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Evaluation
Long-Term Effects of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Nicaragua
Researchers worked with the Government of Nicaragua to evaluate the long-term impact of time-limited CCTs on education, reproductive health, and labor market outcomes. Ten years later, people whose families were offered cash transfers when they were younger children had higher labor force participation and earnings on average than people whose families were offered cash transfers when they were older children.
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The Impact of Group-based Therapy and Cash Transfers on Adolescent Girls' Mental Health and Economic Outcomes in Uganda
Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to test the impacts of group-based therapy with and without a one-time lump sum cash transfers on the mental health and employment outcomes of adolescent girls in Uganda.
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Promoting Productive Inclusion and Resilience in National Safety Nets: A Four-Country Evaluation in the Sahel
In partnership with country governments and the World Bank, the research team has been evaluating how different productive packages impact the wellbeing and economic stability of safety net beneficiaries in Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal. In Niger, a multi-faceted economic inclusion program delivered to women beneficiaries of a national cash transfer program improved women’s consumption and food security, increased their off-farm business activities, and improved their psychosocial well-being.
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The Impact of a One-off Transfer of Assets and Skills on the Occupational Choices of Low-income Women in Bangladesh
Researchers partnered with BRAC to evaluate their multi-faceted livelihood program known as the Graduation Approach, which aims to encourage occupational change among women living in extreme poverty. The Graduation Approach enabled these women to shift away from seasonal casual wage labor and into livestock rearing, leading to an increase in earnings and a reduction in extreme poverty.
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Alain de Janvry
Alain de Janvry is a professor of agricultural and resource economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He has conducted field research in Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent, focusing, among other topics, on rural development and technological...
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Firman Witoelar Kartaadipoetra
Firman Witoelar Kartaadipoetra is a fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australia National University. Firman’s research interests are microeconomics of development: health behavior and outcomes, economics of aging, education and labor market outcomes, consumption and income dynamics...
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Trisha Pande
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Ameya Bagde
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Sharvari Ravishankar
Sharvari Ravishankar is a Senior Research Associate at J-PAL South Asia on the Migration and Technology project in collaboration with the online recruitment website QuikrJobs in Bangalore.
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Francisca Sánchez
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Javiera Atala
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Gargi Pal
Research Paper
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