Let’s start with… politics! Do cash transfers affect political engagement and voting preferences? Orkin and Walker show that in Kenya, voters (correctly) do not attribute a cash transfer program to local leaders, and receiving a cash transfer does not...
Can social protection help compliance with Covid confinements? Deiana et al show that in Italy, a food voucher program decreased mobility by 5% two weeks after lockdown . The effects persisted for two more weeks. How did they estimate it? Authorities...
Let’s begin with a rich synthesis! Beazley et al summarize the performance of select social protection Covid-19 responses in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, Pakistan, Sierra Leone and Uganda . Trade-offs were in full display: Pakistan and Bangladesh showed...
The year 2021 has been declared as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, aiming to inspire governments to achieve target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by taking innovative actions to eradicate child labour...
Over the past year, the weekly social protection links issued 45 editions and reviewed 840 papers. Which ones struck me the most? Let me flash out some of my favorite 2020 cash transfers materials articulated around 15 thematic buckets. Covid-19 A global...