Secondary school completion in sub-Saharan Africa is the lowest in the world. Given the multiple constraints households face, the scope of purely demand-side interventions to narrow the completion gap...
The development objective of the Adaptive Social Protection for Increased Resilience Project for Haiti is to deliver cash transfers to targeted households and establish the foundations for an adaptive...
Climatic shocks exacerbate consumption volatility and seasonality. When facing fluctuations in labor needs and prices, low-income rural households may rationally increase their consumption during specific...
Kiribati’s copra subsidy is a major element of the government’s economic strategy that simultaneously accomplishes three key goals. First, it reduces poverty. Second, it incentivizes living on the outer...
This paper examines the direct and spillover effects of cash transfers paid in a rural and low-income setting. In the short run, an unconditional cash transfer program for ultra-poor households in Northern...
Le présent rapport présente les résultats d’une évaluation de l’impact des mesures d’inclusion productive du programme Tekavoul en Mauritanie. L’évaluation d’impact compare l’efficacité de trois variantes...
Os preços globais do petróleo subiram nas últimas décadas, prejudicando significativamente o padrão de vida das famílias. Em resposta ao aumento dos preços, muitos governos introduziram subsídios aos preços...
The report on the indexation of benefits within the adaptive social protection (ASP) framework underscores the importance of linking cash transfers to inflation to maintain their adequacy amidst changing...
The report contains a list of IBRD and IDA disbursements by country and by Global Practices covering the period from FY2015 to FY2022. The information includes the disbursement amount for each of the sixteen...
Global oil prices have surged in recent decades, significantly hurting household living standards. In response to rising prices, many governments introduced fuel price subsidy to protect the most vulnerable...
The development objective of the Productive Safety Net for Socioeconomic Opportunities Project for South Sudan is to provide cash transfers and access to income generating opportunities and strengthen...
The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is a conditional cash transfer (CCT) program that provides cash to beneficiary households subject to their compliance with program conditionalities. Through...
Using a cluster-randomized trial, this paper evaluates the impact of group-based interpersonal therapy on mental health and human capital accumulation among adolescent girls in Uganda who were at risk...
Ce rapport est composé de six sections. La section 2 présente la méthodologie du modèle PMT pour évaluer le niveau de vie des ménages. La troisième section détaille les modèles nationaux qui ont été conçus...
The rapid expansion of social safety nets in contexts affected by violence, fragility and forced displacement raises questions about whether such programs can relieve the worst forms of insecurity and...