Household decisions about child labor are influenced by income, uncertainty, and relative
returns to work and education. The complexity of the phenomenon implies that a large set of …

Public Works (PW) programs are popular development interventions due to their potential
'double dividend'of transferring income to the poor while at the same time creating public …

Public works are one of the most popular safety net and employment policy instruments in
the developing world, despite limited evidence on their effectiveness and optimal design …

Will the fast expansion of cash-based programming in poor countries increase international
migration? Theoretically, cash transfers may deter migration by increasing its opportunity …

Workfare programs are one of the most popular social protection and employment policy
instruments in the developing world. They evoke the promise of efficient targeting, as well as …

This article presents findings from the World Development Report 2019: The Changing
Nature of Work. The Report studies how the nature of work is changing as a result 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 …

This paper evaluates the impact of multi-purpose cash assistance on Syrian refugee
children living in Lebanon. Using a sharp multidimensional regression discontinuity design …

Globally, humanitarian needs have reached an historically unprecedented scale,
undermining the ability of affected children to survive, grow, and thrive. Social protection …

This paper examines the impact of a “cash plus” intervention on youth entrepreneurship and
skills formation during the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone, using evidence from a randomized …