Transfer Project

Thought leaders on #CashTransfers in #Africa

Cash transfer research initiative supporting knowledge & practice. Led by @UNICEF, @FAO & @UNC with governments

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👋🏾 check out presentations, posters & photos from #TPNairobi23 workshop now up on our webpage!

& much more to come on “Promoting Equity & Resilience: Cash Transfer Evidence for Action in a Poly-Crisis World”

cc. @UNICEFSocPolicy @FAO @UNICEFInnocenti

https://t.co/yvEaq814Oq

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Are you doing research on #CashTransfers? Try our Research Tools page for info and inspo. Pages include #datasets, #instruments, and program evaluation and design. ⚙️💡
👉 https://t.co/n5s6Ez7JET

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Discover the instruments our team uses in their evaluations! 🔍 Browse the quantitative and qualitative tools used in 10 different countries, including surveys, interviews, and focus group discussions:

https://t.co/AkN381AnFm

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Check out this panel on women's empowerment that includes Transfer Project team member @a_peterman! 👇 Dec 10, 9am CET

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Global Impact #Evaluation Forum 2025

📅 Dec 10, 9:00 AM CET: @a_peterman, a @UNICEFEval Impact Evaluation Specialist, will present at the “Women’s empowerment: Insights, innovations, and challenges” session, sharing impact #evaluation evidence on how edutainment and digital social behaviour change approaches can reduce violence & advance gender equality.

Register here: https://t.co/JJNLPCFTTT 👈
#EvidenceForImpACT

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Evidence suggests that receiving #CashTransfers allows recipients to spend more money on food and improves dietary diversity. Find out more about the effects of cash transfers on our #Health, #Nutrition & #Wellbeing page: https://t.co/jWczTsWNWc

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Curious about how #CashTransfer research dispels common myths? This short video from @FAO discusses cash transfer myths vs. realities:
https://t.co/4rLxqinhyr

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Using data from cash transfer evals in 🇲🇼 & 🇿🇲, authors find that ultra-poor rural households shift to more efficient fuel sources (fires ➡️ torches) after receiving 3–4 yrs of transfers.

Read more about their findings here:
https://t.co/1eVtzlNdgW

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They'll review the evidence for and against, with the purpose of debunking ‘myths’ where appropriate.

▶️ Tune in: https://t.co/IjmELebpTE

📩 Subscribe to stay updated: https://t.co/LvWgB7Ey4C

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��️ 🎧 New hashtag#SPpodcast Episode – Listen now to “Social Protection Myths and Misperceptions Part 1”:
https://t.co/R0bwweqR08▶️🎧

Is social protection just a handout? Does it discourage work? Or are the systems plagued by fraud?

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In this episode, our @TiaPalermo et al. unpack some of the biggest myths surrounding social protection systems and explore the real data behind the rhetoric.

Over two episodes, they will run down some commonly held views and misperceptions about social protection.

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Impact of Ghana's LEAP1000 on birthweights 👉

https://t.co/I0SN9z6xbq

LEAP1000 decreased LBW prevalence by 3.5 & 4.1 % pts overall and in the dry season. LEAP1000 increased avg BW by 94, 109, & 79 g overall, in the dry season, and in the rainy season respectively.

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More of a visual learner?
Check out our presentations via Slideshare.
We have presentations ranging on topics from Women's Empowerment in Mali to Climate Action in Kenya, check them out here! 👉 https://t.co/bI8P17HhxP

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From our partners at @FAO:

Local economy-wide impacts of Tanzania's Productive Social Safety Nets ⏩ increased food security, money towards better living conditions, & human capital accumulation.

Read more here ↪️ https://t.co/ZSsO03MWcg

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Key lessons from #CashTransfers -

This article from our partners at @AIRInforms discusses how cash transfers improve the lives of low-income households and synthesizes findings to identify lessons for future program design 👇

https://t.co/oNvPrJinQa

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Amazing story from @UNICEFMalawi!

Liffa’s mother’s experience as a SCTP recipient helped support his educational successes and recent graduation from the Malawi University of Science and Technology 🎓

Read more about their journey: https://t.co/ywmXaiNYco

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#CashTransfers ➕ #Agriculture ➡️ Mostafavi-Dehzooei & Heshmatpour use data from Lesotho’s Child Grants Program to understand how cash transfers affect ag inputs + intertemporal choice
↪️CT households were 6 % pts more likely to use pesticides:

https://t.co/HHvoDQA65Y

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❕#DataSets❕
We have several publicly available datasets that can be accessed through the @UNCPopCenter Data Portal
Check them out here 👉
https://t.co/PGpr9GO2yH

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Curious about the connection between #SocialProtection and the impacts of COVID-19?
Check out our materials on the economic (& other) impacts in the LMICs where we work!

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Social protection ➡️ safer transitions to adulthood

#SocialProtection programs have the potential to reduce vulnerability in adolescents.
Read more about interventions in 🇹🇿 by authors @JenniferWaidler, @UliGilbert, Aroldia Mulokozi & @TiaPalermo

https://t.co/qRbC05btXj

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From @EssaChanie, @TiaPalermo, F. Otchere, G. Angeles & M. Kibur – this study finds that community-based health insurance ⏫ outpatient service use in Ethiopia 🇪🇹

Read more about their insights here👇
https://t.co/XX9grqUOdz

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@EssaChanie, @TiaPalermo, F. Otchere, G. Angeles & M. Kibur investigated the impact of community-based health insurance in Ethiopia 🇪🇹

Community-based health insurance ⏫ outpatient service utilization

See more here 👇
https://t.co/XX9grqVm37