Resilience and Productive Impacts
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 |
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| 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 | ||
| 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 69:1, 485-512
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| 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. |
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| 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? |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
| 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 |