by Maxwell Young Cash transfers have been shown to reduce poverty, increase food security and build households assets, cultivate human capital, and provide recipients with dignity and autonomy. Research from Bangladesh and other low- and middle-income settings also shows that cash transfers can reduce intimate partner violence. Click to view interactive Despite […] Source: IFPRI Ghana
Cash, behavior can reduce violence against women
Direct cash transfers coupled with Behavior Change Communication (BCC) can reduce violence against women inflicted by their partners by 26 percent, according to a landmark study in Bangladesh conducted by researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Cornell University. The reductions in violence were found 6-10 months after the intervention ended, providing […] Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Cash transfers prove effective in reducing violence against women: IFPRI study
Direct cash transfers coupled with behaviour change communication (BCC) can reduce violence against women inflicted by their partners by more than a quarter, according to a study. The study said the reduction in violence was found six to 10 months after the intervention ended, providing the first evidence that such benefits can be sustained by […] Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Evaluation finds successes for Egypt’s first conditional cash transfer program
Hoda El-Enbaby, Research Associate, IFPRI Egypt
In 2015, the Egyptian government implemented a series of major economic reforms, including ambitious antipoverty programs. To protect the poor and better target them for assistance, the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MOSS), with the support of the World Bank (WB), launched the “Takaful & Karama” Programme(TKP), Egypt’s first national conditional cash transfer (CCT) program. Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office
