From Protection to Production
 

Presentations on cash transfers and social protection impacts in sub-Saharan Africa given by PtoP team members

Economic and Productive Impacts of Unconditional Cash Transfers in Africa
July 14, 2017, APPAM International Conference, Brussels 

A dose-response function approach for labour supply and cash transfers: The case of Zambia
July 6, 2017, UNU-WIDER Conference: Public Economics for Development, Maputo 

Making the right livelihood choice: how do cash transfers help?
July 5, 2017, UNU-WIDER Conference: Public Economics for Development, Maputo

One plus one can be greater than two: evaluating synergies for development programmes in Malawi
June 1-2, 2017, The Annual Bank Conference on Africa: The Challenges and Opportunities of Transforming African Agriculture, Berkeley, California, USA

Commercialization of smallholders and Cash Transfers: evidence from Zambia
June 1-2, 2017, The Annual Bank Conference on Africa: The Challenges and Opportunities of Transforming African Agriculture, Berkeley, California, USA

Synergies between Social Protection and Agriculture: What is the evidence so far?

March 29, 2017, Master Course in Public Policy & Human Development, Maastricht

Social Cash Transfers in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence, myths and policy implications

March 28, 2017, Master Course in Public Policy & Human Development, Maastricht

Risk-mediated effects of cash transfers on modern inputs use
March 20, 2017, CSAE Conference 2017: Economic Development in Africa, University of Oxford, UK

One plus one can be greater than two: evaluating synergies of development programmes in Malawi

March 2017, Pacific Conference for Development Economics (PacDev), University of California, Riverside

Protección Social, Pobreza Rural Y Medios de Subsistencia Agrícolas - Evidencia de África sub-Sahariana Y Latinoamérica

17 de octubre 2016, Curso Pobreza Rural, Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional y Sistemas Inclusivos de Protección Social en Mesoamérica, La Antigua

De la Protección a la Producción: Transferencias monetarias para el fomento del desarrollo rural

11 de agosto 2016, Taller de discussion Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA) - UNIANDES, Bogotá, Colombia

Productive Impacts of Social Protection - Implications for Agriculture

June 29, 2016, IDS Training Course, Brighton, UK

The productive impact of cash transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa

May 30, 2016, Designing and implementing high-quality, policy relevant impact evaluations, IFAD, Rome, Italy

Impact analysis of synergies between agriculture and social protection

May 4, 2016, Strengthening local food systems for inclusive growth: Scaling up “Purchase from Africans for Africa”, Rome, Italy

Cash transfers and productive impacts: evidence, gaps and potential

April 6, 2016, Transfer Project workshop, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Gender Differences in Child Investment Behavior among Agricultural Households - Evidence from an Unconditional Cash Transfer Program in Lesotho

February 10, 2016, UNU-WIDER Symposium on the Political Economy of Social Protection in Development Countries, Mexico City, Mexico

2015

2015

El estado mundial de la agricultura y la alimentación 2015 - La protección social y la agricultura: romper el ciclo de la pobreza rural
December 3, 2015, SOFA2015 launch in Mexico City, Mexico 

Impactos productivos de los programas sociales de transferencia de efectivo en África subsahariana
December 2, 2015, Pobreza rural, seguridad alimentaria y Sistemas Inclusivos de Protección Social en Mesoamérica, taller in Mexico City, Mexico 

The State of Food and Agriculture 2015 - Social protection and agriculture: breaking the cycle of rural poverty

November 12, 2015, SOFA2015 launch in Lusaka, Zambia 

From Protection to Production: Exploring the linkages and strengthening coordination between social protection, agriculture and rural development
October 21, 2015, Swedish World Food Day celebrations, Stockholm, Sweden 

Role of Cash Transfer Programmes in Building Resilience: Cross-country Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
October 20-21, 2015, SASPEN Conference on Social Protection, Johannesburg, South Africa

The State of Food and Agriculture 2015 - Social protection and agriculture: breaking the cycle of rural poverty
October 16, 2015, World Food Day, EU-DEVCO Infopoint, Brussels, Belgium

From Protection to Production: Breaking the Cycle of Rural Poverty
October 16, 2015, World Food Day, Ending hunger by 2030: what drivers for success? Dublin, Ireland

