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Myth-Busting? Confronting Six Common Perceptions about Unconditional Cash Transfers as a Poverty Reduction Strategy in Africa

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  1. Sonia Laszlo & Muhammad Farhan Majid & Laëtitia Renée, 2024. "Conditional cash transfers and women's reproductive choices," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 33(2), February.
  2. Ebenezer Owusu‐Addo & Andre M. N. Renzaho & Paul Sarfo‐Mensah & Yaw A. Sarpong & William Niyuni & Ben J. Smith, 2023. "Sustainability of cash transfer programs: A realist case study," Poverty & Public Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 15(2), pages 173-198, June.
  3. Hızıroğlu Aygün, Aysun & Kırdar, Murat Güray & Koyuncu, Murat & Stoeffler, Quentin, 2024. "Keeping refugee children in school and out of work: Evidence from the world's largest humanitarian cash transfer program," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 168(C).
  4. McGuire, Joel & Kaiser, Caspar & Bach-Mortensen, Anders, 2020. "The impact of cash transfers on subjective well-being and mental health in low- and middle- income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis," SocArXiv ydr54, Center for Open Science.
  5. Berkouwer, Susanna B. & Biscaye, Pierre E. & Puller, Steven & Wolfram, Catherine D., 2022. "Disbursing emergency relief through utilities: Evidence from Ghana," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 156(C).
  6. Nguyen, Cuong Viet & Tarp, Finn, 2023. "Cash Transfers and Labor Supply: New Evidence on Impacts and Mechanisms," GLO Discussion Paper Series 1243, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
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  8. G. Mukwada & S. J. Taylor & D. Manatsa & P. Mahasa & G. Robinson, 2020. "Combating food insecurity in a rapidly changing mountain climate environment: insights from Lesotho," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 163(2), pages 989-1006, November.
  9. Gray Molina George & Montoya-Aguirre María & Ortiz-Juarez Eduardo, 2022. "Temporary Basic Income in Times of Pandemic: Rationale, Costs and Poverty-Mitigation Potential," Basic Income Studies, De Gruyter, vol. 17(2), pages 125-154, December.
  10. Nguyen, Cuong Viet & Nguyen, Minh Khanh Hoang & Phung, Tung Duc & Tran, Oanh Ngoc, 2023. "The effect of income shocks on health behaviors: Evidence from a low-income country," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 257-276.
  11. Chloe Allison & Neryvia Pillay, 2024. "Cash transfers and prices what is the impact of social welfare on prices," Working Papers 11057, South African Reserve Bank.
  12. Handa, Sudhanshu & Tembo, Gelson & Natali, Luisa & Chakrabarti, Averi, 2025. "In search of the holy grail: Post-intervention effects of an unconditional cash transfer program in Zambia," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 174(C).
  13. Gupta, Prankur & Stein, Daniel & Longman, Kyla & Lanthorn, Heather & Bergmann, Rico & Nshakira-Rukundo, Emmanuel & Rutto, Noel & Kahura, Christine & Kananu, Winfred & Posner, Gabrielle & Zhao, K.J. & , 2024. "Cash transfers amid shocks: A large, one-time, unconditional cash transfer to refugees in Uganda has multidimensional benefits after 19 months," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 173(C).
  14. Hirvonen, Kalle & Leight, Jessica & Zafar, Sarim, 2024. "The effectiveness of cash and cash plus interventions on livelihoods outcomes: Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis," IFPRI discussion papers 2262, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  15. Kristiano Raccanello, 2022. "Quality of Life for Beneficiaries of an Unconditional Transfer Education Program in Mexico City," Economía: teoría y práctica, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México, vol. 56(1), pages 201-226, Enero-Jun.
  16. Ridho Al Izzati & Daniel Suryadarma & Asep Suryahadi, "undated". "Dampak Bantuan Langsung Tunai terhadap Perilaku Penerima Bantuan: Bukti dari Indonesia," Working Papers 3621, Communications Section.
  17. Hidrobo, Melissa & Peterman, Amber & Kumar, Neha & Lambon-Quayefio, Monica & Roy, Shalini & Gilligan, Daniel O. & Paz, Florencia, 2024. "Social protection and gender: policy, practice and research," IFPRI discussion papers 2257, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  18. Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad & Mostafavi-Dehzooei, Mohammad H., 2018. "Cash transfers and labor supply: Evidence from a large-scale program in Iran," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 135(C), pages 349-367.
  19. Stephen Devereux & Jose Cuesta, 2021. "Urban-Sensitive Social Protection: How Universalized Social Protection Can Reduce Urban Vulnerabilities Post COVID-19," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 21(4), pages 340-360, October.
