Myth-Busting? Confronting Six Common Perceptions about Unconditional Cash Transfers as a Poverty Reduction Strategy in Africa
This paper summarizes evidence on six perceptions associated with cash transfer programming, using eight rigorous evaluations conducted on large-scale government unconditional cash transfers in sub-Saharan Africa under the Transfer Project. Specifically, it investigates if transfers: 1) induce highe...
Main Authors: | Handa, Sudhanshu, Daidone, Silvio, Peterman, Amber, Davis, Benjamin, Pereira, Audrey, Palermo, Tia, Yablonski, Jennifer |
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Format: | Journal Article |
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
2020
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33275 |
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