Impact of Cash Transfer programs on Food Security and Nutrition: A Cross-Country Analysis
October 14, 2015, Global Food Security Conference, Ithaca, USA

Impact of Social Protection and Agriculture: Child Grants Programme (CGP) and complementary support
June 18, 2015, Workshop on Social Protection and Agriculture in Lesotho: Presenting Evidence on Food Security, Maseru, Lesotho

From Protection to Production: Strengthening coherence between agriculture and social protection in Sub Saharan Africa
June 11, 2015, Global Development Network, Casablanca, Morocco

From Protection to Production: The Role of Social Cash Transfers in Fostering Broad-based Economic Development
April 22, 2015, Department for International Development (DFID), London, UK

Learning about Labor Impacts of African Cash Transfers through a Continuous Treatment Approach: the Case of Zambia
March 23, 2015, CSAE Conference 2015: Economic Development in Africa, St Catherine's College, Oxford, UK

Women's Empowerment and Social Protection: Cash Transfers and Beyond 
March 19, 2015, Investing in Children and Women for Community Transformation, Commission on the Status of Women, New York, USA 

2014

2014

Productive inclusion and cash transfers
November 3-7, 2014, Face to Face Meeting of the Africa CoP, Livingstone, Zambia

Strengthening coherence between social protection and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa 
October 10, 2014, PtoP Seminar, Rome

Linking social protection and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa
September 14, 2014, World Food Programme, Rome

The impact of social cash transfers on labour market outcomes: the evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
September 10-11, 2014, International Seminar “Social protection, entrepreneurship and labour market activation – Evidence for better policies”, Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) HQs, Brasilia

Local Economy-wide Impact Evaluation Models (LEWIE): how to measure the local income multiplier of social cash transfers
September 10-11, 2014, International Seminar “Social protection, entrepreneurship and labour market activation – Evidence for better policies”, Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) HQs, Brasilia

L’impact économique et productif de la protection sociale en Afrique
August 26, 2014, Réunion de Groupe Francophone de la Communauté de Pratique, video conference organized by The World Bank

Economic and productive impacts of social protection in Africa
August 21, 2014, Social Protection Cooperation Partners Group, Lusaka, Zambia

Economic and Productive Impacts of Social Protection in Africa
July 24, 2014, Africa Community of Practice (CoP) on Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) and Cash Transfers (CT), Group 2, video conference organized by The World Bank

Protección Social y Empoderamiento de la Mujer Rural: hacia la reducción de la pobreza de forma sostenida
July 14-15, 2014, Gender and Social Protection Workshop, Santiago de Chile, Chile

Economic and Productive Impacts of Social Protection in Africa
May 27, 2014, University of Florence, Department of Economics & Management

Economic and Productive Impacts of Social Protection in Africa
May 13, 2014, Africa Community of Practice (CoP) on Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) and Cash Transfers (CT), Group 1, video conference organized by The World Bank

Pathways to Graduation: is graduation from social safety net support possible and why? Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
May 6-8, 2014, IDS Graduation and Social Protection Conference, Kigali, Rwanda 

The Role of Social Protection in Advancing Women's Empowerment: Towards Sustainable Poverty Reduction
May 6-8, 2014, IDS Graduation and Social Protection Conference, Kigali, Rwanda

Economic and Productive Impacts of Social Protection in Africa
April 30, 2014, African Union Expert Consultation on Children and Social Protection Systems, Cape Town, South Africa

Improving Child Outcomes through Social Protection: Evidence from the Transfer Project
April 30, 2014, African Union Expert Consultation on Children and Social Protection Systems, Cape Town, South Africa

Five cash transfer programs in five countries: What can we say about the potential of social cash transfer programmes to deliver economic gains to the rural poor?
April 17, 2014, FAO Seminar, Rome

Lesotho Child Grants Programme - Impact Evaluation & Cost Assessment
April 9-10, 2014, Maseru, Lesotho

The Impact of the Zambia Child Grant Programme (CGP) on household economic activities and livelihoods
March 24, 2014, Centre for the Study on African Economies (CSAE) Conference, Oxford, UK

From Protection to Production: measuring the impact of social cash transfers on local economic development in Africa
February 11, 2014, FAO Malawi country office

