Both agricultural interventions and social protection interventions are needed for combatting
hunger and poverty among poor smallholder farmers. Yet, coordination between these two …

Poverty remains a pervasive and complex phenomenon in Sub-Saharan Africa. Part of the
agenda in recent years to tackle poverty in Africa has been the launching of social safety …

We analyze economic life in three Congolese refugee camps in Rwanda and the
interactions between refugees and local host-country economies within a 10-km radius …

This paper reports the analysis of the impact of Kenya's Cash Transfer for Orphans and
Vulnerable Children Programme on the household decisions on productive activities using …

In the last decade social cash transfer programmes have become extremely popular in sub‐
Saharan Africa, and are often portrayed as an instrument that can facilitate graduation out of …

Safety nets in Africa are a popular policy instrument to address the widespread chronic
poverty and encourage human capital investments in the education and health of children …

Purpose The impact of cash transfers on improving the living conditions of children and
reducing early-life deprivations and vulnerabilities are crucial to safeguarding equality of …

There is growing evidence on the impacts of social safety nets on equity, resilience, and
opportunities among the poor and vulnerable in Africa. The depth of recent evidence serves …

This study estimates the rates of return of non-contributory social transfer programmes in
Cambodia using household-level data and going beyond standard cost–efficiency analyses …

Swift response models are vital tools for emergency assistance agencies. The COVID‐19
pandemic revealed the lack of economic models for short‐run policy relevant research to …