We gave $7,500 to people experiencing homelessness — here’s what happened next

#homelessness #WorkingPoor #MarginalizedPeople #CashTransfers psych.ubc.ca/news/cash-tr...

📖 Read more about our recent projects on estimating the impact of shocks and using various cash transfer modalities to alleviate their impact here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

#NaturalHazards #ClimateChange #ShockResponsiveSocialProtection #SocialProtection #CashTransfers

Context matters.

Cash transfers can improve health outcomes, but their impact depends on the strength and quality of health services.

What does the evidence from Africa tell us?

Curious about the findings?
Visit our website to read more.

#GlobalHealth #CashTransfers #Africa #PublicHealth

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Can #CashTransfers save lives? A major pension reform in rural Mexico offers surprising answers – with stark differences between men and women.
@fmenares.bsky.social, William H. Dow, @susanwparker-mx.bsky.social, Emma Aguila, Jorge Peniche & Soomin Ryuu found surprising results.

How do cash transfers influence education outcomes across Africa?

Our latest evidence summary explores what the research tells us about their impact on school enrolment, attendance, and learning.
Visit our website to read more about the work we have done.
#CashTransfers #Education #Africa #Evidence

Can digital cash transfers serve those in active conflict zones? Digital cash transfers can be delivered even in active conflict settings like Sudan and can significantly protect vulnerable households – especially in the most insecure areas – from worsening food in...

Digital #CashTransfers can still reach people in active conflict, with evidence from #Sudan showing benefits for food security in highly insecure areas. But don't be too stingy for max effect! 💰📱💥🌍🥖✨

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#HumanitarianAid #Sudan #KeepEyesOnSudan #CashAssistance #CashTransfers

Social welfare meets digital innovation. Direct cash transfers are transforming how relief reaches vulnerable families — faster, more transparent, and more dignified.
#RamadanReliefPackage #DigitalGovernance #CashTransfers
Read Full Article: stratheia.com/dignity-digi...

Thought-provoking piece by my colleagues Julia Chukwuna and Kevin Deane with critical reflections on targeted #cashtransfers through lens of #coloniality
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Based on research @oucsgd.bsky.social at @theopenuniverse.bsky.social in collaboration with @idos-research.bsky.social

#RandomResourceDrop 🪂🎁
New Incentives is a charity that provides cash incentives to boost childhood vaccination rates in Nigeria, offering cost-effective lifesaving interventions backed by evidence.

New Incentives
www.newincentives.org

#Resource #Charity #GlobalHealth #CashTransfers

Overwhelmed by the evidence on the impact of #cashtransfers in Africa? We’ve got you covered! 🆕Transfer Project evidence summaries & briefs, produced by PRESTO w/ @unicef.org, were just released. 🔗 Check out the full list below & click here to find all the PDFs: transfer.cpc.unc.edu/evidence-sum...

Can mobile money help protect children from Gender-Based Violence (GBV)? #UNICEF’s #evaluation (2018–2023) shows how cash transfers via mobile money can help boost child protection & access to services—especially for girls. #16Days #EndGBV #CashTransfers 👉 bit.ly/4nDBa74 👈 #CôteDIvoire

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❓Can social protection programmes like #CashTransfers reduce VAW at scale?

✨ Amber Peterman shares the latest evidence, promising models, and key recommendations to design and deliver violence-sensitive social protection programmes.

▶️ Watch now: https://cutt.ly/xtwXpiro

#UnderutilisedStrategies

We are pleased to share the latest article co-authored by Dr Maria Clara Oliveira, who supports Development Analytics’ mission as an Associate.

More info: www.linkedin.com/posts/develo...

📄 To read the full article here: doi.org/10.1080/0225...

#SocialProtection #CashTransfers #PolicyChange

Efficient Redistribution: Universal Basic Income and Human Capital Investment <div> <p>We study the medium- and long-term effects of a nationwide, UBI-like program launched in Iran in 2010. Using a difference-in-differences event study,

“Efficient Redistribution: Universal Basic Income and Human Capital Investment” (SSRN) — papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The session will be in English with simultaneous Arabic interpretation.

