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Promoting positive parenting practices in Niger through a cash transfer programme
Report
In 2011, the Government of Niger set up a national social safety net
programme – the ‘Projet Filets Sociaux’. It includes unconditional cash transfers as well as behavioural change measures to promote investments in children. Lessons from programme implementation and evaluations so far highlight...
How to Make ‘Cash Plus’ Work: Linking Cash Transfers to Services and Sectors
Report
The broad-ranging benefits of cash transfers are now widely recognized. However, the evidence base highlights that they often fall short in achieving longer-term and second-order impacts related to nutrition, learning outcomes and morbidity.In recognition of these limitations, several ‘cash...
Madagascar Cash in Emergency Principles
Guidelines and Tools
To improve coordination at technical and strategic levels, an emergency cash group was formed in 2016 under the overall umbrella of the Social Protection Thematic Group which was co-led by UNICEF and the Ministry in charge of social protection. This has strengthened coordination amongst partners; improved...
As the movement for cash transfer programming advances, how can we ensure that people with disabilities are not left behind in cash transfer programming for emergencies?
Report
It is estimated that 15% of the world’s population has a disability and evidence has shown that those with a disability are likely to be disproportionately affected when a crisis hits. In a 2015 global consultation carried out by Handicap International, 75% of respondents living with a disability, the...
Scaling Up Humanitarian Cash Transfers in Nepal
Case Study
The Nepal earthquake has a number of lessons for the global debates on scaling up cash both at the level of cash responses themselves and in the more transformational way envisaged by the High Level Panel through which cash can disrupt the established humanitarian system. Humanitarian cash transfers after...
How can lump-sum cash transfers be designed to improve their productive potential?
Presentation
Cash transfer programmes are one of the most popular welfare policies in the developing world and are also backed by a large and rigorous evidence base. Besides the effects on consumption and human capital, the productive impact of cash transfers has been increasingly scrutinised. Despite the fact that...
The Impact of Earned and Windfall Cash Transfers on Livelihoods and Conservation in Sierra Leone
Report
This study by Bulte et al. measures the impact of a cash transfer programme aimed at alleviating poverty and reducing pressure on the natural environment in Sierra Leone. Researchers offered aid to 91 rural communities, which are dependent on slash-and-burn agriculture in three forms: as windfall...
Dynamique de L’Intérieur des Ménages et la Conception des Programmes de Protection Sociale: le Cas des Ménages Polygames au Nord du Burkina Faso
Case Study
Un récent examen des programmes de protection sociale de la Banque mondiale et de la problématique de genre met en évidence la nécessité d’accorder une importance accrue aux dynamiques intra-ménage dans la conception des programmes de protection sociale (Bardasi, 2014)1 . Lors de la conception des...
Intra-Household Dynamics and the Design of Social Protection Programs: The Case of Polygamous Households in North Burkina Faso
Case Study
A recent overview of World Bank social safety net programs and gender highlighted the need for greater consideration of intra-household dynamics in the design of social protection programs (Bardasi 2014). During program design, decisions have to be made about who to target, how much and how often to give...
Working with Cash-based Safety Nets in Humanitarian Contexts: Guidance Note for Humanitarian Practitioners
Guidelines and Tools
Over the past decade, social protection has emerged as an important social policy measure to tackle poverty and inequality in society, and to address vulnerability to shocks. In line with these developments, there has been increasing interest in forging better links between humanitarian assistance and...
Building on social protection systems for effective disaster response: the Philippines experience
Report
How can social protection systems be used in disasters, as a complement to, or substitute for, humanitarian assistance? Oxford Policy Management led a two-year research project investigating this question, looking at the role of social protection in both mitigating the impact of large-scale shocks and...
Travailler avec des filets sociaux basés sur des transferts monétaires dans des contextes humanitaires – Note d’orientation pour les acteurs humanitaires
Guides et outils
Au cours des dix dernières années, la protection sociale est apparue comme une mesure importante de la politique sociale pour lutter contre la pauvreté et les inégalités au sein de la société et pour remédier à la vulnérabilité des individus face aux crises. Dans le prolongement de ces...
Document de travail 2: Étude de cas du Mali. Document préparatoire
Guides et outils
Le présent document vise à fournir un état des lieux des connaissances et des questionnements sur ces questions dans le contexte spécifique du Mali. Il a été écrit sur la base d’une revue documentaire couplée à des échanges menés avec différentes parties prenantes par email et Skype et/ou en...
Outil d’analyse des risques et bénéfices en matière de protection
Guides et outils
Outil d’analyse des risques et bénéfices en matière de protection.
Guide pour la protection dans le cadre des interventions monétaires
Guides et outils
Ce guide identifie les informations minimum nécessaires et les ressources clés visant à aider les professionnels de l’humanitaire à s’assurer que les risques et les bénéfices en matière de protection soient pris en compte et fassent l’objet d’un suivi tout au long du cycle d’un...
Recommandations clés pour assurer la protection dans le cadre d’interventions monétaires
Guides et outils
Recommandations clés pour assurer la protection dans le cadre d’interventions monétaires
Conseils pour assurer la protection dans le cadre des interventions monétaires
Guides et outils
Conseils pour assurer la protection dans le cadre des interventions monétaires
Document de travail 3: Protection sociale réactive aux crises dans le Sahel : Perspectives communautaires
Rapport
Il est le troisième rapport d’une série de documents de travail sur la recherche en cours. Ces différents rapports étudient les possibilités d’interaction entre la protection sociale, l’assistance humanitaire et la gestion des risques de catastrophe (GRC) afin de compléter les connaissances...
Karamoja, Uganda: Enhanced Market Analysis
Report
The Market Fundamentals reports serves as starting points for providing efficient and effective market-based response decision support for both emergency and development programs in Karamoja Region of Uganda. It examines the appropriateness and feasibility of modality response options for the region.
Uganda’s Senior Citizens’ Grant: A success story from the heart of Africa
Report
Since 2011, a pilot universal old age pension – known as the Senior Citizens’ Grant (SCG) – has been implemented in Uganda. By 2016, there were 125,000 beneficiaries. A number of studies have demonstrated that the scheme has had significant benefits. Despite the general economic situation worsening...