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Cash transfers contribute to household-level resilience through increased household savings and reducing negative coping strategies, among others. Cash transfers can also help stimulate local markets, supporting longer-term economic development efforts.

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Type Title Country(s) Year Citation
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 Evaluating spillovers and cost-effectiveness of complementary agricultural and social protection interventions: evidence from Lesotho Lesotho 2023
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
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 The Impact of a Large-Scale Poverty-Targeted Cash Transfer Program on Intertemporal Choice Zambia 2020
Handa, S., Seidenfeld, D., Tembo, G. (2020) The Impact of a Large-Scale Poverty-Targeted Cash Transfer Program on Intertemporal Choice, Economic Development and Cultural Change 2020 69:1485-512
Working and Position Paper Local economy impacts and cost-benefit analysis of social protection and agricultural interventions in Malawi Malawi 2019

Kagin J, Taylor JE, Pellerano P, Daidone S, Juergens F, Pace N and Knowles M. (2019).Local economy impacts and cost-benefit analysis of social protection and agricultural interventions in Malawi. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Labour Organisation, United Nations Children’s Fund.

Working and Position Paper Cash transfer programmes for managing climate change risk. Evidence from a randomized experiment in Zambia 2017

Asfaw S, Carraro A, Davis B, Handa S and Seidenfeld D. (2017).Cash transfer programmes for managing climate change risk. Evidence from a randomized experiment in Zambia.Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.

Working and Position Paper Social Networks and Risk Management in Ghana's Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Programme Ghana 2015

Daidone S, Handa S, Davis B, Park M, Osei RD and Osei-Akoto I. (2015).Social Networks and Risk Management in Ghana’s Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Programme,Innocenti Working Papersno. 2015-06, UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, Florence.

Journal Article Cash Transfers and Climate-resilient development: Evidence from Zambia's Child Grant Programme Zambia 2015

Lawlor K, Handa S, Seidenfeld D and the Zambia Cash Transfer Evaluation Team. (2015).Cash Transfers and Climate-resilient development: Evidence from Zambia’s Child Grant Programme,Innocenti Working Papersno. 2015-03, UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, Florence.

Video What is the Demographic Dividend? 2020

What is the Demographic Dividend?

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.

Blog Cash transfers for climate-resilient development. Kathleen Lawlor (University of North Carolina at Asheville), September 2015. 2015 Cash transfers for climate-resilient development.Kathleen Lawlor (University of North Carolina at Asheville), September 2015.
Journal Article Poverty-environment relationships under market heterogeneity: Cash transfers and rural livelihoods in Zambia Zambia 2019

Lawlor, K., Handa, S., Davis, B., & Seidenfeld, D. (n.d.).Poverty-environment relationships under market heterogeneity: Cash transfers and rural livelihoods in Zambia.Environment and Development Economics,1-24. doi:10.1017/S1355770X19000305

Journal Article Daidone S, Davis B, Handa S, Winters P. (2019)The Household and Individual-Level Productive Impacts of Cash Transfer Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa.American Journal of Agricultural Economics, aay113, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aay113 2019 Daidone S, Davis B, Handa S, Winters P. (2019)The Household and Individual-Level Productive Impacts of Cash Transfer Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa.American Journal of Agricultural Economics, aay113, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aay113
Journal Article Unconditional cash transfers, risk attitudes and modern inputs demand Zambia 2019

Prifti E, Daidone S, Pace N and Davis B. (2019)Unconditional cash transfers, risk attitudes and modern inputs demand.Applied Econometrics, vol. 53, pages 100-118.

Journal Article Can unconditional cash transfers raise long-term living standards? Evidence from Zambia Zambia 2018

Handa S, Natali L, Seidenfeld D, Tembo G, Davis B on behalf of the Zambia Cash Transfer Evaluation Study Team. (2018).Can unconditional cash transfers raise long-term living standards? Evidence from Zambia.Journal of Development Economics,133: 42-65.

