Children on the Move : Progressive Redistribution of Humanitarian Cash Transfers among Refugees

This paper evaluates the impact of the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) in Turkey, the largest cash transfer program for international refugees in the world. The paper provides prima facie evidence that the program quickly caused substantial chan...

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Main Authors:	Ozler, Berk, Celik, Cigdem, Cunningham, Scott, Cuevas, P. Facundo, Parisotto, Luca
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DCW 2020
Subjects:	CASH TRANSFERS HUMAN ASSISTANCE REFUGEES POVERTY INEQUALITY MIGRATION SAFETY NETS GINI COEFFICIENT TARGETED SOCIAL ASSISTANCE VULNERABLE POPULATION DISPLACED PERSONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/996581604677892185/Children-on-the-Move-Progressive-Redistribution-of-Humanitarian-Cash-Transfers-among-Refugees http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34772

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spelling	okr-10986-347722022-09-20T00:11:10Z Children on the Move : Progressive Redistribution of Humanitarian Cash Transfers among Refugees Ozler, Berk Celik, Cigdem Cunningham, Scott Cuevas, P. Facundo Parisotto, Luca CASH TRANSFERS HUMAN ASSISTANCE REFUGEES POVERTY INEQUALITY MIGRATION SAFETY NETS GINI COEFFICIENT TARGETED SOCIAL ASSISTANCE VULNERABLE POPULATION DISPLACED PERSONS This paper evaluates the impact of the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) in Turkey, the largest cash transfer program for international refugees in the world. The paper provides prima facie evidence that the program quickly caused substantial changes in household size and composition, with a net movement of primarily school-age children from larger ineligible households to smaller eligible ones. A sharp decline in inequality is observed in the entire study population: the Gini index declined by four percentage points (or 15 percent) within six months of program rollout, and the poverty headcount at the $3.20/day international poverty line declined by more than 50 percent after one year. ESSN caused a moderate increase in the diversity and frequency of food consumption among eligible households, and although there was no statistically significant effect on overall school enrollment, there were meaningful gains among the most vulnerable beneficiary households. To strike the right balance between transfer size and coverage, key parameters in the design of any cash transfer program, policy makers should consider the possibility that refugee populations may respond to their eligibility status by altering their household structure and living arrangements. 2020-11-12T17:11:39Z 2020-11-12T17:11:39Z 2020-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/996581604677892185/Children-on-the-Move-Progressive-Redistribution-of-Humanitarian-Cash-Transfers-among-Refugees http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34772 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9471 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DCW Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Middle East and North Africa Syrian Arab Republic Turkey
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topic	CASH TRANSFERS HUMAN ASSISTANCE REFUGEES POVERTY INEQUALITY MIGRATION SAFETY NETS GINI COEFFICIENT TARGETED SOCIAL ASSISTANCE VULNERABLE POPULATION DISPLACED PERSONS
spellingShingle	CASH TRANSFERS HUMAN ASSISTANCE REFUGEES POVERTY INEQUALITY MIGRATION SAFETY NETS GINI COEFFICIENT TARGETED SOCIAL ASSISTANCE VULNERABLE POPULATION DISPLACED PERSONS Ozler, Berk Celik, Cigdem Cunningham, Scott Cuevas, P. Facundo Parisotto, Luca Children on the Move : Progressive Redistribution of Humanitarian Cash Transfers among Refugees
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description	This paper evaluates the impact of the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) in Turkey, the largest cash transfer program for international refugees in the world. The paper provides prima facie evidence that the program quickly caused substantial changes in household size and composition, with a net movement of primarily school-age children from larger ineligible households to smaller eligible ones. A sharp decline in inequality is observed in the entire study population: the Gini index declined by four percentage points (or 15 percent) within six months of program rollout, and the poverty headcount at the $3.20/day international poverty line declined by more than 50 percent after one year. ESSN caused a moderate increase in the diversity and frequency of food consumption among eligible households, and although there was no statistically significant effect on overall school enrollment, there were meaningful gains among the most vulnerable beneficiary households. To strike the right balance between transfer size and coverage, key parameters in the design of any cash transfer program, policy makers should consider the possibility that refugee populations may respond to their eligibility status by altering their household structure and living arrangements.
format	Working Paper
author	Ozler, Berk Celik, Cigdem Cunningham, Scott Cuevas, P. Facundo Parisotto, Luca
author_facet	Ozler, Berk Celik, Cigdem Cunningham, Scott Cuevas, P. Facundo Parisotto, Luca
author_sort	Ozler, Berk
title	Children on the Move : Progressive Redistribution of Humanitarian Cash Transfers among Refugees
title_short	Children on the Move : Progressive Redistribution of Humanitarian Cash Transfers among Refugees
title_full	Children on the Move : Progressive Redistribution of Humanitarian Cash Transfers among Refugees
title_fullStr	Children on the Move : Progressive Redistribution of Humanitarian Cash Transfers among Refugees
title_full_unstemmed	Children on the Move : Progressive Redistribution of Humanitarian Cash Transfers among Refugees
title_sort	children on the move : progressive redistribution of humanitarian cash transfers among refugees
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DCW
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/996581604677892185/Children-on-the-Move-Progressive-Redistribution-of-Humanitarian-Cash-Transfers-among-Refugees http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34772
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Children on the Move : Progressive Redistribution of Humanitarian Cash Transfers among Refugees

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