Economists typically default to the assumption that cash is always preferable to an in-kind transfer. We extend the classic Southworth (1945) framework to predict under what conditions this assumption holds.
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The impact of large-scale social protection interventions on grain prices in poor countries: Evidence from Ethiopia
There has long been concern that cash and in-kind transfers might affect prices in developing country food markets.
The malign effect of shocks has long been a concern within economics, partly because they result in transitory welfare losses and partly because they may have persistent effects.
Synopsis: The impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme on the nutritional status of children: 2008–2012
Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) is a large-scale social protection intervention aimed at improving food security and stabilizing asset levels.
The impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme on the nutritional status of children: 2008–2012
Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) is a large-scale social protection intervention aimed at improving food security and stabilizing asset levels.
The findings from this study reveal that, on an economy-wide ba-sis, the benefits of PSNP significantly exceed the cost of PSNP transfers.
We estimate the impact of improved market access on household well-being and nutrition using a quasi-experimental setting in Ethiopia.
Centralized implementation mandates of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) require a full and uniform payment to each person in an eligible household.
We estimate the impact of improved market access on household well-being and nutrition using a quasi-experimental setting in Ethiopia.
Childhood shocks, safety nets and cognitive skills: Panel data evidence from rural Ethiopia
Using child-level panel data from rural areas of Ethiopia, this paper analyzes effects of both economic and non-economic shocks on child cognition skills measured after the early childhood age window.