#SocialProtection #ArabSocialProtection #MENA #ClimateAction #CashTransfers #Economics

#Haiti #HIV #Pregnancy #CashTransfers

@louiseisainmdom.bsky.social @healthequityintl.bsky.social @pennldi.bsky.social @pennmedcso.bsky.social @pennmedresearch.bsky.social @pennmedicine.bsky.social

💸 Investing in underutilised strategies such as #CashTransfers can help prevent intimate partner violence at scale by improving household economic security, empowering women, and reducing stressors which fuel violence against women and children: https://cutt.ly/pr48OgzN

#UnderutilisedStrategies

Policy lineage: “Oil-to-Cash” (Moss–Lambert–Majerowicz, 2015) argues for redirecting resource rents to citizens via direct transfers.
#CashTransfers @cgdev.org @worldbanknotes.bsky.social
@unep.org

📢 PODCAST ALERT! 🎧
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September chat with
👉 new #childpoverty estimates
👉 responsibilities for early #childhood development
👉 mismatch between perceptions and evidence #cashtransfers
👉 call for evidence for #EU anti #poverty strategy
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poverty-unpacked.org/2025/10/01/e...

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#CashTransfers #EndChildMortality #GlobalAlliance #GiveDirectly #MaternalHealth #NewbornHealth #ChildSurvival #PovertyReduction #FastTrack #EvidenceBased

Stay informed and join us in the fight against hunger and poverty: tinyurl.com/GA-newslette...

#GlobalAlliance #EndHunger #FoodSecurity #SocialImpact #SustainableDevelopment #ChildHealth #CashTransfers #UNFSS #GlobalAction #ColumbiaUniversity

Valuable exchange on #cashtransfers

New paper on cash transfers & child survival in Kenya www.nber.org/papers/w34152

Berk Özler examines blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

Caitlin Tulloch (Give Directly) replies www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

Intersectional impact of cash transfers on AIDS among 12.3 million Brazilian women - Nature Human Behaviour Cash transfers reduced AIDS incidence and mortality among 12.3 million Brazilian women, especially those with overlapping social vulnerabilities, highlighting the role of social protection in addressing health inequalities.

In this Article, Silva et al. show that cash transfers reduced AIDS incidence and mortality among 12.3 million Brazilian women, especially those with overlapping social vulnerabilities. #CashTransfers #AIDS #HealthInequities #SocialProtection

The impact of conditional cash transfers: The Lancet Public Health July 2025 issue - P4H Network

💰 Can a small cash transfer save lives? Yes
Brazil’s Bolsa Família prevented 700K deaths & 8M hospitalisations over 20 years. The July 2025 Lancet Public Health editorial shows CCTs boost health, education & equity, yet face funding risks
📖 p4h.world/en/news/the-...
#CashTransfers #SocialProtection

▶️ L'enregistrement du webinaire « Mythe vs Réalité : l'impact des transferts monétaires sur l'égalité de genre en Afrique » est désormais disponible avec interprétation simultanée en français. ⏯️ Regardez-le maintenant : www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIFE... #SocialProtection #GenderEquality #CashTransfers

"The evidence overwhelmingly suggests that cash transfers—at least how they are designed in developing country settings—do not have measurable impacts on labor supply." economics.mit.edu/sites/defaul... #cashtransfers

Kicking off an exciting week at the 2025 Africa Evidence Summit! Dr. Dickson Wandeda (University of Nairobi) presented long-term impacts of Ghana’s LEAP 1000 cash transfer on insurance uptake, morbidity & health seeking.
#AES2025 #cashtransfers #TransferProject

▶️The recording of the #SPorgWebinar ‘Myth vs. Reality: The Impact of Cash Transfers on Gender Equality in Africa’, organised by UNICEF and PRESTO, is out!
⏯️ Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxND...

#SocialProtection #GenderEquality #CashTransfers #Africa #LeaveNoOneBehind #SDGs

⏰💻 The #SPorgWebinar ‘Myth vs. Reality: The Impact of Cash Transfers on Gender Equality in Africa’, organised by UNICEF and PRESTO, begins in 30 minutes!

🔗👥 Meet the participants and register: tinyurl.com/2hay2nmh

#SocialProtection #GenderEquality #CashTransfers #Africa #LeaveNoOneBehind #SDGs

Indian Political Candidates Pledge Money to Women Voters Across India, politicians promise that, if they win their elections, women under a certain income threshold in their states will get cash payouts, indefinitely.

In India, political candidates are promising indefinite cash handouts to women—up to ₹3,000/month—if they win elections. Over 134 million women have received transfers, but experts warn these programs can be unpredictable and easily revoked. #India #Elections #CashTransfers

(2/2) 📑 This research is a collaborative effort with PRESTO, @unicef.org Innocenti, UNICEF Ghana, ISSER, and AIR’s P3 Mentoring Program.

#CashTransfers #SocialProtection #ImpactEvaluation