2013

2013

The impact of the Tigray SCTP on economic activities

12-13 November 2013, Meeting of Steering Committee of Tigray Social Cash Transfer Pilot, Mekelle, Ethiopia

The Ghana LEAP program: results from the impact evaluation
30-31 October 2013, Scoping Conference, The Links between Social Inclusion and Sustainable Growth in Africa, The Hague, NL

From Protection to Production: measuring the impact of social cash transfers on local economic development in Africa
30-31 October 2013, Scoping Conference, The Links between Social Inclusion and Sustainable Growth in Africa, The Hague, NL

Results from impact evaluation of cash transfer programs in sub-Saharan Africa
21 October 2013, Conferência Nacional da Assistência Social, Luanda, Angola
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From Protection to Production: the impact of social cash transfers on local economic development in Africa
10 October 2013, DFID Whitehall, London, UK

From Protection to Production. An overview of impact evaluations on Social Cash Transfers in Sub Saharan Africa
11 July 2013, Giz Eschborn

Social Protection Initiatives in Africa

14-16 May 2013, AU-NEPAD Orientation Workshop, Kampala, Uganda

Community Level Impacts of Cash Transfer Programmes: evidence from Kenya, Ghana and Zimbabwe
23-25 April 2013, Transfer Prokect's 3rd Annual Research Workshop, Lusaka, Zambia

From Protection to Production: the impact of cash transfer programs on economic activities
12 March 2013, Irish Aid Presentation, Rome, Italy

From Protection to Production: the impact of cash tranfser programs on economic activities
24-25 January 2013, WFP Cash for Change Global Meeting, Rome, Italy

2011

2011

The Role of Cash Transfer Programs in Fostering Economic Activities Qualitative Inception Workshop
17-18 November 2011, Qualitative inception workshop, Rome, Italy   

Cash transfer programs in sub-Saharan Africa: measuring the impact on climate change adaptation
9-11 November 2011, Fourth Wye City Conference on statistics on rural development and agriculture household income, Session 4: Measuring the interactions between climate change and agriculture, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Measuring the impact of cash transfer programs on the local rural economy: combining household survey data with a business enterprise survey
9-11 November 2011, Fourth Wye City Conference on statistics on rural development and agriculture household income, Session 7: Relationship between households and farms, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

From protection to production: The role of cash transfer programs in fostering economic activities
7 November 2011, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG), Brasilia, Brazil

From protection to production: The role of cash transfer programs in fostering economic activities
29 September 2011, VI International Seminar on CCTs: Conditional Cash Transfers Programs from a Human Rights Approach, Santiago de Chile, Chile

Cash transfer programs in SSA: recent developments and implications for climate change adaptation
ICABR
28 June 2011, Presentation for session on Building resilience to climate change in smallholder agricultural systems, Frascati, italy

From Protection to Production: The impact of the Malawi Social Cash Transfer Scheme on productive activities
17 June 2011, Mind the Gap: From Evidence to Policy Impact, Cuernavaca, Mexico

The role of social cash transfers in fostering economic activities
3 June 2011, Building Resilient Safety Nets: Social Protection South-South Learning Forum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Social Protection in the FAO? Bridging the two tracks to food security
May 2011, SP Show & Tell, Bonn, Germany

From Protection to Production:  The Role of Social Cash Transfers in Fostering Broad-Based Rural Development
15 March 2011, Research partnership between FAO-ESA and DFID

2010

2010

From Protection to Production: A joint FAO-UNICEF research project on the economic impacts of social cash transfers in rural areas
19 November 2010, Presentation to ES Division (FAO), Rome, italy

De la Protection à la Production: Les transferts monétaires directs et leur rôle pour le développement économique rural
1-2 Novembre 2010, Développement Humain: L’expérience marocaine de l’INDH, Agadir, Morocco

The impact of SCTs on household economic decision-making and development in Kenya and Malawi
29 October 2010, Presentation for the African Economic Conference, Tunis, Tunisia

From Protection to Production:  The Role of Cash Transfers in Fostering Broad-Based Rural Development
22 September 2010, Eighth FAO-AfDB  Annual Thematic Meeting, Tunis, Tunisia