Resources
Public Works and Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment: Rwanda’s Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme
21 November 2016
Publication
21 November 2016
Country: Rwanda
The brief summarizes findings of the first PtoP case study on rural women’s economic empowerment and focuses on the public works component of Rwanda’s...
Cash Transfers: Myths vs. Reality
15 November 2016
Infographic
15 November 2016
Social Protection helps tackle vulnerabilities faced by rural households and plays a fundamental role in improving food and nutrition security and reducing rural poverty....
Social Protection in the Sahel and West Africa: Strengthening Resilience for Food Security and Nutrition
15 November 2016
Publication
15 November 2016
Work area: Social Protection and Resilience
The brief aims at summarizing the efforts of FAO to maximize the impacts of social protection interventions in the Sahel and West Africa by strengthening...
Cash transfers: their economic and productive impacts. Evidence from programmes in sub-Saharan Africa
26 September 2016
Publication
26 September 2016
This brief summarises the findings of rigorous impact evaluations of seven government-run cash transfer programmes in sub-Saharan Africa. The focus of the evaluations was on...