  20. Emiel Lange & Jocelyne S. Sze & James Allan & Scott Atkinson & Hollie Booth & Robert Fletcher & Munib Khanyari & Omar Saif, 2023. "A global conservation basic income to safeguard biodiversity," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 6(8), pages 1016-1023, August.
  21. Yuliani, Efi & Nasrudin, Rus'an, 2024. "The effects of the Indonesian conditional cash transfer program on transition out of agriculture," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 173(C).
  22. Juan C. Yamin, 2025. "Poverty Targeting with Imperfect Information," Papers 2506.18188, arXiv.org.
  23. Fabio Gaetano Santeramo & Lerato Phali, 2023. "On the impact of provincial development policies in South Africa," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(6), pages 1137-1152, November.
  24. Bhorat, Haroon & Köhler, Timothy, 2025. "The labour market effects of cash transfers to the unemployed: Evidence from South Africa," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 188(C).
  25. Pace, Noemi & Sebastian, Ashwini & Daidone, Silvio & Dela O Campos, Ana Paula & Prifti, Ervin & Davis, Benjamin, 2022. "Cash transfers’ role in improving livelihood diversification strategies and well-being: short- and medium-term evidence from Zimbabwe," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 154(C).
  26. Xia, Fangzhou & Huang, Jing & Zhang, Zhengfeng, 2024. "Government concerns, the benefit cliff, and land use: A comparative study of rural impoverished and marginalised impoverished groups," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 140(C).
  27. Jeong,Dahyeon & Trako,Iva, 2022. "Cash and In-Kind Transfers in Humanitarian Settings : A Review of Evidence and Knowledge Gaps," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10026, The World Bank.
  28. Coady, David & Prady, Delphine, 2019. "Universal income in developing countries: Issues, options, and illustration for India," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 16(C).
  29. McCullough, Ellen & Zhen, Chen & Shin, Soye & Lu, Meichen & Arsenault, Joanne, 2022. "The role of food preferences in determining diet quality for Tanzanian consumers," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 155(C).
  30. Jose Cuesta & Michael Danquah, 2022. "Urban cash transfers and poverty in Ghana," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 26(1), pages 133-155, February.
  31. Mostert, Cyprian Mcwayizeni & Vall Castello, Judit, 2020. "Long run educational and spillover effects of unconditional cash transfers: Evidence from South Africa," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 36(C).
  32. Ryan Wong & Aninda Dewayanti, 2024. "Indonesiaʼs energy transition: Dependency, subsidies and renewables," Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 11(2), May.
  33. Dong, Shizheng & Zhang, Zili & Han, Yiduo & Si, Yanwu, 2023. "Do pension subsidies reduce household education expenditure inequality? Evidence from China," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 87(C), pages 532-540.
  34. Ana Maria Buller & Amber Peterman & Meghna Ranganathan & Alexandra Bleile & Melissa Hidrobo & Lori Heise, 2018. "A Mixed-Method Review of Cash Transfers and Intimate Partner Violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries," The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank, vol. 33(2), pages 218-258.
  35. Ridho Al Izzati & Daniel Suryadarma & Asep Suryahadi, "undated". "The Behavioral Effects of Unconditional Cash Transfers: Evidence from Indonesia," Working Papers 2376, Communications Section.
  36. Awaworyi Churchill, Sefa & Iqbal, Nasir & Nawaz, Saima & Yew, Siew Ling, 2021. "Unconditional cash transfers, child labour and education: theory and evidence," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 186(C), pages 437-457.
  37. Susanna B. Berkouwer & Pierre E. Biscaye & Eric Hsu & Oliver W. Kim & Kenneth Lee & Edward Miguel & Catherine Wolfram, 2021. "Money or Power? Financial Infrastructure and Optimal Policy," NBER Working Papers 29086, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  38. Kelly Kilburn & Lucia Ferrone & Audrey Pettifor & Ryan Wagner & F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé & Kathy Kahn, 2020. "The Impact of a Conditional Cash Transfer on Multidimensional Deprivation of Young Women: Evidence from South Africa’s HTPN 068," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 151(3), pages 865-895, October.
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  41. Chakrabarti, Averi & Handa, Sudhanshu & Angeles, Gustavo & Seidenfeld, David, 2020. "A cash plus program reduces youth exposure to physical violence in Zimbabwe," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 134(C).
  42. Berkouwer, Susanna & Biscaye, Pierre & Hsu, Eric & Kim, Oliver & Lee, Kenneth & Miguel, Edward & Wolfram, Catherine, 2023. "Money or Power? Choosing Covid-19 aid in Kenya," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 127(PB).
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