Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Cash transfer programs have significantly reduced poverty over the years. The World Bank's Social Protection and Jobs (SPJ) Unit, in collaboration with ideas42 and the government of Ghana has enhanced these programs with cost-effective...
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Conditional cash transfers in Nicaragua during primary school led to higher schooling and earnings in adulthood, but mechanisms differed by sex. Interventions aimed at increasing the nutrition, health, and education of children are often motivated...
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Viet Nam’s social assistance schemes provide monthly unconditional benefits to the most vulnerable people in poor and disadvantaged households, including people with disabilities and orphans. Phuong’s story illustrates how social protection...
Sunday, June 30, 2024
Cash Plus is a cash transfer modality that pairs unconditional cash transfers with productive inputs, assets and or technical training, aimed at supporting beneficiaries to address immediate needs while engaging in productive activities (FAO, 2023)....
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Tjingababili Primary School in Matabeleland South’s Mangwe District has become a magnet for children from outside its catchment area after introducing a feeding scheme to alleviate the devastating impact of the El Nino-induced drought. The school’s...
Friday, June 14, 2024
Through its Integrated Early Childhood Development (IECD) Program, supported by the World Bank under the Social Protection Transformation Project, Rwanda is successfully providing high-quality care and early stimulation for children, helping parents...
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
On June 12 the world will come together to mark the World Day Against Child Labour, casting a much-needed spotlight on a critical challenge that continues to affect millions of children worldwide. Child labour is work that is inappropriate for a...
Thursday, June 6, 2024
GirlsEmpoweringGirls is the first urban social protection programme in Uganda that seeks to ensure that in- and out-of-school adolescent girls living in Kampala transition safely into adulthood, and are empowered to achieve their goals, while...
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
With support from the World Bank and USAID, UNICEF distributed cash to 86,000 families with at least one girl between 12 and 17 years old. Each family received three separate tranches of payment of $120.00 to cover opportunity costs related to education...
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Over the last two decades most countries in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region initiated and strengthened social assistance programs, addressing long-standing regional challenges of poverty, inequality, lagging human capital outcomes, and...
