This paper explores the extent to which government-run cash transfer programs in four sub-
Saharan countries affect food security and nutritional outcomes. These programs include …

This chapter aims at documenting inequality trends in the region and identifying the factors
that explain the early to mid-1990s-2011 inequality changes. Given its path-dependent …

A plethora of studies from sub-Saharan Africa indicate that orphaned and vulnerable
children are exposed to adverse health, education and other social outcomes. Across …

Ethiopia has been implementing its flagship social protection programme, Productive Safety
Net Programme (PSNP), since 2005, mainly in drought prone and chronically food insecure …

Elected politicians sit at the interface between the state and the citizens and play a critical
role in shaping the social contract. This article presents rare insights into the participation of …

This thesis reviews existing literature on the impacts of cash transfers (CTs) on male-to-
female intimate partner violence (IPV) in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). It begins …

The purpose of the study was to investigate the unmet economic and social needs of older
persons living in Korogocho Location, Nairobi City County and to determine the effects of the …

This thesis consists of three chapters that contribute towards a better understanding of the
important role played by social safety net programs in supporting poor households mitigate …

The paper first documents the evolution of consumption inequality in 29 Sub-Saharan
African countries over 1991-2011 on the basis of a new dataset accounting for over 80% of …

School leaving is a significant social problem that undermines the short and long-term
developmental goals of young mothers and their children. Informed by the ubuntu …