Cash transfers (CTs) are among the primary tools in social protection aimed at reducing poverty and enhancing people's lives. To increase their impact, there is a growing trend of combining CTs with additional interventions, such as information campaigns and awareness-raising activities, psychosocial support, or food or other in-kind transfers, in so-called cash plus programs (CTs+).

In recent years, the body of evidence on the effects of CT and CT+ interventions has grown significantly, particularly in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). This EGM seeks to address the current lack of a systematic mapping of the evidence. It provides a visual and interactive representation of impact evaluations (IEs) and systematic reviews (SRs) on CT and CT+ programs in LMICs since 2005 across a wide range of outcomes.

The EGM facilitates evidence-informed decision-making in social protection by enabling easy access to the existing (quasi-)experimental evidence. Additionally, the EGM reveals key evidence and synthesis gaps, emphasizing the need for policy makers and academics to generate relevant knowledge.

Check out EGM's Report and Policy Brief on Cash Transfers and Cash Plus Programs:

Policy brief: Cash Transfers and Cash Plus Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
EGM Report: Cash Transfers and Cash Plus Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Evidence Gap Map

*This project was developed with financial support from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)