018).'Cash plus': Linking cash transfers to services and sectors.Innocenti Research Brief 2018-19. UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, Florence, Italy. | |
Brief | Tanzania Cash Plus Evaluation Team. Cash Plus: An Adolescent Livelihood, Health and Well-being Intervention as part of Tanzania's Productive Social Safety Net Programme. Innocenti Project Brief. UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, Florence, Italy. | Tanzania | 2018 | Tanzania Cash Plus Evaluation Team. Cash Plus: An Adolescent Livelihood, Health and Well-being Intervention as part of Tanzania's Productive Social Safety Net Programme. Innocenti Project Brief. UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, Florence, Italy. |
Brief | Mills M and Barrington C. (2016).Utilizing Qualitative Methods in the Ghana LEAP 1000 Impact Evaluation,Methodological Briefsno. 2016-02, UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, Florence. | Ghana | 2016 | Mills M and Barrington C. (2016).Utilizing Qualitative Methods in the Ghana LEAP 1000 Impact Evaluation,Methodological Briefsno. 2016-02, UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, Florence. |
Brief | Ghana LEAP 1000 Impact Evaluation: Overview of Study Design | Ghana | 2016 | de Groot R. (2016). Ghana LEAP 1000 Impact Evaluation: Overview of Study Design,Methodological Briefsno. 2016-01, UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, Florence. |
Brief | Ghana LEAP 1000 impact evaluation: Analysis of transfer size and estimated impacts | Ghana | 2016 | de Groot R and Handa S. (2016). Ghana LEAP 1000 impact evaluation: Analysis of transfer size and estimated impacts.Transfer Project Research Brief 2016-11. Chapel Hill, NC: Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill. |
Working and Position Paper | How to Make 'Cash Plus' Work: Linking Cash Transfers to Services and Sectors | 2017 | Roelen K, Devereux S, Abdulai A, Martorana B, Palermo T, Ragno LP. (2017) How to Make ‘Cash Plus’ Work: Linking Cash Transfers to Services and Sectors. Innocenti Working Papers no. 2017-10, UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, Florence. |
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Blog | When Cash Alone is Not Enough: the transformative power of Cash Plus programmes, UNICEF Innocenti, May 2018 | 2018 | When Cash Alone is Not Enough: the transformative power of Cash Plus programmes, UNICEF Innocenti, May 2018 | |
Video | What is Cash Plus? | 2020 | What is Cash Plus? | |
Video | What difference does Cash Plus make? | Multi-Country | 2020 | What difference does Cash Plus make? |
Video | The CASH Plus Model: Improving adolescent wellbeing with evidence | 2019 | The CASH Plus Model: Improving adolescent wellbeing with evidence | |
Video | Cash Transfers for Mother Baby Health in Ghana | Ghana | 2016 | Cash Transfers for Mother Baby Health in Ghana |
Video | Tia Palermo on Leveraging Cash Transfers to Reduce IPV | Ghana | 2019 | Tia Palermo on Leveraging Cash Transfers to Reduce IPV |
Multimedia | Tanzania: Cash Plus Theory of Change | Tanzania | Tanzania: Cash Plus Theory of Change | |
Multimedia | How does 'cash plus' work? | How does 'cash plus' work? | ||
Multimedia | Child Grant: Programme and Evaluation Framework | General/Unaffiliated | Child Grant: Programme and Evaluation Framework |
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Journal Article | Enhanced life distress inventory: Development and validation in two African countries | Tanzania | 2020 | Palermo T, Hall J. B, & Cirillo C on behalf of the Tanzania PSSN Youth Study Evaluation Team, Tanzania Adolescent Cash Plus Study Team, and Ghana LEAP 1000 Evaluation Team. (2020).Enhanced life distress inventory: Development and validation in two African countries,British Journal of Health Psychology,DOI: 10.1111/bjhp.12448 |
Brief | Impact of the United Republic of Tanzania's Productive Social Safety Net on Child Labour and Education | Tanzania | 2020 | UNICEF Innocenti (2020).Impact of the United Republic of Tanzania’s Productive Social Safety Net on Child Labour and Education. UNICEF Innocenti, Florence, Italy. |
Working and Position Paper | Complementarities between social protection and health sector policies: evidence from productive safety net program in Ethiopia | Ethiopia | 2017 | Hirvonen K, Bossuyt A and Pigois R. (2017). Complementarities between social protection and health sector policies: evidence from productive safety net program in Ethiopia. IFPRI Strategy Support Program Working Paper 112. |
Brief | Cash plus in practice: integrating nutrition and access to services in the PSNP in Ethiopia | Ethiopia | 2017 | UNICEF. (2017). Cash plus in practice: integrating nutrition and access to services in the PSNP in Ethiopia. UNICEF Ethiopia Brief. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. |
Working and Position Paper | Child malnutrition, consumption growth, maternal care and price shocks: new evidence from Northern Ghana | Ghana | 2017 | de Groot R, Handa S, Ragno LP and Spadafora T. (2017). Child malnutrition, consumption growth, maternal care and price shocks: new evidence from Northern Ghana. Innocenti Working Papers no. 2017-01, UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti. Florence, Italy. |
Working and Position Paper | How to make 'cash plus' work in social protection: linking services and sectors. Innocenti Working Papers no. 2017-10 | Ethiopia; Ghana | 2017 | Roelen K, Devereux S, Abdulai AG, Martorano B, Palermo T and Ragno LP. (2017). How to make ‘cash plus’ work in social protection: linking services and sectors. Innocenti Working Papers no. 2017-10, UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti. Florence, Italy. |
Brief | Ghana LEAP 1000 impact evaluation: Targeting effectiveness. Transfer Project Research Brief 2016-10 | Ghana | 2016 | de Groot R and Handa S. (2016). Ghana LEAP 1000 impact evaluation: Targeting effectiveness. Transfer Project Research Brief 2016-10. Chapel Hill, NC: Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill. |