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Responding to conflict: Does “Cash Plus†work for preventing malnutrition? New evidence from an impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition Program

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  • Kurdi, Sikandra
  • Breisinger, Clemens
  • Ibrahim, Hosam
  • Ghorpade, Yashodhan
  • Al-Ahmadi, Afrah

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An impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition program provides new evidence of the benefits of “cash plus†transfer programs to meet nutritional needs in conflict situations. Conflict has become a major driver of humanitarian crises globally, requiring responses that not only meet people’s immediate need for calories, but also ensure that aid recipients, especially children and pregnant women, receive adequate diet to avoid long-term impacts of malnutrition. The program in Yemen combined cash transfers with nutritional education using soft conditionality, with significant positive impacts on maternal and child dietary diversity, children’s height and weight measures, and the likelihood of children being diagnosed with moderate or severe acute malnutrition.

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  • Kurdi, Sikandra & Breisinger, Clemens & Ibrahim, Hosam & Ghorpade, Yashodhan & Al-Ahmadi, Afrah, 2019. "Responding to conflict: Does “Cash Plus†work for preventing malnutrition? New evidence from an impact evaluation of Yemen’s Cash for Nutrition Program," Policy briefs 9780896293601, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:fpr:polbrf:9780896293601
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    1. Carrasco Azzini, Giuseppe & Conti, Valentina & Holleman, Cindy & Smulders, Mark, 2022. "Best practices in addressing the major drivers of food security and nutrition to transform food systems," FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study 330809, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA).

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    YEMEN; ARAB COUNTRIES; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTHWESTERN ASIA; ASIA; nutrition; nutrition policies; evaluation; impact assessment; conflicts; cash transfer programs; cash transfers;
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