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Food transfers, cash transfers, behavior change communication and child nutrition: Evidence from Bangladesh

The importance of children’s nutritional status for subsequent human capital formation, the limited evidence of the effectiveness of social protection interventions on child nutrition, and the absence of knowledge on the intra-household impacts of cash and...
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Can transfers and behavior change communication reduce intimate partner violence four years post-program? Experimental evidence from Bangladesh

Little is known about whether reductions in intimate partner violence (IPV) from cash transfer programs persist over the longer term. Using a randomized controlled trial design, we show that a program providing poor women in rural Bangladesh with cash or food...
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Cash, food, and vouchers reduce intimate partner violence in urban areas in Ecuador: Cash Transfer and Intimate Partner Violence Research Collaborative

This case study summarizes the impact of a short-term food, cash, and voucher program targeted to the urban poor in Northern Ecuador. The program led to a 30 percent reduction in physical and sexual IPV as well as a 19 percent reduction in controlling...
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Transfers, behavior change communication, and intimate partner violence: Post-program evidence from rural Bangladesh (Article)

Transfer programs have been shown to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV), but little evidence exists on how activities linked to transfers affect IPV or what happens when programs end. We assess post-program impacts on IPV of randomly assigning women in...
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Egypt’s Takaful and Karama cash transfer program: Evaluation of program impacts and recommendations

Egypt has been providing cash to poor households through its first conditional cash transfer program, Takaful and Karama, a social protection program run by the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MoSS), since March 2015. Takaful (“Solidarity”) supports poor...
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Does “Cash Plus” Work for Preventing Malnutrition? New Evidence from an Impact Evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition Program

An impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition program provides new evidence of the benefits of “cash plus” transfer programs to meet nutritional needs in conflict situations. Conflict has become a major driver of humanitarian crises globally, requiring...
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