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 The Malawi Social Cash Transfer Programme increases household resiliency Malawi 2017

The Malawi Cash Transfer Evaluation Team. (2017).The Malawi Social Cash Transfer Programme increases household resiliency. Transfer Project Research Brief 2017-04. Chapel Hill, NC: Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill.

Brief Malawi Social Cash Transfer Programme Impact Evaluation: Household Economics and Resilience at Baseline Malawi 2015

Kilburn Kand Handa S. (2015).Malawi Social Cash Transfer Programme Impact Evaluation: Household Economics and Resilience at Baseline. Transfer Project Research Brief 2015-07. Chapel Hill, NC: Carolina Population Center, UNC-Chapel Hill.

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.

Working and Position Paper Making money work: Unconditional cash transfers allow women to save and re-invest in rural Zambia Zambia 2016

Natali L, Handa S, Peterman A, Seidenfeld D & Tembo G on behalf of the Zambia Cash Transfer Evaluation Team (2016).Making money work: Unconditional cash transfers allow women to save and re-invest in rural Zambia,Innocenti Working Paperno. 2016-02, UNICEF Office of Research, Florence.

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

Journal Article Stuck exchange: Can cash transfers push smallholders out of autarky? Zambia 2019

Prifti E, Daidone S, Pace N, & Davis B.(2019).Stuck exchange: Can cash transfers push smallholders out of autarky?The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development,DOI:10.1080/09638199.2019.1702711

Journal Article Do social protection programs foster short-term and long-term migration adaptation strategies? Environment and Development Economics,1-24 Zambia 2019

Mueller V, Gray C, Handa S, & Seidenfeld D. (2019). Do social protection programs foster short-term and long-term migration adaptation strategies? Environment and Development Economics,1-24.

Journal Article Cash transfers enable households to cope with agricultural production and price shocks: evidence from Zambia Zambia 2017

Lawlor K, Handa S, Seidenfeld D and the Zambia Cash Transfer Evaluation Team. (2017). Cash transfers enable households to cope with agricultural production and price shocks: evidence from Zambia. Journal of Development Studies, 0: 1-18.

Journal Article Cash transfer programmes, weather shocks and household welfare: evidence from a randomised experiment in Zambia Zambia 2017

Asfaw S, Carraro A, Davis B, Handa S and Seidenfeld D. (2017). Cash transfer programmes, weather shocks and household welfare: evidence from a randomised experiment in Zambia. Journal of Development Effectiveness, 9(4): 419-442.

Journal Article Heterogeneous impacts of cash transfers on farm profitability. Evidence from a randomised study in Lesotho Lesotho 2020

Prifti E, Daidone S, Pace N, Davis B (2020)Heterogeneous impacts of cash transfers on farm profitability. Evidence from a randomised study in Lesotho,European Review of Agricultural Economics, jbz050,https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbz050

Journal Article Causal pathways of the productive impacts of cash transfer: Experimental evidence from Lesotho Lesotho 2019

Prifti E, Daidone S and Davis B. (2019). Causal pathways of the productive impacts of cash transfer: Experimental evidence from Lesotho. World Development, 115: 258-268.

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.

Working and Position Paper Does Market Access Mitigate the Impact of Seasonality on Child Growth? Panel data evidence from northern Ethiopia Ethiopia 2016

Abay K & Hirvonen K (2016). Does Market Access Mitigate the Impact of Seasonality on Child Growth? Panel data evidence from northern Ethiopia, Innocenti Working Papers no. 2016-05, UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, Florence.

Journal Article Is Graduation from Social Safety Nets Possible? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa Ghana; Kenya; Lesotho; Malawi; Zambia 2015

Daidone, S, Pellerano, L, Handa, S and Davis, B. (2015),Is Graduation from Social Safety Nets Possible? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. IDS Bulletin, 46:93102. doi:10.1111/1759-5436.12132